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        <div id="content"><div id="content-inner"><div class="io"><div id="introimage"><img src="/dealimages/large/talkback-resized_13072011154200.jpg" alt="Talkback"/></div><h2>Talkback</h2><aside><div class="pullout"><p>Advised shareholders on sale of Talkback&nbsp;to Pearson Television (now Fremantle Media) for &pound;67m.</p></div></aside><p>Ingenious Corporate Finance acted as financial adviser to leading independent television production company, Talkback, on the sale of the company to Pearson Television (now Fremantle Media and part of RTL Group). The consideration was up to &pound;66m.</p>
<p>Talkback, founded by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981, had grown into one of the most successful independents with a long track record of producing innovative hit comedy and entertainment shows, including <em>Smack The Pony, Da Ali G Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks</em> and<em> They Think It's All Over.</em></p><br /></div></div><div id="content-modules"><div class="module"><div class="content"><div><span class="hide">[</span><a href="/our-people/group/board-members/patrick-mckenna"><img class="modulestaffimg" src="/team/Patrick_McKenna_bw.jpg" alt="Patrick McKenna"/></a><span class="hide">]</span></div><span class="staffname"><span class="hide">[</span><a href="/our-people/group/board-members/patrick-mckenna">Patrick McKenna</a><span class="hide">]</span></span><div class="staffdetails"><p class=""><strong><a href="mailto:Patrick.McKenna@ingeniousmedia.co.uk" style="background-image:none;padding:0px;font-size:0.833em;">Patrick.McKenna@ingeniousmedia.co.uk</a></strong></p><p><strong>020 7319 4002</strong></p></div><div class="clear"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="clear"></div>
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