Kudos is a British film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Amazon and Netflix and its productions include Tin Star, Humans, Broadchurch, The Tunnel, Grantchester, Apple Tree Yard, Utopia, Spooks (US:MI5), Hustle and Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes. In 2007 it was voted Best Independent Production Company by Broadcast magazine. Formed in 1992, since 2007 it has been part of the Shine Group. In 2007 it also set up the film unit, Kudos Pictures. In 2011, the Shine Group was 100% acquired by News Corporation and was part of the 50-50 joint-venture Endemol Shine Group. On 3 July 2020, France-based Banijay bought the studio through former's acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. History The company was formed in 1992. It came to international attention with the BAFTA Award-winning spy drama Spooks, which debuted on BBC One on 13 May 2002. In late 2006, the company was sold to Shine Limited for around £35m. Shine also bought Princess Productions and Dragonfly Film and Television Productions to create the Shine Group, although all four divisions retained their individual identity. With three British films already in production, and ten in development, in June 2007 the company announced plans to set up a film unit, with Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) expected to be its first release. It planned to mix and match actors, writers and directors between the units, and already had Hollywood deals for film remakes of Hustle, Spooks and Tsunami: The Aftermath. in 2015, it was included in a 50–50% joint venture between 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management's Endemol and CORE Media Group, as Endemol Shine Group. Productions Television Forthcoming Two Tone (w/t) for BBC One.Grantchester (series 8) for ITV.SAS: Rogue Heroes for BBC One & Epix. Current PastThe Tunnel. Three series (2013, 2016 and 2017) for Sky Atlantic and Canal+ – total 28 episodes, remake of the Swedish/Danish crime thriller The Bridge with a third series in development.Tin Star for Sky Atlantic & Amazon – total 10 episodes. Crime drama set in a mountain town overrun by migrant oil workers, starring Tim Roth. Broadchurch: three series (from 2013) for ITV – total 24 episodes. Series that explores what happens when the residents of a coastal town become the centre of a police investigation and media frenzy when a child's body is discovered. the series stars David Tennant