Open Media
Open Media is a British television production company, best known for the discussion series After Dark, described in the national press as "the most original programme on television".
The company was founded in 1987 and has produced more than 400 hours of television for major UK broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. It has made entertainment series and factual specials which have sold all over the world. It also produces communications and corporate media for businesses.
Two Open Media productions were featured during the 25th anniversary of Channel 4 in autumn 2007: The Secret Cabaret and After Dark were shown again on More4 during the celebratory season.
After Dark has been widely praised, particularly for its subject matter and as a ground-breaking format for a talk show. In 2023 After Dark was picked as one of the best ever tv shows in history in the centenary edition of the Radio Times.
In November 2020, the company announced it had digitised its archive to make extracts from all its programmes available to the film, television and advertising industries.