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Monkey Kingdom is an independent British television production company based in London, United Kingdom, with offices in Manchester and Los Angeles. Established by David Granger and Will Macdonald in 2000, the company was acquired by NBCUniversal International Networks in 2010 with Samantha Lawrence joining as MD in 2017. Monkey was NBC Universal's third UK production venture following the acquisition of Carnival Films and the launch of Working Title TV, NBC Universal's joint venture with Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

The company creates, develops, produces, and sells entertainment and factual programming in the United Kingdom and the United States, with format sales worldwide. It produces content in various genres, including live studio, structured reality, hybrid reality-quiz shows, iconic game shows, live-studio shows, music entertainment, variety sketch shows, comedy and podcasts.

Their shows include structured reality show Made in Chelsea for E4, The Real Housewives of Cheshire for ITVBe and Don't Hate the Playaz for ITV2. Further to more recent projects, Monkey has produced a plethora of series including music entertainment show TFI Friday, game show The Question Jury for Channel 4 and the UK’s first bisexual dating show The Bi Life for E! UK.

Monkey is also responsible for developing and producing shows for NBCUniversal’ s US networks, E! and Bravo, for which it has produced Tour Group and Newlyweds. Other US network partners include ABC, Discovery, Lifetime, TBS, MTV and GSN.

Prior to founding Monkey, David Granger and Will Macdonald produced International Emmy/BAFTA/Rose d'Or-winning Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, TFI Friday, Lock, Stock..., MTV's Most Wanted and The Big Breakfast.
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Awards & Nominations
2021

Nominated - Broadcast Awards: Best Multichannel Show (Don't Hate The Playaz)

Nominated - TRIC Awards: Reality Show (Made in Chelsea)

Nominated - TRIC Awards: Reality Show (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)

2020

Winner - Screen Nation Film and TV Awards: Favourite Prod/Talent (Don't Hate The Playaz)

Winner - RTS Awards: Entertainment Performance, London Hughes (Don't Hate The Playaz)

2019

Winner - British LGBT Awards (The Bi Life)

Winner - National Reality TV Awards, Best Game Show 2019 (Don't Hate The Playaz)

Nominated - Knight of Illumination Awards: Lighting for Small Production (Made in Chelsea Big Fat Christmas Quiz)

Nominated - RTS Awards: Best Entertainment Show (Don't Hate The Playaz)

Nominated - Diva Awards: TV Programme of the Year (The Bi Life)

Nominated - National Reality TV Awards: Best Reality Non-Competition Show (Made in Chelsea)

Nominated - National Reality TV Awards: Best Reality Non-Competition Show (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)

Nominated - National Reality TV Awards: Reality Personality of the Year, Seema Malhotra (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)

2018

Nominated - TRIC Awards: Reality Show (Made in Chelsea)

Nominated - TRIC Awards: Reality Show (The Real Housewives of Cheshire)

Nominated - O2 Media Awards: Best Entertainment Programme (Tanya's Extreme Therapies)

Nominated - RTS Awards: Best Daytime Programme (The Question Jury)

Nominated - National Reality TV Awards, Best Reality Non-Competition Show (Made in Chelsea)


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