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Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history. Established in 1998 as Shed Productions, the company floated on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in March 2005. The group has grown significantly since flotation and to date, four award-winning media companies: Ricochet, Twenty Twenty Television, Wall to Wall Media and Outright Distribution have all joined the group. In 2010, it was bought by Time Warner.

Shed Productions

(1999-2009)

Copyright stamp
Widescreen (early)
Widescreen
In-credit variant
In-credit variant w/byline

Logo: On a black background, we see the text "Shed" written in a stylised font, with two red lines on top of the E and D forming a shape of a roof, and the word "Productions" written below it.

Variants:

On early episodes of Footballers' Wives and S3/S4 episodes of Bad Girls, the logo would have a blob-ish shape next to it. For Footballers' Wives, it would be colored blue and for Bad Girls, it would be colored gold.
A proper widescreen variant of the logo would appear on post-2003 episodes of their shows.
On Waterloo Road and Hope Springs, the logo appears with the BBC logo, with the one from Hope Springs having a Shedmedia byline below it.
On a behind-the-scenes featurette of Bad Girls, a copyright stamp apppears below the logo.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Common. Was seen on all of the shows produced by them.

Warner Bros. Television Productions UK

1st Logo (August 14, 2012-2015)

Logo: Same as the Warner Bros. International Television 2008 logo, but without a banner and placed on a red background.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on the short-lived British series Styled to Rock.

2nd Logo (2015-2018)

Early prototype (variant #1)
Early prototype (variant #2)
Early prototype (variant #3)
2014 prototype
Scope

Logo: Same as the Warner Bros. International Television 2015 logo, but the banner now reads "TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK". Variants:

There are some image-only early prototypes, found on the website for Wimbush Immersive. The W and B letters are big, but very apart from each other. The banner text is smaller than the later animated prototype. Each prototype has it's own unique background:
Variant #1 has the usual blue background.
Variant #2 has a ligher shade, with each part of it having a tile-like look.
Variant #3 has the shield on a cloudy background, with the banner saying WARNER BROS. TELEVISION PRODUCTION UK.
The 2014 prototype has the same differences as the Warner Bros. International Television Production variant.
A scope variant of the logo exists.

Technique: Same as the 2015 WBITP logo.

Music/Sounds: The 2003 WBTV fanfare.

Availability: Rare.

It can be seen on an episode of the Indian sitcom Tedi Medi Family.
The scope variant was only used for a sizzle reel.

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 ===Background===
 '''Warner Bros. Television Studios UK''' (formerly '''Shed Media Group''' and later '''Warner Bros. Television Productions UK''') is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history. Established in 1998 as '''Shed Productions''', the company floated on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in March 2005. The group has grown significantly since flotation and to date, four award-winning media companies: [[Ricochet|Ricochet]], [[Twenty Twenty Television|Twenty Twenty Television]], [[Wall to Wall Media|Wall to Wall Media]] and Outright Distribution have all joined the group. In 2010, it was bought by Time Warner.