London – Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones announced on July 28 the launch of House of Tomorrow, a new production house within Endemol UK.

House of Tomorrow will produce dramas, comedy series and feature films for the UK and international markets. 

With Charlie as Creative Director and Annabel as Managing Director, the new company will build on the success of numerous award-winning productions that have been penned by Brooker and executive produced by Jones. 

These include the Emmy and Rose D’or Award winning satirical drama series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which has sold in over 80 countries; Broadcast Comedy Award winning detective spoof A Touch of Cloth for Sky One, which has been picked up in more than 60 countries; BAFTA Award nominated thriller Dead Set for E4, sold in over 140 countries; and the Royal Television Society Award Winning “Wipe” programmes for the BBC.

House of Tomorrow already has projects in development for broadcasters in the UK and USA and further announcements are expected soon.

Charlie Brooker said, “The one thing the world doesn’t need is yet more entertainment, but unfortunately for the world that’s what we’re hell-bent on producing. We’ll produce fun in all its guises, whether that be the laugh-a-minute gaiety of Black Mirror, the show-stopping musical stylings of Weekly Wipe, or some hitherto-untested form of amusement that just about fits on a screen.”

Annabel Jones added, “It’s an exciting time for original drama and comedy drama at the moment. We’re hoping to build on the international success of Black Mirror and make some bold and distinctive drama that traumatises viewers here and across the Atlantic. As well as shows that Charlie has devised, we will be developing projects with both established and new writers so we don’t end up killing each other.”

Lucas Church, CEO of Endemol UK commented, “Charlie and Annabel’s partnership has already produced some of the best comedy and satire seen on British television and around the world. We’re thrilled to be backing them and can’t wait for more.”

Charlie Brooker is an award winning writer, producer and presenter whose career has spanned television, radio, print, and online media.

With earlier writing credits that included Brass Eye and The 11 O’Clock Show, Brooker was one of the founding Creative Directors of leading comedy producer Zeppotron, which became part of Endemol UK in 2000.

Since then he has presented numerous television shows, including Screenwipe, Gameswipe, Newswipe, Weekly Wipe and How TV Ruined Your Life for the BBC; and You Have Been Watching and 10 O’Clock Live for Channel 4.

He has collected three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer in 2009; Best Comedy Entertainment Show Award for Newswipe in 2011; and the award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality in 2012.

His Newswipe series also won the 2009 Royal Television Society Award for Best Entertainment Programme as well as a 2010 BAFTA nomination for Best Entertainment Programme; whilst Screenwipe received a 2008 Royal Television Society Award for Digital Channel Programme. Charlie was also nominated for the 2014 BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance for 10 O’Clock Live.

Brooker wrote the five-part thriller Dead Set, which starred Jaime Winstone and was nominated as Best Drama Serial at the 2009 BAFTAS; and co-wrote the six-part comedy series Nathan Barley for Channel 4. He went on to create the BAFTA nominated and Emmy and Rose D’or Award winning Black Mirror; writing all but one episode of the two series.

He also penned the critically acclaimed detective spoof A Touch of Cloth starring John Hannah and Suranne Jones, which this year won the Broadcast Award for Best Comedy and was nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy. Season three will air on Sky One this August.

More recently he has fronted Channel 4’s two-hour documentary special, How Video Games Changed The World and the second series of his BBC Two satirical review show Weekly Wipe.

Brooker also writes regular comment pieces for The Guardian, and won the 2009 Columnist of the Year award at the British Press Awards.

Annabel Jones was Managing Director of Zeppotron from July 2004 until November 2012, when she stepped down to focus on scripted projects alongside Charlie Brooker.

Throughout her time at Zeppotron she worked closely with Brooker, Executive Producing the shows he wrote and presented, including the “Wipe” programmes and How TV Ruined Your Life for the BBC; Dead Set for E4; both series of Black Mirror for Channel 4 and all three seasons of A Touch of Cloth for Sky One.

More recently she has Executive Produced How Video Games Changed The World for Channel 4, and Weekly Wipe for BBC Two, both with Brooker presenting.

Jones was formerly Endemol UK’s Head of Business Development and before that headed up Endemol UK’s M&A team as well as working on strategy for the UK group.

House of Tomorrow is part of Endemol UK, which has drama credits includingPeaky Blinders (Tiger Aspect and Caryn Mandabach for BBC Two), Ripper Street (Tiger Aspect and Lookout Point for BBC One and Amazon Studios), Prisoners’ Wives (Tiger Aspect for BBC One) and The Mill (DSP for Channel 4). 

In March Endemol UK also acquired international drama producer Artists Studio, with credits including the record breaking hit The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Last King of Scotland) and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey, Once Upon a Time).

Internationally, Endemol’s scripted programming business has grown by 75% in the last five years and today represents a quarter of the company’s worldwide business.

Other Endemol drama productions around the world include Hell on Wheels, which is now in its fourth season on AMC in the USA; as well as major forthcoming series such as Gallipoli (Endemol Australia for Nine Network and TV3 New Zealand) and Fortitude (Tiger Aspect/Fifty Fathoms for Sky Atlantic), starring Michael Gambon, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Eccleston and Sofie Gråbøl.