Celador

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Celador is a British media company best known for creating the hit television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?".

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instanceOf media company
television production company
activeInDecade 1990s
2000s
2010s
associatedWith ITV
awarded Academy Award for Best Picture (for Slumdog Millionaire, as producer/co‑producer)
basedIn London
linked to: London, England
businessModel format creation and international licensing
coProduced Slumdog Millionaire
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
created Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
filedLawsuitAgainst Disney (over Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? profits)
formatExportedTo Australia
Germany
India
United States
multiple international markets
foundedBy Paul Smith
genre entertainment television
game show production
hasDivision Celador Radio
hasKeyPerson Paul Smith
hasSubsidiary Celador Films
hasTrademark Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
industry film production
radio production
television production
influenced modern high‑stakes quiz shows
knownFor global game show franchising
intellectual property licensing of TV formats
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableWork Slumdog Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
operatedAs independent production company
operatedIn United Kingdom
partOf British independent television production sector
produced feature films
radio programmes
television game shows
soldFormatRightsOf Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
subjectOf legal and business case studies (re: Millionaire format and Disney lawsuit)
televisionDebutOfFormat Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998, UK)
wonLawsuitAgainst Disney (over Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? profits)
linked to: Disney

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