Maverick Television mainly produces factual and factual-entertainment shows.
Embarrassing Bodies
Embarrassing Bodies is a reality medical series broadcast by Channel 4. It is presented by a team of doctors who look to help people with 'embarrassing' body parts and so de-stigmatise medical conditions. Each series has its own health awareness agenda. In July 2014, the seventh series of Embarrassing Bodies began airing.
Operation Ouch!
Operation Ouch! is a factual entertainment show for kids about the human body. It is presented by identical twins Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand Van Tulleken and broadcast on CBBC.
Growing Up Down's
Growing Up Down's is a one-hour documentary which follows a theatre troupe of young adults with Down's as they put together a touring production of Hamlet. For TV critic Keith Watson, the acting troupe was "in the perfect position to relate to 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'".[7] Growing Up Down's was produced and directed by Will Jessop, the brother of Tommy Jessop who plays Hamlet, and broadcast by BBC Three in February 2014.
The Model Agency
The Model Agency is a seven part observational documentary series that follows the dramas of Premier Model Management, a world-famous model agency based in London.
The series sought the insights of both agency staff and the models signed with them. It covered such events as the attempts to launch the careers of two new models during New York Fashion week and the agency's preparation for London Fashion Week. In the final episode, Premier staff reflect on their experiences of being caught up in the 2010 Blood Diamond scandal; Carole White, Premier's co-founder, also reflects on her relationship with Naomi Campbell, who first signed for the agency.
Channel 4 claims that The Model Agency was filmed by a multi-camera documentary rig that was used in a commercial environment for the first time.[8] The series was broadcast by Channel 4 in February–April 2011.
Chrisley Knows Best
Chrisley Knows Best marked Maverick's first major American TV series; broadcast on the USA Network. Chrisley is a reality TV series that follows the lives of multi-millionaire Todd Chrisley, his wife Julie and their family. The final episode of the first series clocked an estimated 1.5 million viewers and was broadcast in April 2014.[9] It is notable for having a young audience.[10]
In June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted on federal counts of bank fraud and tax evasion, as well as submitting false documents to banks in order to obtain loans and fund their lavish lifestyle.[11] In November 2022, the couple was sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison, with the show being canceled as a result.[12]
Born This Way
In 2015, Channel 4 is set to broadcast Born This Way, a series in which Dr. Dawn Harper and Dr. Ravi Jayaram investigate the medical and behavioural causes for the conduct of children brought to the show by worried parents.[13]
TV titles
• Dinosaur Britain – ITV
• Embarrassing Bodies – Channel 4
• Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic – Channel 4
• Chrisley Knows Best – USA Network
• Your Style in His Hands – Discovery TLC
• Operation Ouch! – CBBC
• Party Wright Around the World – ITV2
• Growing Up Down's – BBC Three
• Gok Does Panto – Channel 4
• Long Live Britain – BBC One
• Last Chance Salon – Discovery TLC
• Stephen Fry: Out There – BBC Two
• Was It Something I Said? – Channel 4
• Nurses – Channel 5
• Billy Connolly's Route 66 – ITV
• The Model Agency – Channel 4
• Kids With Tourette's: In Their Own Words – ITV1
• My Naked Secret – Discovery TLC
