We are committed to overseeing the digitising and remastering of shows held in the BFI Archive and to the exploitation of the IP.
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The Bright Thoughts CompanyFounded in 1981, as one of the very first British independent television production companies, The Bright Thoughts Company created a significant amount of performance-based programming for Channel 4.
In 2026 Bright Thoughts is focused on remastering and marketing its rich catalogue of quality television, working with distribution partners and licensing proven entertainment formats to the rapidly evolving entertainment industry. |
Welcome to Bright Thoughts
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Hey,
I'm Neil Anthony, catalogue curator and producer of all Bright Thoughts productions. The Bright Thoughts catalogue is 'entertainment, pure and simple!' The ambition today is for our productions to reach their natural audiences once more. We worked with performers at the very top of their game, whose names still resonate both nationally and internationally. Undoubtedly, there is an enduring demand for good 'solid' entertainment - musical and theatrical performance - from all periods of entertainment history. We now provide content to meet the thirst for classic TV content - featuring star talent from all eras - to watch on-demand. Our goal is to make our arts and entertainment shows available on streaming, download-to-own, and other platforms for a worldwide audience. |
In the pre-digital age, within the broadcast sector, it was generally accepted that once a show had been screened, it had little or no further value. We know of course this is no longer the case. With the dominance of online viewing, streaming platforms evidence the rapidly-expanding demand for quality older television.
As an independent content provider, we are working with new production, distribution and licensing partners to make Bright Thoughts shows and formats available internationally.
The show must go on!
As an independent content provider, we are working with new production, distribution and licensing partners to make Bright Thoughts shows and formats available internationally.
The show must go on!
Bright Thoughts Distribution
Remastering and marketing
Bright Thoughts is focused on working with distribution partners making its rich catalogue of quality television available, mostly screened only once and therefore largely unseen 'virgin' TV.
Formats & brands
A number of formats are owned wholly by Bright Thoughts and which are proven by means of achieving successful viewing figures. The trademark of Top C's & Tiaras is owned by Bright Thoughts.
Licensing & Clips
The Bright Thoughts catalogue and archive contains remarkable and rare footage of many key British performers - including Arthur Askey, Ron Moody, Dame Maureen Lipman, Barry Cryer, Cilla Black, Dame Julie Walters, Leonard Rossiter and renown classical singers including Marilyn Hill Smith, Peter Morrison, Benjamin Luxon, Harry Nicoll, Neil Jenkins, Hugh Hetherington, among others.
Formats & Adaptations
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Catalogue & Licensing
Since the relaunch of Bright Thoughts, working with researchers and editors, Neil continues to curate the Catalogue and archive. |
Keep Me Posted
With the industry in flux and change, newsworthy items relevant to the current work of Bright Thoughts are posted. |
Back in the day ...
Neil Anthony |
Neil started out as a professional dancer and choreographer working in the West End. As soon as he realised his talents were more suited to television than stage, he focused more on the technical aspects of TV production.
He enjoyed innovation and coming up with new ideas and new formats which is why being one of the 'indies' in the early 80s was a natural thing to do. He produced, staged and/or choreographed all shows produced by The Bright Thoughts Company. Neil curates the Bright Thoughts catalogue since relaunch. The focus now is on distribution to the non-broadcast platforms and also the placement of the Intellectual Property. |
Bryan Izzard |
Bryan lived for Television. For most of his life, the family home was near Dorking in Surrey where he was also born. When he graduated from Oxford he trained as a BBC producer after which he never stopped producing and directing even when he was Head of Entertainment at Scottish TV and later at Southern TV.
Whilst he is often remembered for the 70s sit-com hits and shows such as 'On The Buses', we must never lose sight that for many years he also produced serious arts programmes including being a regular director/producer of The South Bank Show. Bryan Izzard 1936 - 2006 |
