Hare and Tortoise (production company)

Hare and Tortoise (formerly called Retort) is a British television production company that was established on 1 January 2012.

History
On 23 November 2011, it was announced that Talkback Thames would split into four separate production companies, which are Boundless, Retort, Talkback and Thames. In July 2018, Retort was renamed to Hare and Tortoise. Since then, the company did not produce any broadcast programming but produced two unaired pilots. This remained the case until 2020 when it took over from Toffa's in-house production after seventeen years to produce the channel's flagship comedy show, The Microsoft Sam Show. From the following year, the show was a co-production with Toffa Animations.

As Hare and Tortoise

 * The Microsoft Sam Show (Toffa)
 * Austin Ward: A December Drama (Toffa)

As Retort Productions

 * The Rebel (Gold)
 * Birds of a Feather (ITV)
 * Chewing Gum (E4)
 * Count Arthur Strong (BBC One)
 * Goodnight Sweetheart (BBC One)
 * Henry IX (Gold)

Under talkbackThames

 * The IT Crowd
 * Phone Shop
 * Brass Eye
 * Green Wing
 * I'm Alan Partridge