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Lime Pictures
Lime Pictures is based in Liverpool and currently produces Hollyoaks for Channel 4 and Grange Hill for BBC1.

The company was founded in 1982 by Phil Redmond to make Brookside for Channel 4. The very first episode of the soap opera formed part of the channel's opening night on air. Production then continued uninterrupted for 21 years and over 2900 episodes.

Initially the company was based in premises adjacent to Brookside Close in the West Derby area of Liverpool. However the business soon outgrew this location and in 1990, coinciding with an increase in the number of Brookside episodes from two to three per week, it moved to Campus Manor, a former further education college site in the Childwall area of the city.

Hollyoaks began in 1995, initially as a teen soap airing just once a week. It has been a stalwart fixture of Channel 4's teatime schedules ever since, steadily increasing its episode count until reaching five times a week in 2003.

The BBC contracted out the production of Grange Hill to Lime Pictures in 2002, and the first series to be made in Liverpool aired in spring 2003. The BBC has since renewed its contract with Lime Pictures, covering production of Grange Hill through to its 30th anniversary in 2008.

Alongside its core base of soaps and recurring drama serials, Lime Pictures has a long track record of producing numerous stand-alone drama series and programmes. These have included primetime police action series Waterfront Beat (BBC1, 1990), 1960s period drama And The Beat Goes On (Channel 4, 1996) and innovative daytime soap opera The Courtroom (Channel 4, 2004), plus a host of Hollyoaks and Brookside tie-ins including late-night specials, commercially released videos and DVDs, and fully-fledged spin-off serials (such as Damon and Debbie in 1987 and Hollyoaks: Movin' On in 2001 - both for Channel 4).

Lime Picture's new media division Conker Media has been responsible for producing a further portfolio of programming, principally for cable and regional broadcasters. These have included Doorstep DIY (Discovery Home and Leisure, 1998-99), fly-on-the-wall documentary strand Gaggin' For It (Granada, 2000), discussion series Sex And Soap (Granada, 2001), and the live music and comedy show Made In The North West (Granada, 2003).

Lime Pictures was bought by All 3 Media in June 2005.

In November 2006 Lime Pictures changed its name. It was formerly known as Mersey Television.