[2][3] The company's logo is depicted as a rabbit pulling a man out of a hat instead of the other way around.

Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville,[4] and Denise O'Donoghue.

[5] Two years later, Geoffrey Perkins became company director, and helped to produce shows such as Father Ted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and Have I Got News for You.

[6] Perkins left the organisation in 1995, to become head of comedy for BBC Television.

[6] Hat Trick International struck a first look deal with Cardiff Productions[7] and has a joint venture with British television writer Jed Mercurio called HTM Television,[8] with this production company responsible for dramas such as Bloodlands[9][10] with James Nesbitt and the forthcoming DI Ray with Parminder Nagra.