It began life as an in-house BBC department in 1983 under the auspices of Producer Colin Gilbert and became an independent production company in 1996 when Gilbert and business manager April Chamberlain left the BBC.

[1] By 2001 they had an annual turnover of £2 million a core staff of 12 employees.

[2] They have produced radio and television shows that were aired on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland.

The creators of Still Game, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, terminated their connections with the expanded group although the show itself continued as a co-production.

Zodiak was in turn acquired by the Banijay Group in 2016.