Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in London in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, Channel 4, to make a television film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), directed by Stephen Frears.

[2] A World Apart was entered in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury.

The Tall Guy (1988) saw the feature film debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith.

Paul Webster set up an office in Los Angeles in 1991 and producer Liza Chasin was appointed as president of production.

In 1994, the company's Four Weddings and a Funeral, written by Curtis, became the highest-grossing British film of all-time with a gross of $245 million.

[citation needed] 1999 also saw the company's highest-grossing film to date with Notting Hill, again written by Curtis, with a gross of $364 million.

[7][8] Although contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $35 million, on a practical basis, Bevan and Fellner consult with studio executives at Working Title's parent company NBCUniversal.

[11] In February 2010, Working Title officially launched its television division as a joint venture with parent company NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast.