Paul Farrer

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Known for: Drama, Entertainment

Royal Television Society Award-Winner Paul Farrer is one of the UK’s most successful media composers. In a career spanning more than 35 years he has composed music for some of the biggest programmes on British Television.

The Chase, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, Dancing On Ice, Gladiators, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Ninja Warrior, Fort Boyard, Red Dwarf - The Promised Land, Fortune Hotel, Late Night Lycett, Gordon Ramsay’s Culinary Genius, Ant and Dec’s Push The Button, The Jerry Springer Show, Judge Rinder, The Krypton Factor and The BBC’s most successful international format of all time The Weakest Link which was broadcast in 97 countries globally and continues to be a hit format on both BBC and NBC.

Paul has composed additional music for shows such as Clarkson’s Farm, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Top Gear, The Antiques Roadshow, The IT Crowd, Lego Masters and Blue Peter. In 2012 he was commissioned to compose all the music to the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Variety Performance at The Royal Albert Hall in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. 2019 was the 8th year in a row he had been the composer of the orchestral music for this prestigious event.

In 2024 his music accompanied the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

His 2025 commissions include Pictionary (ITV), The Fortune Hotel series 2 (ITV) and forthcoming BBC One show The Answer Run series 2 hosted by Jason Manford.

Paul is a member of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and a member of the Ivor’s Academy of Composers and Songwriters.

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Awards

Paul is the recipient of an Ampex Golden Reel Award for his work on ITV’s The Gladiators.

He was the 2003 recipient of the BMI Composer Award and has been twice nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.

Paul Farrer's CV

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	Forthcoming Quiz Show (TBA)	S4C / Slam Media
	The Weakest Link - Series 1-3 (2021-25) - View project	BBC One / BBC Studios
	Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Series 1-9 (2016-25) - View project	BBC One / Hungry Bear
	Dancing On Ice - Series 1-17 (2006-25)	ITV 1 / Lifted Entertainment
	The Fortune Hotel - Series 1-2 (2024-25) - View project	Tuesday's Child
	The Answer Run - Series 1-2 (2024-25) - View project	BBC
	Pictionary (2024-25) - View project	ITV One / Whisper
	Paris Olympic Summer Games (2024)	BBC / BBC Studios
	Gladiators (2024) - View project	BBC One / Hungry Bear
	Lucky 13 (2024) - View project	Studio1
	Top Gear Australia (2024)	Paramount+ / Freehand
	Michael McIntyre's The Wheel - Series 1-2 (2020-24)	BBC One / Hungry Bear
	Late Night Lycett (2023) - View project	Channel 4 / Rumpus Media
	Riddiculous - Series 1-2 (2022-23) - View project	ITV 1 / East Media
	Ninja Warrior - Series 5-6 (2019-22)	ITV 1 / Potato TV
	Alan Titchmarsh: Spring Into Summer (2021) - View project	ITV / Spun Gold / Penny Lane
	Gordon Ramsay's Bank Balance (2021) - View project	BBC One / Studio Ramsay
	Foodtastic (2021)	Disney+ / Endemol Shine
	Winning Combination - Series 1-2 (2020-21)	ITV 1
	Rolling In It - Series 1-2 (2020-21)	ITV / Over The Top Productions
	Red Dwarf: The Promised Land (2020)	UKTV / Baby Cow
	Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020) - View project	ITV / Spun Gold
	Beat The Chasers (2020)	ITV / Potato TV
	The Royal Variety Performance (2012-20)	ITV / Royal Variety Charity
	Quizmaster (2019)	ITV / Spun Gold
	Beat The Chef (2019)	Channel 4 / Twofour
	Give It A Year (2018)	ITV 1 / Twofour
	Antiques Roadshow - Holocaust Remembrance (2018)	BBC One / BBC Studios
	World of Sport Wrestling (2018)	ITV 1 / ITV Studios
	Flog It: Street Auction (2017)	BBC One / BBC Studios
	Gordan Ramsay's Culinary Genius (2017)	ITV / Studio Ramsay
	The Best FIFA Football Awards (2017)	ITV / FIFA
	Debatable (2016)	BBC Two / Hungry Bear
	Judge Rinder (2014)	ITV 1 / ITV Studios
	1000 Heartbeats (2015)	ITV 1 / Hungry Bear
	Top Gear (2011)	BBC Two / BBC Studios
	The Chase (2010)	ITV / Potato TV