Question Time production company saved by rescue deal Sport-focused Tinopolis came under pressure from the pandemic-induced shutdown of the TV production sector last year A pre-lockdown edition of BBC One's Question Time produced in Liverpool One of the UK's biggest TV production companies behind Question Time and Premier League coverage on BT Sport and Amazon has won a rescue deal saving 650 jobs after being battered by the pandemic. Tinopolis was on the brink of running out of cash as it grappled with the production sector's widespread shutdown due to Covid. The company that also produces Crufts coverage for Channel 4 has now agreed terms with lenders that will inject fresh capital into the business, but wipe out more than £100m in loans owed to executives and former managers.