Lime Pictures (previously Mersey Television) is the television production company which produces Hollyoaks. The company was founded by Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond in 1982, and also produced the shows created by Redmond, such as Brookside and Grange Hill. The headquarters for Lime Pictures is located at Campus Manor in Childwall, Liverpool. In June 2005, the company was purchased by All3Media, who changed the company's name from Mersey Television to Lime Pictures in 2006.
Lime Pictures also has their own award-winning in-house digital team - Lime Digital - which has notably solely produced the spin-off documentary series Hollyoaks: IRL.