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Gemini Productions was a television production company set up in 1972 to co-produce the television drama/comedy series The Godfathers. The show was initially produced by Bruning, Bell and Partners, a family-based company headed by Robert Bruning. In an interview with Cinema Papers (September 1979), Bruning recalls that he had been anxious to ensure that all of the key players in The Godfathers were financially involved in the production. However, the others felt that a share of the profits wasn't as satisfactory as some equity in the company: '[As] I wasn't prepared to give them equity in my family company, I set up Gemini Productions as a strictly package production company. It was called Gemini because there were many people in the group with that star sign' (n. pag.).

Following the success of The Godfathers, Gemini Productions went on to make several comedy 'specials': The Bob Monkhouse Show (1972), co-starring John Laws (q.v.); The Kenneth Connor Show (1972); and The Marty Feldman Show (1972). Other television productions by the company include the crime series The Spoiler (1972), a documentary looking at the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Crisis (1972), the series The People Next Door (1973), Paradise (1975), Mama's Gone a Hunting (1975), Is There Anybody There? (1975), The Alternative (1976), and Gone to Ground (1978).

Gemini Productions was acquired by the Reg Grundy Organisation (q.v.) in 1977.