DVD licencing deal

Embargoed

                                                  0700 hrs, Thurs 21 April 2005

                 Talent Group plc ('Talent' or 'The Company')                  

                 New DVD licensing deal for 'Test the Nation'                  

The Board of Talent is pleased to announce the completion of an interactive DVD
licensing agreement with Contender Entertainment Group for 'Test the Nation',
the long-running interactive event series, made for BBC One by Talent
Television Limited, the company's trading subsidiary).

The agreement covers the development, distribution and marketing of two
interactive DVDs, based on the 'Test the Nation' television format, each to be
released to coincide with the 2005 and 2006 pre-Xmas sales periods. Interactive
DVDs are one of the fastest growing genres within the family entertainment
sector of the UK DVD/Video market and the release of the 'Test the Nation'
iDVDs underlines the stated aims of Talent Group to develop, retain and exploit
the secondary rights arising from their intellectual television properties.

Jon Bourdillon, Director Home Entertainment, Contender Group said 'We are
delighted to be working with Talent TV in this new, fast-growing sector. And we
are particularly pleased to be bringing a high quality, premium entertainment
brand such as 'Test the Nation' to the UK marketplace.'

Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent, said 'Contender is one of the UK's
leading independent DVD/Video distributors and we are looking forward to
working with them in our first entry into the buoyant interactive DVD sector.
This deal represents our first major step towards deriving income from retained
intellectual property rights.'

For Enquiries : Tony Humphreys

Managing Director, Talent Group plc

020 7421 7800

20 April 2005