BBC Worldwide has unveiled Really Cool Stuff (working title), a brand new 10 x 50’ factual entertainment series from 360Production. Really Cool Stuff will exclusively premiere on BBC Knowledge (Africa, Asia, CEE, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Poland and the Nordics) and BBC HD (EMEA and Latin America) next year, underpinning BBC Worldwide’s promise to deliver 100 hours of original programming to its BBC branded channels by 2014.  Lucy Pilkington will act as Executive Producer for BBC Knowledge, whilst BBC Worldwide will hold all commercial rights to the new series of Really Cool Stuff, including global broadcast and distribution. 

Really Cool Stuff will see hosts Greg Foot (Physicist and adrenalin junkie), Fran Scott (biologist and practical experimenter) and Dominic Byrne (radio and TV broadcaster) together debate, investigate and dissect a wide spectrum of topics. Really Cool Stuff joins the BBC Worldwide’s slate of original programming which includes:  Best In Town (Mox Productions), Bill’ Kitchen: Notting Hill (Furneaux and Edgar Productions), Million Dollar Intern (Outline Productions) Come Dine With Me South Africa (Rapid Blue) plus from the BBC’s in-house production teams; Dara O Briain’s Science Club, Stargazing and Food and Drink.

“This high-energy, visually stimulating and incredibly informative series by 360Production, truly delivers a great mix of science and factual entertainment content in a fresh, digestible and returnable format.  Really Cool Stuff will answer some of those bizarre common-place questions you have always wondered about, no matter where you live in the world – and this is one of the many reasons I believe the show will have wide-appeal with our international BBC audiences,” said Tracy Forsyth, VP Commissioning, BBC Worldwide.