London – Banijay International will launch a wide range of fresh new entertainment programming at MIPCOM including Ultimate Reality Diva produced by Banijay Group company Bunim/Murray Productions. Already commissioned for a second season the no holds barred show has broken ratings records on Oxygen in the U.S.
Ultimate Reality Diva
Two studio-based cookery shows are also being unveiled: Hands Off, Chef! created by Banijay Group’s Air Productions and originally broadcast on France 2 in France, and Family Taste created by Banijay Group company Ambra Multimedia and originally broadcast on Rai Uno in Italy.
Banijay International will also offer studio game show The Thing, created by Ambra Multimedia. Other formats new to Banijay International’s catalogue for MIPCOM include Political Camp, a blend of reality and political debate from Nordisk Film TV; Women Wanted, Koncern Film & TV’s social experiment documentary series that brings a group of women to dying small towns to try to turn their fortunes around; and DR’s factual entertainment format 9th Grade vs China, which pits a class of local school children against students of the same age in China to try to gain insight into the differences between the two cultures.
These brand new formats join established international hits such Stars in Danger: The High Dive, Opposite Worlds, Popstars and Beat Your Host on the Banijay International MIPCOM slate.