Possessed has been commissioned by ITV Daytime to produce Cash Trapped (10 x 60’), a new quiz show with a genuinely unique twist: nobody leaves until somebody wins. Hosted by and based on an original idea by Bradley Walsh, Cash Trapped sees six contestants battle it out across a series of fast paced question rounds that see them actively trying to sabotage their opponents. Cash Trapped is based on a game created by Bradley Walsh, developed for TV by Possessed. It was commissioned by ITV’s … [Read more...] about Possessed to get Cash Trapped
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ITV’s Meet The Parents
ITV has commissioned Meet The Parents from ITV Studios, a brand-new dating series hosted by Holly Willoughby. She puts the romantic futures of a group of singletons into the hands of the people who know them best: their parents. In their quest to find love, nothing is off limits, as the picker looking for romance gets to ask their potential suitors’ parents anything. While the parents are being quizzed, the guys and girls hoping to be chosen see and hear everything, and have no control over … [Read more...] about ITV’s Meet The Parents
ITV partners World Media
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has signed an exclusive first look output deal with leading factual producer World Media Rights (WMR) following MIPTV. The multi-year agreement will see ITVS GE distributing upwards of 40 hours of World Media Rights’ new factual series. ITVS GE already distributes three of WMR’s series including the brand new Real Story Of…; Animal Black Ops and Fugitive Black Ops. ITVS GE has inked sales for Animal Black Ops with Discovery Networks in Sweden and … [Read more...] about ITV partners World Media
3rd series for Thunderbirds Are Go
MIPTV– ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures have been commissioned by CITV to make a third series of Thunderbirds Are Go, the smash hit re-invention of the iconic children’s television show, to air next year. Thunderbirds Are Go has also been acquired by DHX Media in a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) and will premiere on its Family CHRGD and Family Channels later this month. … [Read more...] about 3rd series for Thunderbirds Are Go
Leaping forward with Asian formats
Many Asian broadcasters are racing each other to produce that huge format that will travel the globe, recording enormous viewership. Japan started that by selling formats to the international market. Soon after, Korea has been doing likewise with hip-hop bands and formats that followed very quickly. The interest in Grandpas Over Flowers, a reality travel series that first aired on Korean’s tvN and follows elderly backpackers abroad, looks like it could be just the tonic as the country tries to … [Read more...] about Leaping forward with Asian formats
ITV Studios’ new Korean drama
ITV Studios have picked up the supernatural cop drama Who Are You, produced by Korean CJ Group represented by Eccho Rights. The deal is the first licence for a Korean scripted drama in the UK and the third ground-breaking deal Eccho Rights have made to bring the genre to Europe in the past two years. Who Are You is a supernatural cop show with a romantic twist: an elite policewoman falls into a coma after a brutal attack during a raid gone wrong. Six years later, she awakes and resumes … [Read more...] about ITV Studios’ new Korean drama