Glasgow-based Beezr Studios has optioned a Chinese factual entertainment format called “Little Chefs in the Rv” from Guangdong TV. The deal marks the channel’s first format sale, and the production company’s first international acquisition.
The series follows families with children as they travel the country in campervans, cooking and learning as they go about farming, foraging and different ingredients. It will be produced in China this summer, while Beezr develops and pitches the U.K. version, saying in a statement that the project will be an “immediate priority” for the firm’s new head of factual entertainment David Marshall.
The concept was developed by producers from China’s “A Taste of Guangdong” series and Clare Thompson, Beezr’s development consultant.
The idea “taps into so many things everyone is talking about right now – from reconnecting with nature, to food production, meat and where our meals come from,” said Beezr MD Alasdair MacCuish.
The series follows families with children as they travel the country in campervans, cooking and learning as they go about farming, foraging and different ingredients. It will be produced in China this summer, while Beezr develops and pitches the U.K. version, saying in a statement that the project will be an “immediate priority” for the firm’s new head of factual entertainment David Marshall.
The concept was developed by producers from China’s “A Taste of Guangdong” series and Clare Thompson, Beezr’s development consultant.
The idea “taps into so many things everyone is talking about right now – from reconnecting with nature, to food production, meat and where our meals come from,” said Beezr MD Alasdair MacCuish.
- 2/5/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
British broadcaster UKTV has unveiled its latest slate for entertainment network Dave. The BBC Studios-backed network has ordered Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, a comedy format fronted by the former Great British Bake Off host and comedy and food format Big Zuu’s Big Eats as well as new series of motoring show World’s Most Dangerous Roads and comedy format Hypothetical. Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable is an eight-part series, produced by Expectation, where three celebrities are invited in to a confessional to find out who’s committed sins that are so bad that they should be declared unforgivable. Big Zuu’s Big Eats, which is produced by Twofour Group’s Boomerang, follows comedians including Desiree Burch, Ed Gamble, Jamali Maddix, Jimmy Carr and London Hughes as they eat on tour. Finally, Hypothetical, produced by Episodes producer Hat Trick, returns for a third season with Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, while World’s Most Dangerous Roads,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of Scottish mountaineer, Hamish MacInnes, is one that goes beyond his accomplishments as a climber.
In his career he led the first British ascent of the Bonatti Pillar of the Dru in the French Alps as well as took part in four expeditions to Mount Everest amongst other unbelievable feats.
He is an author, photographer as well as an expeditionary filmmaker and an iconic figure responsible for some of the greatest ingenuity that’s impact on mountain climbing today cannot be overstated.
Beyond this, though, is the story of his personal struggles with mental health. Director, Robbie Fraser, documents this and more in Final Ascent which is showing at a sold out screening this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
We got the chance to sit down with Robbie and delve into how he became involved in the project, the lasting impression Hamish has had on him, and much more.
In his career he led the first British ascent of the Bonatti Pillar of the Dru in the French Alps as well as took part in four expeditions to Mount Everest amongst other unbelievable feats.
He is an author, photographer as well as an expeditionary filmmaker and an iconic figure responsible for some of the greatest ingenuity that’s impact on mountain climbing today cannot be overstated.
Beyond this, though, is the story of his personal struggles with mental health. Director, Robbie Fraser, documents this and more in Final Ascent which is showing at a sold out screening this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
We got the chance to sit down with Robbie and delve into how he became involved in the project, the lasting impression Hamish has had on him, and much more.
- 3/2/2019
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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