Youngest Media


Youngest Media’s David Flynn & ITVS’s South Shore launch unscripted label Plegazoid

Former Youngest Media founder David Flynn has re-emerged with a new production outfit, this time with the backing of ITV Studios-owned South Shore. His new label, Plegazoid, has entered into an exclusive joint venture agreement with Don’t Look Down prodco South Shore to develop and produce unscripted formats together. Flynn has been working with the […]

Producer Ed October buys Youngest Media assets incl ‘Moneybags’ & ‘Game Of Clones’

Producer and former Game Show Network exec Ed October has acquired IP from David Flynn and Lucas Church’s Youngest Media, including rights to formats such as Moneybags and Game Of Clones. The deal, which comes five months since Youngest Media was liquidated, sees October launching US-based Youngest Media Group, which has now bought the assets […]

Bandicoot TV hires Youngest & Thames execs as production chief Emma Read-Wilson exits

The Masked Singer UK producer Bandicoot TV has hired former Youngest Media and Thames Television execs, following news that head of production Emma Read-Wilson is stepping down. Louisa Benger takes the newly created role of director of productions & operations with a remit across Bandicoot TV, Bandicoot Scotland and the label’s expanding US operations. She […]

‘Moneybags’ prodco Youngest Media closes as effects of pandemic bite

Moneybags and Game Of Clones producer Youngest Media is closing after seven years of operation, citing the long-term effects of the pandemic on its business. The UK-based firm was set up in 2016 by Endemol Shine Group duo David Flynn and Lucas Church, with formats including Channel 4 (C4) quizzer Moneybags and ITV gameshow Small […]

Crazy cash and snackable shorts: The future of entertainment on SVODs

As the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Quibi begin to get their unscripted affairs in order with heavy-hitting greenlights for global-facing shows such as The Circle, Back Of The Net and Elba vs Block, their strategy remains frustratingly opaque. TBI gathered some of the best creative minds in entertainment and formats to shed light on […]

Youngest Media opens shop in France

David Flynn and Lucas Church’s Youngest Media is opening shop in France, just weeks after unveiling its German venture. The entertainment studio is teaming with French prodco Deeply Superficial – launched in 2018 by former Shine France founder and CEO Thierry Lachkar – for Youngest Media France. Youngest Media France will set about adapting the […]

Youngest Media names All3 alum to head new German office

David Flynn and Lucas Church’s Youngest Media has appointed former All3Media exec Mark Stehli to head up its new German office, marking the company’s first non-UK subsidiary. Youngest Media Germany will have its base in Berlin and be staffed by managing director Stehli, who was previously director of production and corporate development at All3Media in […]

BBC Three commissions Youngest Media for ‘House Share’

BBC Three has commissioned six-part docu-reality series House Share from Youngest Media. The 6 x 20-minute series finds six youth given the chance to move to London, and make a living in the capital while living with a roster of housemates – whom they must also share all their earnings with. With a communal household […]

NBC inherits ‘Small Fortune’ remake

US broadcaster NBC has signed on to adapt Youngest Media’s Small Fortune competition series.  The network has ordered a six-part series of the format, which aired originally on UK broadcaster ITV in February. The show finds teams of three friends competing in small-scale challenges across miniature sets for a chance to win cash prizes. From a shrunk down […]