Show of the week


Show of the week: Breathless

Breathless is tapping into the renewed popularity of glossy primetime period drama. The six-part scripted series stars Jack Davenport (Smash, Pirates of the Caribbean) as Otto Powell, a brilliant surgeon in 1961 London. The series was created by Paul Unwin, the co-creator of Casualty, but takes a very different approach to the long-running BBC medical […]

Show of the Week: Date Night

The UK has been good to the dating genre, and broadcaster Channel 4 has been better than most. Just this year, it has commissioned shows such as Bryan Elsley-penned drama Dates, while groundbreaking disability-themed series The Undateables has been lauded for its approach. Warner Bros. International Television Production is taking one of Channel 4’s latest […]

MIPJunior Hot Pick: Super Wings!

The international nature of the kids TV business is encapsulated in a new show for MIPJunior, Super Wings!, which was created in South Korea, is being written in the US and animated in China. Funnyflux Entertainment is hoping to follow up the success of its Zodiak-distributed kids series Tickety Toc with the new animated preschool […]

Show of the week: Long Island Medium

Long Island Medium has fared well on Discovery’s female-skewing Lifetime channel in the US and with over 70 episodes for buyers, Discovery Enterprises International spent much of the summer pushing it after launching it at NATPE Budapest. “It’s one of the shows that’s been successful around the world,” says Saevar Lemke, DEI’s regional sales director, […]

Show of the week: Dream Builders

Dream Builders represents something of a departure for Banijay International, which is most closely associated with loud studio entertainment formats. The show is billed as “uplifting and emotional”, with the premise seeing a group of homeless people with a variety drug, crime and personal issues attempting to start afresh. A presenter initially lives with them […]

Show of the Week: Animism – People Who Love Objects

Broadcasters on the look out for unusual documentaries for their dedicated strands should look no further than Canadian 1x60mins/1x90mins programme Animism: People Who Love Objects, according to Nicky Davies Williams, CEO of its distributor, DCD Rights. The doc is produced by Real to Reel Productions, the Toronto-based indie that is currently making feature doc Eccentrics […]

Show of the Week: Unbeatable

Among the latest in Endemol’s formats production line is Unbeatable, an unashamed entertainment studio show featuring contests between seemingly undefeatable champions and specially selected challengers in front of a live audience. It is billed as being unlike anything seen before – the twist is the new pretenders don’t even have to be human. In the […]

Show of the week: Tattoo Nightmares

There are several tattoo series out there – Inked, Tattoo Manor, Miami Ink and Ink Master to name but a few – but most endeavour to highlight the best skin artists and their work. Tattoo Nightmares, however, looks at the very worst examples of the form, the funny, disturbing examples of bad tattoos and tattoos […]

Show of the Week: Rio: The Great Saga

Following the success of Paris: The Great Saga, French producer Gédéon has a factual format on its hands. The Paris project looked at the how the French capital evolved with Dassault Systemes developing CGI elements that tell how it was built and the key events in its history. A Rio project is now in production, […]

Show of the week: Chasing Life

According to Lionsgate International Television’s executive VP Peter Iacono, Chasing Life follows in the footsteps of Pretty Little Liars in marking ABC Family’s move toward edgier dramas than its previous fodder. The show is about a young female journalist juggling her work, dysfunctional multi-generational family and a crushing cancer diagnosis, giving it heaps of that […]

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