Tracy Forsyth


BBCWW cooks up new lifestyle shows

BBC Worldwide Channels has ordered a pair of cooking series featuring chef Rachel Khoo (above). The 10x25mins shows, Rachel Khoo’s London Food Diary (WT) and Cosmopolitan Cook (WT) will be fully funded by BBCWW Channels, as part of a commitment to increase the number of originally-produced hours on the global network to 100 by 2014. […]

BBC Worldwide renews original Science Club series

BBC Worldwide has given a second series order to Dara O Brian’s Science Club, which was one of the first wave of original series it commissioned for its international channels. Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK pubcaster, shares the cost of the series with the BBC Two channel and the new run of the […]

BBC Worldwide hires ex-UKTV, Channel 4 commissioning execs

BBC Worldwide has expanded its commissioning team with execs from UKTV and Channel 4. UKTV’s commissioning editor of entertainment Julie Swanston and Channel 4’s former commissioning editor of specialist factual Lucy Pilkington have joined the UK pubcaster’s commercial arm as executive producers. Swanston will be responsible for generating entertainment content for BBCWW’s channels, including US […]

BBC Worldwide commissions Really Cool Stuff

BBC Worldwide has ordered a fact-ent series for its international channels, Really Cool Stuff (WT). The series will examine everyday mysteries across its 10x50mins run. It will debut on Worldwide’s BBC Knowledge channel across Africa, Asia, CEE, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Poland and the Nordic region next year. In the EMEA and Lat Am regions […]

BBC Worldwide orders original series for international channels

BBC Worldwide has ordered Million Dollar Intern, an original fact-ent series for its international channels. Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, will fully fund the 10x48mins series. The show will be made by UK indie Outline Productions and air on the international feeds of  Worldwide’s BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment and BBC HD […]

BBC Worldwide pledges to commission 100hrs of originals in 2014

BBC Worldwide said today that it will be ramping up the number of original programmes that it commissions and will order 100 hours of originals the year after next. The channels division of Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has unveiled a new commissioning strategy, which will be executed by Tracy Forsyth, […]