The BBC’s One Show editor Rob Unsworth has been appointed Head of Daytime and Early Peak commissioning, overseeing a department that has produced hits such as Pointless and The Repair Shop.
Unsworth will start in the coming months, replacing Carla-Maria Lawson, who recently departed after overseeing Platinum Jubilee coverage. Lindsay Bradbury will continue to be Acting Head of Daytime before Unsworth starts.
Unsworth has been with the BBC for 25 years, most recently editing daily BBC One magazine format The One Show. The former Senior Advisor in the BBC’s editorial policy team previously developed a number of successful daytime series including Rip off Britain and has worked across Watchdog, Blue Peter and Rogue Traders.
Unsworth will report to Director of Unscripted Kate Phillips, who was recently promoted to oversee commissioning for entertainment, factual, arts & classical music and daytime, early-peak & events. A Head of Entertainment is still yet to be appointed and,...
Unsworth will start in the coming months, replacing Carla-Maria Lawson, who recently departed after overseeing Platinum Jubilee coverage. Lindsay Bradbury will continue to be Acting Head of Daytime before Unsworth starts.
Unsworth has been with the BBC for 25 years, most recently editing daily BBC One magazine format The One Show. The former Senior Advisor in the BBC’s editorial policy team previously developed a number of successful daytime series including Rip off Britain and has worked across Watchdog, Blue Peter and Rogue Traders.
Unsworth will report to Director of Unscripted Kate Phillips, who was recently promoted to oversee commissioning for entertainment, factual, arts & classical music and daytime, early-peak & events. A Head of Entertainment is still yet to be appointed and,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV’s youth channel ITV2 is going to fill the huge Love Island-shaped gap in its schedule by showing the Australian version of the reality show.
Love Island: Australia will premiere later this month after the ITV Studios format aired on Nine Network in Oz last year. It follows ITV having to cancel the summer season of Love Island due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Australian version is filmed at Love Island‘s villa in Mallorca and is hosted by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott. It features singletons trying to secure a love match to win a $50,000 Aus cash prize.
The 2019 summer season of Love Island premiered on ITV2 on June 3, meaning that the 2020 version would likely have launched this week had it gone ahead. In the end, filming during the Covid-19 outbreak proved too complicated.
In other Australian TV news, BBC One has acquired ABC...
Love Island: Australia will premiere later this month after the ITV Studios format aired on Nine Network in Oz last year. It follows ITV having to cancel the summer season of Love Island due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Australian version is filmed at Love Island‘s villa in Mallorca and is hosted by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott. It features singletons trying to secure a love match to win a $50,000 Aus cash prize.
The 2019 summer season of Love Island premiered on ITV2 on June 3, meaning that the 2020 version would likely have launched this week had it gone ahead. In the end, filming during the Covid-19 outbreak proved too complicated.
In other Australian TV news, BBC One has acquired ABC...
- 6/3/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham is set to join streaming platform Apple TV Plus.
Kirkham will join Apple TV Plus this summer, reporting into creative director for Europe Jay Hunt. Based in London, the executive will have responsibility in Europe for unscripted original series and films.
Kirkham is the first major hire for Apple’s U.K. team since film producer Joe Oppenheimer joined the tech giant in 2018.
Apple TV+ global team is led by heads of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.
The appointment comes as the platform, in common with other streamers, looks to expand its non-scripted output. Apple’s non-scripted commissions include “Prehistoric Planet” and “Long Way Up” with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman.
Kirkham joined the BBC in 2005 as an executive producer and became controller of factual commissioning in 2015. Programming highlights include “Planet Earth II” and “Blue Planet II,” “Ambulance,” “Exodus,” “Hospital,” ”Muslims Like...
Kirkham will join Apple TV Plus this summer, reporting into creative director for Europe Jay Hunt. Based in London, the executive will have responsibility in Europe for unscripted original series and films.
Kirkham is the first major hire for Apple’s U.K. team since film producer Joe Oppenheimer joined the tech giant in 2018.
Apple TV+ global team is led by heads of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.
The appointment comes as the platform, in common with other streamers, looks to expand its non-scripted output. Apple’s non-scripted commissions include “Prehistoric Planet” and “Long Way Up” with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman.
Kirkham joined the BBC in 2005 as an executive producer and became controller of factual commissioning in 2015. Programming highlights include “Planet Earth II” and “Blue Planet II,” “Ambulance,” “Exodus,” “Hospital,” ”Muslims Like...
- 5/6/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Apple has hired BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham as its new unscripted chief in the UK, reporting to creative director of worldwide video Europe, Jay Hunt.
Kirkham will join the Apple TV+ international creative development team this summer after 15 years at the BBC, the last six of which she has spent in charge of factual programming.
During her time at the BBC, she has overseen shows including Planet Earth II, coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, and the recent breakout Studio Lambert hit Race Across The World.
As well as overseeing unscripted shows at Apple, she will have some exposure to drama and comedy, with recent shows coming out of Hunt’s team including Trying and Gary Oldman spy drama Slow Horses.
“I will forever be proud that, for six years, I was able to walk into New Broadcasting House as the controller of factual commissioning at the BBC.
Kirkham will join the Apple TV+ international creative development team this summer after 15 years at the BBC, the last six of which she has spent in charge of factual programming.
During her time at the BBC, she has overseen shows including Planet Earth II, coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, and the recent breakout Studio Lambert hit Race Across The World.
As well as overseeing unscripted shows at Apple, she will have some exposure to drama and comedy, with recent shows coming out of Hunt’s team including Trying and Gary Oldman spy drama Slow Horses.
“I will forever be proud that, for six years, I was able to walk into New Broadcasting House as the controller of factual commissioning at the BBC.
- 5/6/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has tapped stand-up comic Zoe Lyons to host “Lightning,” a fast-paced afternoon entertainment show to be broadcast on BBC Two.
Mixing elements of the traditional game show and quiz show, “Lightning” will have six contestants battling it out over six frenetic rounds, answering trivia questions and undertaking physical trials while trying to avoid a roving spotlight that will instantly eliminate whomever it lands on.
Award-winning comic and one-time “Survivor” contestant Zoe Lyons will play host, guiding the players towards an ultimate prize of £3,000. “It’s incredibly exciting to be the host of ‘Lightning,’” says Lyons. “It’s a dream job for me as I’m a massive quiz fan and – unlike the contestants – I love being in the spotlight.”
This 25 x 30’ format was created by Banijay Group’s Fizz (part of Rdf) and the Belfast-based Nice One Productions. The two previously collaborated on BBC Three’s “Fight Dirty,...
Mixing elements of the traditional game show and quiz show, “Lightning” will have six contestants battling it out over six frenetic rounds, answering trivia questions and undertaking physical trials while trying to avoid a roving spotlight that will instantly eliminate whomever it lands on.
Award-winning comic and one-time “Survivor” contestant Zoe Lyons will play host, guiding the players towards an ultimate prize of £3,000. “It’s incredibly exciting to be the host of ‘Lightning,’” says Lyons. “It’s a dream job for me as I’m a massive quiz fan and – unlike the contestants – I love being in the spotlight.”
This 25 x 30’ format was created by Banijay Group’s Fizz (part of Rdf) and the Belfast-based Nice One Productions. The two previously collaborated on BBC Three’s “Fight Dirty,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. International Television Production indie Ricochet is adapting the group’s German format Cash For Trash into a BBC One show.
Ricochet has been commissioned to make 30-part daytime series The Bidding Room, in which expert dealers compete to buy items presented to them by members of the public.
Hosted by Chariots of Fire actor Nigel Havers, the show is based on Bares für Rares (Cash For Trash), which was first made for Germany’s Zdf in 2015 by Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany.
The format is the biggest daytime factual entertainment show in Germany, according to the BBC, and has been remade for France 2 with similar success. Sbs in the Netherlands has also adapted the show.
The Bidding Room will be executive produced by Emma Walsh, with Claire Egerton-Jones serving as series producer. Acting BBC daytime boss Carla-Maria Lawson and Lindsay Bradbury commissioned the show.
Lawson said:...
Ricochet has been commissioned to make 30-part daytime series The Bidding Room, in which expert dealers compete to buy items presented to them by members of the public.
Hosted by Chariots of Fire actor Nigel Havers, the show is based on Bares für Rares (Cash For Trash), which was first made for Germany’s Zdf in 2015 by Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany.
The format is the biggest daytime factual entertainment show in Germany, according to the BBC, and has been remade for France 2 with similar success. Sbs in the Netherlands has also adapted the show.
The Bidding Room will be executive produced by Emma Walsh, with Claire Egerton-Jones serving as series producer. Acting BBC daytime boss Carla-Maria Lawson and Lindsay Bradbury commissioned the show.
Lawson said:...
- 11/29/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Rylan Clark, Sarah Harding and Chesney Hawkes have been announced for Celebrity MasterChef 2015.
They are joined by Keith Chegwin, Yvette Fielding, Arlene Phillips and others for the tenth anniversary edition of the cookery contest.
12 episodes will air over six weeks this summer. The first four heat weeks will see judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace whittle down the 20 celebrity entrants to eight semi-finalists.
Finals week ends in a 90-minute contest between the three remaining cooks, feeding an all-female Chef's Table hosted by Michelin starred Angela Hartnett.
The full list of 2015 contestants is as follows:
Scott MaslenTish (Patricia) PotterCraig GazeyAmanda DonohueSheree MurphyMica ParisSarah HardingKimberly WyattTom ParkerChesney HawkesSam NixonKeith ChegwinAndy AkinwolereYvette FieldingRylan ClarkSyd LittleArlene PhillipsSamira AhmedNatalie LoweDanny Crates
Past Celebrity MasterChef champions and finalists who will appear through the run include 2013 winner Ade Edmondson, 2014 finalist Wayne Sleep, semi-finalist Christopher Biggins and 2014 reigning champion Sophie Thompson.
Executive producer for the BBC Carla-Maria Lawson...
They are joined by Keith Chegwin, Yvette Fielding, Arlene Phillips and others for the tenth anniversary edition of the cookery contest.
12 episodes will air over six weeks this summer. The first four heat weeks will see judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace whittle down the 20 celebrity entrants to eight semi-finalists.
Finals week ends in a 90-minute contest between the three remaining cooks, feeding an all-female Chef's Table hosted by Michelin starred Angela Hartnett.
The full list of 2015 contestants is as follows:
Scott MaslenTish (Patricia) PotterCraig GazeyAmanda DonohueSheree MurphyMica ParisSarah HardingKimberly WyattTom ParkerChesney HawkesSam NixonKeith ChegwinAndy AkinwolereYvette FieldingRylan ClarkSyd LittleArlene PhillipsSamira AhmedNatalie LoweDanny Crates
Past Celebrity MasterChef champions and finalists who will appear through the run include 2013 winner Ade Edmondson, 2014 finalist Wayne Sleep, semi-finalist Christopher Biggins and 2014 reigning champion Sophie Thompson.
Executive producer for the BBC Carla-Maria Lawson...
- 5/13/2015
- Digital Spy
'Celebrity MasterChef' will return on July 31. The cooking competition will be back on BBC One at the end of the month as 16 stars - including Sugababes singer Heidi Range and Boyzone star Shane Lynch - battle to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Carla-Maria Lawson, Executive Producer of the programme, said: ''The return of 'Celebrity MasterChef' to this BBC One peak time slot sees thrills and spills and some extraordinary cooking from our lineup of well-known faces. ''In this series, the contestants' enthusiasm in their pursuit of the 'MasterChef' trophy is palpable, often inspiring and sometimes very, very funny.'' Comics Les...
- 7/18/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Celebrity MasterChef will return to BBC One at the end of the month, it has been announced.
The first new episode of the cooking competition will air on July 31 with a new lineup of celebrity contestants.
16 famous faces - including Sugababe Heidi Range, Bottom star Ade Edmondson and comics Les Dennis and Katy Brand - will battle it out to impress long-standing judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Actors John Thomson, Denise Black and Brian Capron and sports stars Phillips Idowu, Matthew Hoggard and Joe Calzaghe are also set to show off their culinary talents.
TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, Boyzone's Shane Lynch, rapper Speech Debelle, Jo Wood and Janet Street-Porter complete the lineup.
The show will air across six weeks, with the celebrities facing challenges such as mass catering for Cirque du Soleil and the Harlequins rugby team.
Exec producer Carla-Maria Lawson said: "The return of Celebrity MasterChef to this...
The first new episode of the cooking competition will air on July 31 with a new lineup of celebrity contestants.
16 famous faces - including Sugababe Heidi Range, Bottom star Ade Edmondson and comics Les Dennis and Katy Brand - will battle it out to impress long-standing judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Actors John Thomson, Denise Black and Brian Capron and sports stars Phillips Idowu, Matthew Hoggard and Joe Calzaghe are also set to show off their culinary talents.
TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, Boyzone's Shane Lynch, rapper Speech Debelle, Jo Wood and Janet Street-Porter complete the lineup.
The show will air across six weeks, with the celebrities facing challenges such as mass catering for Cirque du Soleil and the Harlequins rugby team.
Exec producer Carla-Maria Lawson said: "The return of Celebrity MasterChef to this...
- 7/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Celebrity MasterChef returns to the BBC this summer with a new lineup of famous faces attempting to impress John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
16 celebrities will be putting their palates to the test and proving their culinary worth on primetime BBC One.
Sugababes star Heidi Range, comic Les Dennis, actors John Thomson, Denise Black and Brian Capron, and Bottom star Ade Edmondson are among the competitors.
Katy Brand, Shappi Khorsandi, TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff and sports stars Phillips Idowu, Matthew Hoggard and Joe Calzaghe are also taking part.
Completing the lineup are Jo Wood, rapper Speech Debelle, Boyzone's Shane Lynch and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter.
Exec producer Carla-Maria Lawson said: "The return of Celebrity MasterChef to this BBC One peak time slot sees thrills and spills and some extraordinary cooking from our lineup of well-known faces.
"In this series, the contestants' enthusiasm in their pursuit of the MasterChef trophy is palpable, often inspiring and sometimes very,...
16 celebrities will be putting their palates to the test and proving their culinary worth on primetime BBC One.
Sugababes star Heidi Range, comic Les Dennis, actors John Thomson, Denise Black and Brian Capron, and Bottom star Ade Edmondson are among the competitors.
Katy Brand, Shappi Khorsandi, TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff and sports stars Phillips Idowu, Matthew Hoggard and Joe Calzaghe are also taking part.
Completing the lineup are Jo Wood, rapper Speech Debelle, Boyzone's Shane Lynch and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter.
Exec producer Carla-Maria Lawson said: "The return of Celebrity MasterChef to this BBC One peak time slot sees thrills and spills and some extraordinary cooking from our lineup of well-known faces.
"In this series, the contestants' enthusiasm in their pursuit of the MasterChef trophy is palpable, often inspiring and sometimes very,...
- 6/24/2013
- Digital Spy
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