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‘Celebrity Race Across The World’ Renewed For Season 2 At BBC
Celebrity Race Across the World has landed a second season on the BBC. The format from Traitors maker Studio Lambert sees pairings featuring one celebrity and a parent, sibling or friend set a challenge to head on an epic adventure on a limited budget. In Season 1, which the BBC said is its “biggest factual entertainment brand of the year to date,” the likes of McFly drummer Harry Judd and broadcaster Alex Beresford were set the task of racing from Africa to the Arctic. Season 2’s route will be revealed in due course. The non-celebrity version has run for three seasons and has also been a big hit for the BBC. Factual entertainment boss Catherine Catton said she had been “delighted with the reaction particularly from young audiences” to Season 1 of the celebrity run. The news comes just a few days...
Celebrity Race Across the World has landed a second season on the BBC. The format from Traitors maker Studio Lambert sees pairings featuring one celebrity and a parent, sibling or friend set a challenge to head on an epic adventure on a limited budget. In Season 1, which the BBC said is its “biggest factual entertainment brand of the year to date,” the likes of McFly drummer Harry Judd and broadcaster Alex Beresford were set the task of racing from Africa to the Arctic. Season 2’s route will be revealed in due course. The non-celebrity version has run for three seasons and has also been a big hit for the BBC. Factual entertainment boss Catherine Catton said she had been “delighted with the reaction particularly from young audiences” to Season 1 of the celebrity run. The news comes just a few days...
- 11/7/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Edinburgh TV Festival has revealed the 105 successful candidates that have been selected for its talent schemes — Ones to Watch, TV PhD and The Network. The schemes are part of The TV Foundation, the festival’s charity with a mission to identify and nurture the next generation of talent from all backgrounds.
Ones to Watch is aimed at those who already have three or more years’ experience in TV and are looking to make the next big step. Of the final 30 selected, 73% are women, 43% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and 23% are disabled. More than 63% are freelance, and the remainder have been selected from leading companies, including Netflix, Studio Lambert, Nutopia and Little Dot Studios. The selected candidates will receive three days of bespoke sessions and training and 12 months of mentoring from senior industry figures.
The Network is the TV Foundation’s scheme for aspiring industry entrants. Of this year’s delegates,...
Ones to Watch is aimed at those who already have three or more years’ experience in TV and are looking to make the next big step. Of the final 30 selected, 73% are women, 43% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and 23% are disabled. More than 63% are freelance, and the remainder have been selected from leading companies, including Netflix, Studio Lambert, Nutopia and Little Dot Studios. The selected candidates will receive three days of bespoke sessions and training and 12 months of mentoring from senior industry figures.
The Network is the TV Foundation’s scheme for aspiring industry entrants. Of this year’s delegates,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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