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Summer of commissions for STV
Studios labels
STV Studios and its family of
production labels have secured multiple commissions and
recommissions this summer, with five confirmed so far in June and
July. Despite the softness in the commissioning market, the
group has orders from various broadcasters across Factual and
Entertainment.
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ITV has today confirmed that Tuesday's Child's
critically acclaimed reality competition show, The Fortune Hotel, is to return
for a second series of strategy, deception and intrigue following a
successful first series. Filming will commence later this year for
delivery in 2025.
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STV Studios Factual will produce landmark
documentary film, Disease X, for BBC Two and iPlayer,
which will see Dr Chris van Tulleken on an international hunt for
the source of the next global pandemic.
·
Brighton-based Hello Mary has been commissioned to
produce 2 x 60' reality series, Vicky Pattison: Destination Wedding
(w/t), for E4.
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Owl Power has been commissioned to produce an
eighth series of the award-winning and critically acclaimed
Mortimer and
Whitehouse: Gone Fishing for BBC2 and iPlayer.
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Interstellar will produce a new, one-hour comedy
entertainment pilot, James Acaster: People Person (w/t), for
Channel 4.
These commissions from across the
nations and regions add further to the momentum in STV Studios
following confirmation earlier this year of high value Scripted and
Unscripted orders: the company's first drama for global streamer
Netflix (The
Witness); high volume returning series for the BBC
(The Travelling
Auctioneers and Antiques Road Trip) and Discovery
(The Yorkshire Auction
House); a third and fourth series of police drama,
Blue Lights for
BBC One and limited series, Amadeus, for Sky Original from Two
Cities Television; and a major 100 episode deal with Sony's Game
Show Network for a US version of Bridge of Lies.
David Mortimer, MD of STV Studios
said: "STV Studios continues to deliver strong creative and
commercial momentum in 2024, with our labels winning a significant
number of high value, landmark commissions both here in the UK and
internationally. All this, despite the continuing challenges
that exist in the commissioning market. Crucially,
our development pipeline is very strong and
we expect to announce additional exciting
new projects in due course."
Contact:
Kirstin Stevenson, Head of Communications, STV
Group plc | Kirstin.stevenson@stv.tv
| 07803970106
About STV Group plc
STV Group plc is Scotland's home of
news, entertainment and drama, providing audiences with top-quality
programming on air, online and on demand.
STV's broadcast channel reaches
3 million viewers each month, with a packed schedule across the
day. STV's fast-growing streaming service, STV Player, offers viewers across
the UK home-grown and international drama box sets and a vast array
of factual entertainment series. Production
company STV
Studios - one of the UK's leading content businesses
- has an impressive track-record of success across a wide
range of broadcasters and streamers, with
productions including BAFTA-winning Elizabeth Is Missing for BBC One
and prison drama, Screw for Channel 4, quiz format Bridge of Lies for BBC One and
much-loved returning series Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV and
STV) and Antiques Road
Trip (BBC One).
STV Studios was named Production Group of the
Year at the prestigious Edinburgh TV Awards in 2023. In July 2023,
STV acquired Greenbird Media's expansive network of independent
production companies, significantly increasing the number of
creative labels in the STV Studios family.
