ZDF Latest To ‘Race Across The World’; ‘I, Jack Wright’ Adds Cast; Macao International Shorts Festival Program Launches (Exclusive); DLT Buys Into Voice-Over Agency — Global Briefs
11.03.2024 - 13:47
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ZDF Latest To ‘Race Across The World‘
A six-part series based on Studio Lambert’s Race Across the World is set to air on German pubcaster ZDF in spring 2025. Planning is underway for casting and filming is set for the fall, with All3Media’s German producer, Tower, attached to make the show. Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer will be the producer with Friederike Haedecke, Johannes Geiger, Thorsten Haas and Daniel Nemetschek the editors. The original BBC show has run to strong ratings in the UK for three seasons and one celebrity series. New seasons of both versions have been commissioned after the the first ep of the celebrity run drew 6.2 million viewers, consolidating the format’s position among the BBC’s top factual programs. The German deal, struck with distributor All3Media International, marks the fifth international version of the show, coming after three seasons on TV2 in Denmark, an upcoming production on MTV Katsomo and MTV3 in Finland, and a trio of seasons in the Netherlands on RTL, where IDTV, the company behind The Traitors, produces. The format follows competing teams of two tasked with finding quick and inexpensive ways through countries and climates without smartphones, internet access or credit cards.
Federation Stories’ ‘I, Jack Wright’ Adds Cast
Federation Stories’ UKTV drama I, Jack Wright has added cast. Joining John Simm and Nikki Amuka-Bird, who were revealed by Deadline several weeks ago, Trevor Eve will take the title role of a powerful and successful businessman who leaves his family in disarray when they learn of his suicide. Eve is joined by Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education)as Laura Johnstone, Harry Lloyd (The Lost King, Game of Thrones) as DCI Hector Morgan, Zoë Tapper (Grace, Liar) as Georgia Wright,
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