PROGRAMMES
The Code
Faced with a locked safe full of money, contestants must answer questions to crack a 3 digit code that will open the safe and win them the jackpot.
Young War Widows
‘Young War Widows’ is a portrait of three young women whose soldier husbands were killed fighting for their country in the most recent Afghanistan war. It’s a film that takes us behind the public images of war widows and into their world.
Singing in the Rainforest
‘Singing in the Rainforest’ takes well-known artists and bands out of their natural environment and challenges them to immerse themselves in tribal life for one week.
Release the Hounds
Release The Hounds sees three unsuspecting contestants enter a forest at dusk, in a quest to unlock chests full of prize money. The not so fearless friends responded to an advert for the chance to win, but little do they know, in order to win big, they have to face the scariest challenges ever endured on TV.
MAN V FLY is the centuries-old sport that codifies the epic battle between man and fly.
PLAIN JANE
Re-commissioned for a third 12 episode series: we transform ordinary, awkward and forgettable ‘Plain Janes’ into sexy, confident women from the inside out.
Breakaway
Re-commissioned for a second 20 episode series: 6 players at the start, a prize pot at the end, and 25 questions between them, but will players stick together and win together, or ‘breakaway’ in a bid to take everything for themselves?
THE IDEAS EXCHANGE
BBC World News has commissioned a new 8x30 series The Ideas Exchange that will premiere on the channel on 1st September 2012. The Ideas Exchange is produced by Gogglebox Entertainment and sponsored by HSBC.
THE UNSEEN FRANKIE HOWERD
The life and work of legendary comic Frankie Howerd is celebrated in this intimate portrait for Channel 4 that features a host of never-before-seen footage.
This 90-minute Gogglebox Entertainment documentary features clips from Howerd’s classic shows alongside professional and personal archive footage.
The Exit List
Two contestants enter a giant 26 room Memory Maze. Somewhere in the maze, is a vault containing £100,000. But the further contestants go into the maze to find it, the harder it is to get out, because to leave with the money, contestants must remember their EXIT LIST.
The Untold Tommy Cooper
The Untold Tommy Cooper is a new documentary on Channel 4 that features never-before-seen footage of late comedian Tommy Cooper.
BANGERS & CASH
Bangers & Cash is the show where deserving people give their current car away for good to a car dealer in the hope that he can keep trading it up and deliver them back the car of their dreams.
STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD
The game show which jumps out of public screens, has been picked up for series in six territories and optioned in a further seven. More than 150 episodes in total!
All details, including the UK, to follow before MIPCOM…
Move Like Michael Jackson
A nationwide search to find the British dance act that best embodies the spirit, showmanship, technical ability and sheer creativity of Michael Jackson.
Release the Hounds App
Looks like you have stumbled into the Crowley Estate, run by an insane Lord and haunted by centuries of evil. The good news is there are plenty of riches inside to be won if you are able take on the challenges and outrun the dogs.
TRUST ME, I’M A DEALER
Antiques expert Paul Martin goes all out to help people make a decent return on their savings. In each episode, members of the public entrust Paul with their “hard-earned cash”, then he sets out on a nationwide adventure to buy, restore and sell all manner of objects to try and deliver a healthy profit.
GERRY’S BIG DECISION
All over Britain, businesses are going bust. Now one man wants to help. Sir Gerry Robinson has run some of Britain’s biggest companies. Now he’s prepared to risk millions of his own money to save some of the most vulnerable.
"Brilliant twist…surprisingly moving…this could run and run.”