Exclusive: YouTuber and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Joe Sugg is among the talent signed up to appear at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum in London later this month.
Online UK star Sugg recently launched Final Straw Productions and has branched out into acting, after finding fame online, where his YouTube channels have nearly 13 million subscribers. He appeared in the 2018 season of BBC One’s Saturday night show Strictly and is headed to the UK event, which takes place on November 30.
He’ll be appearing alongside execs from Meta, Snap, Channel 4, Itvx and BBC Studios, plus new UTA Emea brand clients exec Samantha Glynne, whose move from Fremantle Deadline recently revealed, and the manager of social media stars The Sidemen at the event, which takes place at BFI Southbank, home of the London Film Festival. The conference focuses on digital-first content and is being held for the first time by...
Online UK star Sugg recently launched Final Straw Productions and has branched out into acting, after finding fame online, where his YouTube channels have nearly 13 million subscribers. He appeared in the 2018 season of BBC One’s Saturday night show Strictly and is headed to the UK event, which takes place on November 30.
He’ll be appearing alongside execs from Meta, Snap, Channel 4, Itvx and BBC Studios, plus new UTA Emea brand clients exec Samantha Glynne, whose move from Fremantle Deadline recently revealed, and the manager of social media stars The Sidemen at the event, which takes place at BFI Southbank, home of the London Film Festival. The conference focuses on digital-first content and is being held for the first time by...
- 11/14/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K.-based producer Barcroft Studios and distributor Tcb Media Rights have teamed up on motoring series “Ultimate Rides” for the Fyi channel in the U.S.
Paul Heaney’s Tcb, part of the Kew Media production and distribution group, will handle sales. It has global rights excluding the U.S. and will launch the series to buyers at Mipcom in Cannes.
The series will show Fyi viewers some of the most incredible vehicles on the planet, from an underwater convertible, to the world’s most expensive SUV, to a Ferrari Dino that was found buried in an La garden. Five vehicles will feature in in each of the 20 instalments. Car owners, customisers, and designers will all feature in the half-hour show. Fyi will put the show out as part of its Drive motoring strand.
“We are huge fans of the brilliant, best-in-class digital content Barcroft has perfected across their...
Paul Heaney’s Tcb, part of the Kew Media production and distribution group, will handle sales. It has global rights excluding the U.S. and will launch the series to buyers at Mipcom in Cannes.
The series will show Fyi viewers some of the most incredible vehicles on the planet, from an underwater convertible, to the world’s most expensive SUV, to a Ferrari Dino that was found buried in an La garden. Five vehicles will feature in in each of the 20 instalments. Car owners, customisers, and designers will all feature in the half-hour show. Fyi will put the show out as part of its Drive motoring strand.
“We are huge fans of the brilliant, best-in-class digital content Barcroft has perfected across their...
- 10/9/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A&e is eyeing a move into the medical genre and has put its first project into production – an observational documentary series from British producer Barcroft Studios.
Barcroft, the company behind Netflix’s Amazing Interiors, is making a series that explores some of the rarest and most complicated medical conditions on the planet and follows people having life-changing surgery. It originally had the working title of Operation Miracle, but Deadline understands that this is not set to be the on-air title for the multi-part series.
The broadcaster has had recent success with its police series Live Pd and commissioned a number of spin-offs, including forthcoming competition format America’s Top Dog, as well as titles such as Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath and prison format 60 Days In. Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&e Network, told Deadline that the broadcaster was now exploring...
Barcroft, the company behind Netflix’s Amazing Interiors, is making a series that explores some of the rarest and most complicated medical conditions on the planet and follows people having life-changing surgery. It originally had the working title of Operation Miracle, but Deadline understands that this is not set to be the on-air title for the multi-part series.
The broadcaster has had recent success with its police series Live Pd and commissioned a number of spin-offs, including forthcoming competition format America’s Top Dog, as well as titles such as Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath and prison format 60 Days In. Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&e Network, told Deadline that the broadcaster was now exploring...
- 8/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Barcroft Studios, the production company behind Netflix’s Amazing Interiors, has hired former Vice exec Al Brown to run its forthcoming short-form strand.
Last month, the British indie secured a contract to produce more than 100 original factual projects for Channel 4’s youth strand 4Real. Brown, joining as executive producer, will oversee the content of this strand, which will be distributed online and across social media platforms. He will work closely with Barcroft Studios founder and CEO Sam Barcroft on the scheme.
This comes after Brown left youth media brand Vice last year after ten years. He was most recently vice president of programming at Vice Studios’ UK division. He was a member of the team that launched the Viceland linear channel in the UK as well as online channel Vice News and food strand Munchies. He also exec produced series including fashion docu-series State of Undress and Ellen Page’s Gaycation.
Last month, the British indie secured a contract to produce more than 100 original factual projects for Channel 4’s youth strand 4Real. Brown, joining as executive producer, will oversee the content of this strand, which will be distributed online and across social media platforms. He will work closely with Barcroft Studios founder and CEO Sam Barcroft on the scheme.
This comes after Brown left youth media brand Vice last year after ten years. He was most recently vice president of programming at Vice Studios’ UK division. He was a member of the team that launched the Viceland linear channel in the UK as well as online channel Vice News and food strand Munchies. He also exec produced series including fashion docu-series State of Undress and Ellen Page’s Gaycation.
- 7/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
John Farrar, whose credits include “The Imposter,” has joined U.K. producer and digital content specialist Barcroft Studios. The company has also upped two senior staffers, with Alex Morris elevated to chief creative officer and Caspar Norman to chief operating officer.
The new recruit joins Barcroft from Nerd TV, the U.K. shingle he co-founded with Jago Lee and Charlie Parsons in 2010, and which was bought by Red Arrow Studios in 2012.
At Barcroft, Farrar will be creative director. The indie has a strong track record in short and mid-form content which it plays on its own Barcroft TV, and third-party online channels and platforms, attracting hundreds of millions of views. It has also moved into long-form content and Farrar is tasked with maximizing the company’s long form output and growing the number of external commissions.
As Nerd TV’s creative director, Farrar was behind shows including “12-Year-Old Lifer” for U.
The new recruit joins Barcroft from Nerd TV, the U.K. shingle he co-founded with Jago Lee and Charlie Parsons in 2010, and which was bought by Red Arrow Studios in 2012.
At Barcroft, Farrar will be creative director. The indie has a strong track record in short and mid-form content which it plays on its own Barcroft TV, and third-party online channels and platforms, attracting hundreds of millions of views. It has also moved into long-form content and Farrar is tasked with maximizing the company’s long form output and growing the number of external commissions.
As Nerd TV’s creative director, Farrar was behind shows including “12-Year-Old Lifer” for U.
- 6/24/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Discovery and Seven Network are among the international buyers for Barcroft Media series after ITV Studios’s sales arm brokered a raft of deals for the shows.
Barcroft runs a suite of YouTube and digital channels and has short and mid-form content on platforms including Facebook Watch. It has had success repurposing these shorter shows into standard length series for linear TV. ITV Studios Global Ent. is distributing several of the linear shows and has struck new deals for them with free and pay-tv broadcasters around the world.
Australia’s Seven has snapped up “Hooked on the Look,” which will play as a 10-part half-hour series. Bell Media in Canada, Polsat in Poland, and Virgin Media in Ireland also picked up the show, which takes a look at people who have cultivated unusual looks and identities.
Discovery has bought motoring series “Ridiculous Rides” for Australia and New Zealand and “Born...
Barcroft runs a suite of YouTube and digital channels and has short and mid-form content on platforms including Facebook Watch. It has had success repurposing these shorter shows into standard length series for linear TV. ITV Studios Global Ent. is distributing several of the linear shows and has struck new deals for them with free and pay-tv broadcasters around the world.
Australia’s Seven has snapped up “Hooked on the Look,” which will play as a 10-part half-hour series. Bell Media in Canada, Polsat in Poland, and Virgin Media in Ireland also picked up the show, which takes a look at people who have cultivated unusual looks and identities.
Discovery has bought motoring series “Ridiculous Rides” for Australia and New Zealand and “Born...
- 1/23/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Love is getting extreme on U.S. cable TV. We tv is launching a new series “Extreme Love” that will showcase real-life stories of unusual and incredible relationships.
The shortform version of the show has a huge following on digital platforms, racking up 290 million views on the Barcroft TV YouTube channel, and 300 million on Facebook Watch. We tv will run the show as an eight-part one-hour series.
It is the latest digital-to-linear deal for “Extreme Love” producer Barcroft TV, which has used its digital shows as a jump-off point for series for Animal Planet, Channel 4, and Netflix among others.
Barcroft teamed with Kew Media-owned distributor Tcb Media Rights to reversion the “Extreme Love” shows, which are about 5-to-10 minutes in duration, into longform episodes for linear TV.
Barcroft, Tcb, and We tv have co-produced the U.S. version of “Extreme Love.” Each installment will include five different stories,...
The shortform version of the show has a huge following on digital platforms, racking up 290 million views on the Barcroft TV YouTube channel, and 300 million on Facebook Watch. We tv will run the show as an eight-part one-hour series.
It is the latest digital-to-linear deal for “Extreme Love” producer Barcroft TV, which has used its digital shows as a jump-off point for series for Animal Planet, Channel 4, and Netflix among others.
Barcroft teamed with Kew Media-owned distributor Tcb Media Rights to reversion the “Extreme Love” shows, which are about 5-to-10 minutes in duration, into longform episodes for linear TV.
Barcroft, Tcb, and We tv have co-produced the U.S. version of “Extreme Love.” Each installment will include five different stories,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
U.K.-based indie producer Barcroft Media and Kew Media’s Tcb Media Rights are working up a longform version of hit digital series “Extreme Love.”
The shortform show, which looks at unusual relationships that turn traditional notions of romance upside down, has had 146 million hits on YouTube and 42 million on the new Facebook Watch platform.
There are three 10-episode series available online and Barcroft and Tcb will reversion these into a longer form traditional format for TV, with five stories per hour-long episode. There will be eight episodes in all.
Barcroft has been taking its most popular digital shows and using them as the basis for longform commissions for traditional TV. It partnered with Viacom’s Channel 5 on its “Extraordinary People” strand, and made “Inside the Kkk” for Channel 4. It is making “Amazing on the Inside” for Netflix, the streamer’s first property show.
It is also...
The shortform show, which looks at unusual relationships that turn traditional notions of romance upside down, has had 146 million hits on YouTube and 42 million on the new Facebook Watch platform.
There are three 10-episode series available online and Barcroft and Tcb will reversion these into a longer form traditional format for TV, with five stories per hour-long episode. There will be eight episodes in all.
Barcroft has been taking its most popular digital shows and using them as the basis for longform commissions for traditional TV. It partnered with Viacom’s Channel 5 on its “Extraordinary People” strand, and made “Inside the Kkk” for Channel 4. It is making “Amazing on the Inside” for Netflix, the streamer’s first property show.
It is also...
- 4/8/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Channel 5 has commissioned a documentary with the provocative working title Grandmother Lover.
The controversial documentary chronicles 31-year-old American Kyle Jones's dating experiences with women above the age of 70, and his current romance with 91-year-old great grandmother Marjorie McCool.
In the above clip from the Barcroft Productions original, Jones can be seen passionately kissing McCool and another great grandmother aged 68, as he discusses his insatiable attraction to older ladies.
It also captures the reactions of his friends and family to his unusual dating choices.
CEO of Barcroft Productions Sam Barcroft said: "This film is the latest programme to make the leap from Barcroft TV on YouTube to terrestrial broadcast.
"Kyle's story has proven to be a popular story online. It once again showcases our strategy for taking great stories to TV that explore the amazing side of life, having proven their appeal in the digital domain."
The channel previously aired...
The controversial documentary chronicles 31-year-old American Kyle Jones's dating experiences with women above the age of 70, and his current romance with 91-year-old great grandmother Marjorie McCool.
In the above clip from the Barcroft Productions original, Jones can be seen passionately kissing McCool and another great grandmother aged 68, as he discusses his insatiable attraction to older ladies.
It also captures the reactions of his friends and family to his unusual dating choices.
CEO of Barcroft Productions Sam Barcroft said: "This film is the latest programme to make the leap from Barcroft TV on YouTube to terrestrial broadcast.
"Kyle's story has proven to be a popular story online. It once again showcases our strategy for taking great stories to TV that explore the amazing side of life, having proven their appeal in the digital domain."
The channel previously aired...
- 12/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Channel 5 has announced that OAPs Behaving Badly will return for a second series in 2015.
The documentary attracted 2.2 million viewers when it aired in July, and will now return for six hour-long episodes next year.
Channel 5 promised that OAPs Behaving Badly will follow "more warmhearted, but excessive elderly characters living it large as they blow their pensions, winter fuel allowance and children's inheritance on cheap booze, late nights and karaoke – while others ride superbikes decked out in leather and studs".
The new series will also revisit characters from the original documentary such as 74-year-old Leapy Lee and his younger Scandinavian girlfriend, Betina.
"OAPs Behaving Badly was a huge success for Channel 5 this summer," said Guy Davies, commissioning editor of factual at Channel 5. "I'm really looking forward to seeing what other antics these larger than life seniors have in store for us in this full series commission."
Sam Barcroft, CEO at Barcroft Productions,...
The documentary attracted 2.2 million viewers when it aired in July, and will now return for six hour-long episodes next year.
Channel 5 promised that OAPs Behaving Badly will follow "more warmhearted, but excessive elderly characters living it large as they blow their pensions, winter fuel allowance and children's inheritance on cheap booze, late nights and karaoke – while others ride superbikes decked out in leather and studs".
The new series will also revisit characters from the original documentary such as 74-year-old Leapy Lee and his younger Scandinavian girlfriend, Betina.
"OAPs Behaving Badly was a huge success for Channel 5 this summer," said Guy Davies, commissioning editor of factual at Channel 5. "I'm really looking forward to seeing what other antics these larger than life seniors have in store for us in this full series commission."
Sam Barcroft, CEO at Barcroft Productions,...
- 11/25/2014
- Digital Spy
OAPs Behaving Badly is a new Channel 5 documentary that looks set to put the Omg in Oap.
The one-off doc, which will air this summer, follows the story of pensioners who have splashed their savings, winter tax allowance and children's inheritance on "cut price alcohol, wild parties and crazy after-dark shenanigans in sunny Tenerife".
Club 18-30 can't keep up with these 60-plus, booze-fuelled OAPs!Channel 5
A press release about the show reveals that the subjects in the film will include 74-year-old entertainer Leapy Lee, who has a high sex drive and always keeps Viagra in stock in case his Scandinavian girlfriend visits.
Other participants include granddad Pete, who has spent his inheritance and works as a bar promoter and has Jägermeister shots for breakfast.
Meanwhile, "hardcore granny" Cheryl will be shown partying and flashing the flesh with friends half her age.
Exec producer Sam Barcroft has described the documentary as...
The one-off doc, which will air this summer, follows the story of pensioners who have splashed their savings, winter tax allowance and children's inheritance on "cut price alcohol, wild parties and crazy after-dark shenanigans in sunny Tenerife".
Club 18-30 can't keep up with these 60-plus, booze-fuelled OAPs!Channel 5
A press release about the show reveals that the subjects in the film will include 74-year-old entertainer Leapy Lee, who has a high sex drive and always keeps Viagra in stock in case his Scandinavian girlfriend visits.
Other participants include granddad Pete, who has spent his inheritance and works as a bar promoter and has Jägermeister shots for breakfast.
Meanwhile, "hardcore granny" Cheryl will be shown partying and flashing the flesh with friends half her age.
Exec producer Sam Barcroft has described the documentary as...
- 5/8/2014
- Digital Spy
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