You’re Back in the Room Gets Local Treatment in Slovenia

LONDON: Slovenian free-to-air broadcaster ProPlus has licensed the format rights for Tuesday’s Child’s You’re Back in the Room from BBC Worldwide.

Bastard 9 will produce ten hour-long episodes of the format, which will be known by the local title Hipnoza: Dobra Zabava. It will debut on ProPlus this spring. You’re Back in the Room is a comedy game show with a unique twist in which a team of five strangers take on a series of apparently simple challenges that are not as easy to complete after being hypnotized. The deal was agreed upon ahead of the BBC Worldwide Showcase in Liverpool.

You’re Back in the Room has already been licensed into France, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia and the U.S. It has also been optioned in Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Peru, Portugal and Spain.

Kate Phillips, the creative director for formats at BBC Worldwide, said, “I’m proud to be announcing another deal for the utterly unique You’re Back in the Room, and delighted that ProPlus viewers will be embracing the joyous and jaw-dropping moments that this format has already brought to millions of viewers.”

Branko Čakarmiš, the programming director at ProPlus, added: “We are very excited to bring this unique format to Slovenia. This will be first TV hypnosis ever screened in Slovenia and this novelty is intriguing even before its airdate. Hypnotherapist Božidar Grilc is well known for professionalism and Boštjan Romih is one of the most popular Slovenian hosts among our viewers. We believe that this fun and witty format is perfect for Slovenian viewers and they will have lots of fun watching it.”