FremantleMedia Enterprises Concludes New Sales for Jamie Oliver

LONDON, April 26: Following MIPTV, FremantleMedia
Enterprises (FME) has secured a raft of new sales for series and specials
featuring popular chef Jamie Oliver.

Launched at MIPTV 2006, the 13×30-minute Jamie At Home, from Fresh One Productions, has now been sold into
33 territories worldwide, with France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain among
the European markets airing the series. Jamie At Home has also sold widely into Scandinavia, Australasia,
Canada and Brazil. The series is a celebration of no-nonsense beautiful
seasonal food, featuring Oliver cooking at home with simple, accessible
ingredients, including fruit and vegetables grown in his country garden.

The 4×1-hour series Jamie’s Chef, the
follow-up to Jamie’s Kitchen, has
now been licensed into 24 territories worldwide, including Australia and New
Zealand, pan-Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, all Scandinavian territories, the
Czech Republic, Portugal, Poland, Romania and Slovenia, among others. The
series premiered in the U.K. on Channel 4 in January, attracting an audience of
up to 3.7 million viewers. In the series, Oliver puts the apprentice chef
alumni of the Fifteen restaurant from Jamie’s Kitchen to the test to see whether any of them has what it
takes to open and run their own gastro-pub.

The 75-minute special Jamie’s Return to School Dinners, which was first broadcast on the U.K.’s Channel 4 in
September 2006, has been licensed
into 24 territories. It has been licensed into international markets that
include France, Greece, Italy, the Middle East, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden,
South Africa, pan-Asia, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Canada
and Brazil. The special follows Oliver as he investigates British school
dinners. These sales follow the success of the original 4×1-hour series Jamie’s
School Dinners series, which is now
licensed into 46 territories around the globe. The 1×1-hour Jamie’s
Australian Diary, which follows Oliver’s
Australian cooking tour, has been sold into 11 territories worldwide, including
France, Greece, Italy, Sweden, the Middle East, pan-Asia, New Zealand and
Brazil.

David Ellender, the CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises
commented: “Jamie Oliver and all of his series and specials form a key part of
our factual programming portfolio and we are delighted with the performance of
all of his programs. Jamie is a household name and shining star among FME’s
talent stable and we are pleased to continue working with both Jamie and Fresh
One on a range of future projects, which will no doubt enjoy similar success.”