{"id":5473,"date":"2019-07-02T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-china\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T10:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T14:28:34","slug":"bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Scores First Production Commission in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios is set to produce the docuseries\u00a0<em>One Cup, A Thousand Stories<\/em>, its first fully-funded production commission in China, for China Mobile\u2019s digital content subsidiary, Migu.<\/p>\n<p>The 6&#215;50-minute series tells the story of tea and its impact on China and other civilizations around the world. It will reveal how tea has profoundly influenced Chinese lifestyles and rituals\u2014including food and concepts of medicine and health\u2014and how tea sits at the heart of Chinese traditions, attitudes, friendships and family ties, bringing different generations together. It also covers tea\u2019s influence on other countries and China\u2019s role in the global tea culture.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Studios has previously worked with other Chinese broadcasters to co-produce titles such as <em>Dynasties<\/em> and <em>Blue Planet II<\/em>. In recent months, the BBC Studios Factual production team has worked closely in China with BBC Studios&#8217; senior VP and general manager for China, Kelvin Yau, to explore opportunities with potential partners, and this commission is a result of that.<\/p>\n<p>The series has been developed and will be produced by BBC Studios in Scotland and will be distributed internationally by BBC Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Opie, managing director for BBC Studios Productions, said: \u201cI am delighted that we have secured our first production commission in China and will be making this fascinating and ambitious factual series for Migu. It\u2019s incredibly exciting to be sharing our storytelling and production craft with new audiences and with content that has been specifically developed for this market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bin Wang, CEO of Migu Video, said: \u201cBBC Studios Productions makes some of the best factual programs in the world and we are thrilled that they are producing this landmark series for us. It is a great opportunity to draw on their production skills and knowledge, covering a subject that is so important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios is set to produce the docuseries\u00a0One Cup, A Thousand Stories, its first fully-funded production commission in China, for China Mobile\u2019s digital content subsidiary, Migu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":5474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1032,1326,1327],"class_list":["post-5473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-migu","tag-one-cup-a-thousand-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Scores First Production Commission in China - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Scores First Production Commission in China - TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios is set to produce the docuseries\u00a0One Cup, A Thousand Stories, its first fully-funded production commission in China, for China Mobile\u2019s digital content subsidiary, Migu.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-02T14:26:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-02T14:28:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/07\/BBCStudios-LOGO-518.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios Scores First Production Commission in China - TVASIA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-02T14:26:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-02T14:28:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/bbc-studios-scores-first-production-commission-in-china\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios Scores First Production Commission in China\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\",\"name\":\"TVASIA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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