BBC Studios’ The 1% Club Set for Dutch Version

BBC Studios has licensed the entertainment format The 1% Club to the Dutch broadcaster RTL Netherlands.

Locally titled De 1% Quiz, the Dutch edition will be produced by Blue Circle. Set to commence production this month, the series will premiere on RTL 4 in May.

The 1% Club has previously been picked up in France by France Télévisions and in Israel by Kan 11.

The 1% Club format tests intelligence in a scientific survey—rather than what was learned at school or one’s ability to memorize facts—with a series of questions that often lead to entertaining answers. The format was created by Magnum Media, which will produce it for ITV. The series will debut in the U.K. this month.

André Renaud, senior VP of global format sales at BBC Studios, said: “It’s a testament to the format that, in a little over a year, The 1% Club has had three international versions confirmed before the original series has even hit screens in the U.K. It speaks volumes when a unique, family-oriented and highly entertaining format like this receives such prominence in a crowded formats market, and I’m delighted that RTL Netherlands is the next broadcaster to commission a local series with the great team from Blue Circle. With this great start for The 1% Club, I can only expect the trend to continue.”