ITV Studios Unveils MIPTV Format Highlights

LONDON: At this year’s MIPTV, ITV Studios plans to present a variety of new and returning entertainment, factual-entertainment, game and quiz show formats, including a new take on the international hit Come Dine with Me.

Come Dine: Champion of Champions puts a new spin on the popular format Come Dine with Me, which has been produced in nearly 40 territories around the globe. The show, produced by Shiver for Channel 4, sees former Come Dine with Me contestants compete in a series of cooking challenges and judged by mystery guests. There is also Drive, a new driving competition with celebrities that is produced for ITV by Twofour.

Other format highlights include One Hundred and Eighty (ITV Studios for Sky One), in which professional dart players team up with skilled members of the public for the chance to win a cash prize; It’s Not Rocket Science (ITV Studios for ITV), a fast-paced, informative entertainment series hosted by well known comedians; Insert Name Here (12 Yard and Blackdog Television for BBC2), focused on people from the past and present who have the same name; Think Tank (12 Yard for BBC One), a quiz show featuring a regular cast of contributors; and The Nation’s Spending Secrets (The Garden for BBC One), which uncovers the secret spending habits of a country.

There are also the Pissed Off follow-up Test Your Love (ITV Studios Nordic for YLE), which gives the audience the chance to closely examine their relationships alongside celebrity couples; How to Lose Weight Well (Little Gem for Channel 4), in which experts help people test various diets; Should Have Seen A… (Little Gem for Channel 4), spotlighting individuals who have never seen a doctor or dentist; Secret Dates (Crook Productions for ITV2), in which a single person is nominated by their friends to unknowingly “date” four potential suitors over a week; Lunchbox (Shiver for ITV), following three home cooks as they compete to prepare meals from identical boxes of mystery ingredients; and Survival School (Potato for CITV), in which ten children learn how to survive in the wilderness.

Mike Beale, the executive VP of global development and formats at ITV Studios, commented: “ITV Studios is unique in offering a slate of new formats across a variety of genres and new twists on existing favorites, as well as boasting an extensive portfolio of tried-and-tested international formats suitable for a range of slots and platforms. We look forward to discussing these new and proven formats with our clients this MIPTV.”