Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds Gets Danish Treatment

DR Denmark has commissioned a local version of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds from Snowman Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company.

Snowman, who created the format Married at First Sight, has completed production on the show, which will see seven senior residents of a Danish care home brought together with eight four-year-olds for six weeks. The four-episode series is set to premiere on DR1 on Wednesday, November 6.

The original production of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds is created and produced by CPL Productions for Channel 4 in the U.K., and has won numerous awards. Red Arrow Studios International distributes the format of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds worldwide, with local versions commissioned in over 13 territories including Spain (Movistar+), the Netherlands (Max), Israel (KAN), Australia (ABC) and Germany (Vox). New territories recently announced include France (Canal+), Sweden (TV4) and Portugal (RTP).

Michael von Würden, managing director of Snowman, said: “We are delighted to be producing Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds for DR. They have become trusted partners through our work together on Married at First Sight, and with this commission are once again proving their commitment to bringing innovative, life-changing and important social experiment formats to Danish audiences.”