Vivendi Entertainment’s Sheep and Celebrities Gets Spanish Treatment

RTVE’s flagship channel La1 has commissioned Vivendi Entertainment’s format Sheep and Celebrities for a six-episode run in Spain.

The series, which will run locally under the title Entre ovejas, will air weekly on La1 beginning in the fall. This marks the third commission for the series, which launched on Germany’s WDR and was then adapted in France for C8. Spain’s El Terrat produces.

In each episode, two celebrities, one shepherd and 1,000 sheep spend two days and two nights together in the countryside, embarking on what becomes an emotional journey. The celebrities are taken out of their comfort zones and together with the viewer, they re-discover their country’s terrain with new eyes.

Damien Porte, senior VP of global distribution at Vivendi Entertainment, said: “It’s a pleasure to be working with El Terrat given their pugnacity and dedication. They’ve found the perfect shepherd, and the region where it will take place is mind-blowing. Spanish stars will have a great, but challenging time and it should translate very well on-screen, both visually, and in terms of storytelling.”

Toñi Prieto, head of entertainment at TVE, said: “We’re excited about this format as it will help us share with a wide audience one of our most ancestral traditions: the Transhumance, which became [one of UNESCO’s] ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ [activities] in Spain in 2017. We will do it in a funny and enjoyable way and will allow viewers to appreciate the huge efforts this job requires. At the same time, the show will portray the uniqueness of our sceneries and countryside.”

Agustí Esteve, general manager at El Terrat, added: “We’ve gone through an intense and thrilling process of adapting the format into the local market to find the perfect shepherd to host the format. We’re eager for starting the shooting of this format that combines powerful ingredients like celebrities, the rural world, awesome landscapes, funny and touching moments and, above all, entertainment.”