{"id":5829,"date":"2017-10-02T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/let-shines-gary-barlow-guy-freeman\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:28:09","slug":"let-it-shines-gary-barlow-guy-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/let-it-shines-gary-barlow-guy-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview with Let It Shine\u2019s Gary Barlow &#038; Guy Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take That\u2019s Gary Barlow, creator of <em>Let It Shine<\/em>, and Guy Freeman, BBC Studios\u2019 editor for formats and special events, tell <em>TV Formats<\/em> about the new talent competition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"5595557811001\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Three months before the official opening of the musical <em>The Band<\/em>, the show had already raked in \u00a310 million in ticket sales. The anticipation is a testament to the continued popularity of the British pop act Take That, whose songs are featured in the musical. Naturally, the stage show required a boy band, so Take That\u2019s own Gary Barlow teamed with Guy Freeman, BBC Studios\u2019 editor for formats and special events, to conceive a new talent competition. <em>Let It Shine<\/em>, which aired on BBC One earlier this year, auditioned thousands of aspiring singers, placing\u00a0the most talented into boy bands that then competed for the audience\u2019s votes.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Worldwide is now shopping the concept to broadcasters across the globe eager for a new spin on the perennially popular talent-competition format. As Barlow tells <em>TV Formats<\/em>, his firsthand experience as a member of a boy band played a major role in how the format was devised. 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