{"id":8125,"date":"2021-03-23T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-adapted-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:57:07","slug":"british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has signed a format deal for the comedy series <em>Uncle<\/em>, originally produced in the U.K. by Baby Cow Productions, in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The local version of <em>Uncle<\/em> will be produced in partnership with the South Korean production company Monster Union. The series will premiere on TV Chosun with Jung-sae Oh (<em>It\u2019s Okay To Be Not Okay<\/em>, <em>When the Camellia Blooms<\/em>) in the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned for BBC Three, the original version starred stand-up comedian and singer\/songwriter Nick Helm and Elliot Speller-Gillott. With 20 episodes, <em>Uncle<\/em> was commissioned for three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Renaud, senior VP of global format sales at BBC Studios, said: \u201cI am delighted that the first localized version of <em>Uncle<\/em> will be in South Korea and that it will allow us to work more closely with the team from Monster Union. The warm and honest exploration of family told in a fun and humorous way through the eyes of an uncle and nephew feels like the right story for viewers to be able to see in these complicated times. South Korea continues to be a leader in sophisticated scripted adaptation and I\u2019m excited to see how <em>Uncle<\/em> will come to life in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hae Ryong Jung, head of Monster Union, said: \u201cBBC Studios has a dedicated international production and format team who can bring fresh stories to South Korea, and we look forward to working closely with their teams on the ground to bring <em>Uncle<\/em> to audiences in South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has signed a format deal for the comedy series Uncle, originally produced in the U.K. by Baby Cow Productions, in South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1337,2220],"class_list":["post-8125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-uncle","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios has signed a format deal for the comedy series Uncle, originally produced in the U.K. by Baby Cow Productions, in South Korea.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Uncle-BBCStudios-0321.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/\",\"name\":\"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0026b5a5c019f9a498d0a452e6e9d4be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0026b5a5c019f9a498d0a452e6e9d4be\",\"name\":\"Kristin Brzoznowski\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/author\/kbrzoznowskiworldscreen-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS","og_description":"BBC Studios has signed a format deal for the comedy series Uncle, originally produced in the U.K. by Baby Cow Productions, in South Korea.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/","og_site_name":"TVFORMATS","article_published_time":"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Uncle-BBCStudios-0321.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kristin Brzoznowski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kristin Brzoznowski","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/","name":"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea - TVFORMATS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-23T13:57:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0026b5a5c019f9a498d0a452e6e9d4be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/british-comedy-series-uncle-being-adapted-in-south-korea\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"British Comedy Series Uncle Being Adapted in South Korea"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/","name":"TVFORMATS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0026b5a5c019f9a498d0a452e6e9d4be","name":"Kristin Brzoznowski","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/author\/kbrzoznowskiworldscreen-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}