{"id":9000,"date":"2022-05-25T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/bbc-studios-secures-first-look-deal-hungry-jay-media\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:24:02","slug":"bbc-studios-secures-first-look-deal-with-hungry-jay-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/bbc-studios-secures-first-look-deal-with-hungry-jay-media\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Secures First-Look Deal with Hungry Jay Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has signed a one-year first-look development deal with Hungry Jay Media, the joint venture between presenter Jay Blades (BBC One\u2019s <em>The Repair Shop<\/em>, <em>Jay and Dom\u2019s Home Fix<\/em>) and production company Hungry Bear.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will give BBC Studios priority access to Hungry Jay\u2019s slate, with a focus on factual-entertainment formats for the U.K. market that can travel around the world. The deal will also help Hungry Jay expand its development team and build on recent successes such as <em>Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hungry Jay Media was established in November 2020 between Dan Baldwin and Juliet Denison Gay\u2019s Hungry Bear, known for shows such as <em>Michael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel<\/em> (BBC One) and <em>Bradley &amp; Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad<\/em> (ITV), and furniture restorer and designer Blades. The joint company focuses on developing and producing formats while bringing in fresh talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHungry Jay combines one of the most credible and authentic presenters currently on television with a brilliant team of creatives that deliver much-loved, hit shows,\u201d said Emma Hardie, BBC Studios\u2019 commercial director of international production and formats. \u201cTheir commitment to supporting new and diverse talent is a value we passionately support. We\u2019re really excited to be able to partner with them on this next phase of creative growth to make fantastic formats that will resonate with the international market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHungry Jay are delighted to be partnering with BBC Studios on a first-look deal because they share our values and support our vision to make a real difference both on- and offscreen,\u201d Denison Gay said. \u201cBBC Studios\u2019 investment in development means we can grow our team and nurture new talent and, together with their help and expertise, we can create popular formats with global appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blades added, \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to working with the team at BBC Studios and creating formats they can sell around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has signed a one-year first-look development deal with Hungry Jay Media, the joint venture between presenter Jay Blades (BBC One\u2019s The Repair Shop, Jay and Dom\u2019s Home Fix) and production company Hungry Bear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":9001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1337,2516,2517,2518],"class_list":["post-9000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-hungry-bear","tag-hungry-jay-media","tag-jay-blades","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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