Logan High Set for CBBC iPlayer

CBBC has ordered the school-based drama Logan High, marking the first kids’ commission from the BBC for Chalkboard TV.

The 60×10-minute series is due to air in 2018 on iPlayer. Chalkboard will produce the show out of its newly formed subsidiary Chalkboard Scotland, which is based in Glasgow. Set in an Edinburgh high school, the drama is based on a scripted-reality format called First Years that originally aired in the Netherlands.

The original format was devised and produced by Newen-owned Dutch indie Tuvalu Media Group for public broadcaster AVRO-TROS. Logan High is structured on an improv-drama model, whereby actors improvise scenario-based scripts. The action focuses on life in secondary school and the challenges and friendships experienced by teens about to enter adulthood. Logan High will be executive produced by Mike Benson for Chalkboard, with Paul O’Donohue acting as senior producer.

Benson, managing director of Chalkboard and executive producer of Logan High, said, “CBBC have backed us on a bold and exciting concept. We’re confident that Logan High will live up to expectation, immersing its young viewers in great stories and characters in new and exciting ways.”