{"id":23513,"date":"2022-07-21T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/narrative-entertainment-commissions-new-comedy-pop\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:32:04","slug":"narrative-entertainment-commissions-new-comedy-for-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/narrative-entertainment-commissions-new-comedy-for-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative Entertainment Commissions New Comedy for POP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Narrative Entertainment has commissioned the live-action comedy series <em>Swipe It with Joe Tasker<\/em> for its U.K. free-to-air children\u2019s channel POP.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Newington, director of the POP channels at Narrative Entertainment, noted, \u201cCommissioning <em>Swipe It with Joe Tasker<\/em> is one of a few steps we\u2019re taking to bring a refreshed, more digital feel to our leading linear channel, POP. It\u2019s our first commission for some time, but we\u2019re hopeful it will pave the way for more exciting commissions in the near future. Joe Tasker is an incredible talent with natural charisma and brilliant comedic timing; we are so pleased he was keen to work with us and can\u2019t wait to introduce the series to our viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series sees TV and YouTube personality Joe Tasker face a host of wacky challenges, including trick shots, mystery munch and dance-alongs. It is slated to begin airing on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>As a content creator, Tasker specializes in comedy, vlogs and TV presenting. He has more than 1 million followers across multiple social media platforms, with a weekly reach of over 6 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>Swipe It with Joe Tasker<\/em> is produced by Ben Spiteri, known for <em>Spy School<\/em> (CITV) and <em>Bad Robots<\/em> (Channel 4).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the most strangest and weirdly wonderful collection of days filming for <em>Swipe It<\/em>\u2026 and I\u2019ve had a fair share of strange and weirdly wonderful!\u201d Tasker said. \u201cI cannot wait for POP\u2019s audience to be thoroughly entertained as they watch something fresh and silly on their TV boxes!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narrative Entertainment has commissioned the live-action comedy series Swipe It with Joe Tasker for its U.K. free-to-air children\u2019s channel POP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6605,1697],"class_list":["post-23513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-narrative-entertainment","tag-pop","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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