Red Sauce, part of Zinc Media Group, is expanding its London and Manchester production and development teams after being commissioned by Channel 5 for 52 hours of programming.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a fantastic response to the launch of Red Sauce,\u201d said Tom Edwards, creative director at Red Sauce. \u201cVolume commissions of returning series are the holy grail\u2014and very precious. It enables us to invest in great production talent in London, and especially in Manchester, and significantly grow our presence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwards added, \u201cWe are also in the final stages of confirming a brand-funded series, as well as being in paid development on a high-profile talent-driven project, both for major broadcasters. And we will soon announce new hires that will double the size of our development team. It\u2019s an extremely exciting time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun\u2014Costa Living<\/em>, a 40×60-minute commission for Channel 5, will be made by Red Sauce in Manchester. The observational documentary series charts the lives of Brits who\u2019ve moved from the U.K. to Spain. This is in addition to the recommissions of Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun<\/em> and Bargain Loving Brits by the Sea<\/em>, which are already in production.<\/p>\n Red Sauce has also secured a ten-part series commission from Dave for Special Ops: Crime Squad UK<\/em>, which gives viewers insight into the workings of the U.K.\u2019s elite police task forces. Filming with numerous task forces across the country, the series will reveal the real, lived experiences for the police officers involved through exclusive interviews, archives, CCTV and body cam footage. The series will be made by Red Sauce in London.<\/p>\n Edwards said, \u201cTo up-scale our operations so early in Red Sauce\u2019s life is a very exciting prospect, growing our team to more than 100 roles across this swathe of shows. The majority of these will be in Manchester, giving us a substantial and very experienced team both there and in London.\u201d<\/p>\n Ben Smith, executive producer at Red Sauce, said, \u201cManchester has an incredibly vibrant and talented production community, so we are thrilled to be able to sign up so many production roles. And, of course, it\u2019s incredibly exciting to be making the next generation of Bargain Loving Brits<\/em> in such volume.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Red Sauce, part of Zinc Media Group, is expanding its London and Manchester production and development teams after being commissioned by Channel 5 for 52 hours of programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[915,5792,2533],"class_list":["post-16829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-5","tag-red-sauce","tag-zinc-media-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n