{"id":19247,"date":"2023-01-25T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-made-manchester\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:01:33","slug":"workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Workerbee Signs Co-Production Deal with Made in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workerbee, a Banijay UK company, has signed a first-look deal with Made in Manchester to generate new factual content ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies will work closely together and delve into Made in Manchester\u2019s catalog of radio documentaries and podcasts with the aim of developing projects for television and radio.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2005, Made in Manchester has produced hundreds of documentaries across a wide range of genres, including history, investigative, lifestyle, social affairs, music and entertainment. It also produces drama, comedy and panel shows. Credits in the past year include <em>The Truth About Jazz with Clive Myrie<\/em> (World Service), <em>Ukraine\u2019s Nuclear Gamble<\/em> (Radio 4\/World Service),<em> The Other Side of Death Row<\/em> (World Service), <em>The Day I Met The Queen<\/em> (5Live) and<em> Ricky Wilson\u2019s Rock and Roll Classics<\/em> (Radio 2). The company produces two hit podcasts as well: <em>Distinct Nostalgia<\/em> and <em>Bisexual Brunch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMade in Manchester have a treasure trove of award-winning content that would work brilliantly on television,\u201d said Rick Murray, CEO of Workerbee. \u201cThis is an exciting partnership, and I\u2019m looking forward to working with Ashley and the team as we develop and expand our premium factual offering. This co-pro deal marks the first in a small number of key creative partnerships we are planning that will help Workerbee Films develop its next generation of world-class projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Byrne, creative director of Made in Manchester, added, \u201cAs we enter our 18th year, the Made in Manchester team is delighted and excited to be working with Workerbee Group. Both companies have a rich heritage in developing compelling ideas for broadcast in different mediums and across a variety of genres, and our combined efforts will lead to the production of even more popular and award-winning programs. Radio and TV production continues to thrive, and we hope our partnership will unleash the talents of even more creative people in the North of England.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workerbee, a Banijay UK company, has signed a first-look deal with Made in Manchester to generate new factual content ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[6919,5365,6920,6921,5104],"class_list":["post-19247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ashley-byrne","tag-banijay-uk","tag-made-in-manchester","tag-rick-murray","tag-workerbee","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Workerbee Signs Co-Production Deal with Made in Manchester - TVREAL<\/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\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workerbee Signs Co-Production Deal with Made in Manchester - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Workerbee, a Banijay UK company, has signed a first-look deal with Made in Manchester to generate new factual content ideas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-25T16:01:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Workerbee-Logo-123.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/\",\"name\":\"Workerbee Signs Co-Production Deal with Made in Manchester - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-25T16:01:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-25T16:01:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/workerbee-signs-co-production-deal-with-made-in-manchester\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Workerbee Signs Co-Production Deal with Made in Manchester\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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