{"id":23257,"date":"2025-06-26T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T00:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:15:09","slug":"bbc-studios-clinches-korean-co-pro-for-12-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-clinches-korean-co-pro-for-12-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Clinches Korean Co-Pro for 12 Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios Asia has sealed its first co-pro pact with South Korea&#8217;s Studio JanChi, clinching a deal for the four-part series <em>12 Seas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>KOCCA and BBC Studios announced a deal last year to co-produce, co-develop and distribute Korean factual content worldwide. Studio JanChi successfully won the pitch with its <em>12 Seas<\/em> proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The series is set to air on BBC Earth and BBC Player across Asia in 2026, following chef Edward Lee and actor Ryu Soo-young as they travel across South Korea&#8217;s coastline exploring seafood dishes. BBC Studios will handle global distribution.<\/p>\n<p><em>12 Seas<\/em> follows BBC Studios Asia&#8217;s successful alliance with JTBC on <em>Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji Hyo\u2019s Haenyeo Adventure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Shiotani, senior VP of content at BBC Studios Asia, said: \u2018Studio JanChi are leading producers of K-food titles and we were immediately drawn to their concept for <em>12 Seas<\/em>, which will offer BBC Earth audiences a new perspective on Korea and its seafood through the eyes of acclaimed chef Edward Lee and his foodie accomplice Ryu Soo-young. We are grateful to KOCCA for their support and look forward to bringing BBC Studios\u2019 global expertise and creative approach to the partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heonseok Baek, CEO of Studio JanChi, added, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be working on this title with BBC Studios after our winning pitch last year. With three distinct seas, home to one of the world\u2019s five largest tidal flats, and over 3,000 islands, the story of seafood and the ocean is inseparable from Korea and we\u2019re looking forward to telling this story to audiences in Asia and beyond with BBC Studios.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios Asia has sealed its first co-pro pact with South Korea&#8217;s Studio JanChi, clinching a deal for the four-part series 12 Seas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":22236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1494,11168,11169,11170,10849,11171],"class_list":["post-23257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-bbc-studios-asia","tag-heonseok-baek","tag-kocca","tag-ryan-shiotani","tag-studio-janchi","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Clinches Korean Co-Pro for 12 Seas - 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\/?p=23257\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Clinches Korean Co-Pro for 12 Seas - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios Asia has sealed its first co-pro pact with South Korea&#039;s Studio JanChi, clinching a deal for the four-part series 12 Seas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23257\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T04:01:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T04:15:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/bbcstudios-news-unext-824.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\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\/?p=23257\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23257\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios Clinches Korean Co-Pro for 12 Seas - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-26T04:01:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-26T04:15:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23257#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23257\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23257#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios Clinches Korean Co-Pro for 12 Seas\"}]},{\"@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\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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