{"id":9080,"date":"2016-08-24T11:57:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-worldwide-renews-fishing-impossible-orders-three-new-series\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:05:26","slug":"new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"New Commissions for BBC Worldwide Factual Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Worldwide has landed\u00a0a season two commission for\u00a0<em>Fishing Impossible<\/em>, in addition to orders for three new factual series.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-episode sophomore season of <em>Fishing Impossible<\/em>\u00a0from Alaska TV follows a group of maverick fishing fanatics as they travel to some of the world\u2019s most extreme locations to hook extraordinary fish. The first season has been successful in Poland, Norway and South Africa. It airs on BBC Earth.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Worldwide\u2019s commissioning editors Hannah Demidowicz and Kirsty Hanson also ordered <em>Are You Fitter Than a Maasai Warrior?<\/em> (working title), <em>Million Dollar Car Hunters<\/em> and <em>Meet the Humans<\/em> (working title). <em>Are You Fitter Than a Maasai Warrior?<\/em> (Rumpus Media) follows British comedians Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar as they take on the adventure of a lifetime, immersing themselves in the lives of the strongest, fittest and toughest people in the world for the ultimate fitness bootcamp.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-part series <em>Million Dollar Car Hunters<\/em> from Waddell Media is a co-commission for BBC Worldwide\u2019s global channel BBC Brit and Channel 4. The series gives viewers access to the world of classic car auctioneer RM Sotheby, following the firm\u2019s employees as they hunt for iconic classic cars. The tentatively titled <em>Meet the Humans<\/em> (BBC Earth Productions for BBC Earth), meanwhile, analyzes the way people think and act.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Forsyth, BBC Worldwide&#8217;s\u00a0genre director for factual entertainment and entertainment, said, \u201cOur focus has always been on building strong, returnable global brands with charismatic British talent at their heart. These shows feature personalities with wit, real expertise and infectious passion. We know this mix has great global appeal and believe it will work well for both our channels and our distribution pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The titles will all be distributed by BBC Worldwide outside of channel territories. They will air on BBC Earth and BBC Brit across\u00a033 international channel feeds that carry BBC Worldwide&#8217;s genre brands in more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Worldwide has landed a season two commission for Fishing Impossible, in addition to orders for three new factual series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":9081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1474,259,104,1475],"class_list":["post-9080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-brit","tag-bbc-earth","tag-bbc-worldwide","tag-fishing-impossible","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Commissions for BBC Worldwide Factual Titles - 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\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Commissions for BBC Worldwide Factual Titles - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: BBC Worldwide has landed a season two commission for Fishing Impossible, in addition to orders for three new factual series.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-24T15:57:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-24T16:05:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/FishingImpossible-BBCWW-816.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\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\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/\",\"name\":\"New Commissions for BBC Worldwide Factual Titles - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-24T15:57:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-24T16:05:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/new-commissions-bbc-worldwide-factual-titles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Commissions for BBC Worldwide Factual Titles\"}]},{\"@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\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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