“Benidorm Bastards” sold to BBC One
Henrik Pabst, Director International Format Acquisition and Regional Sales Director Benelux, Scandinavia & UK: “First the US, now the UK. Simply mind-blowing. No doubt, the show is one of the hottest comedy shows at the moment and we are absolutely thrilled to join forces with BBC One and CPL.”
Murray Boland, Creative Director of CPL Productions: “The Benidorm Bastards format is simply brilliant and has caused a sensation in the international marketplace. We're delighted to be creating the UK version [working title “Off Their Rockers”] for the BBC and are sure that British audiences will take the show to their hearts.'
In the US, NBC has ordered 12 half-hour episodes of “Benidorm Bastards” (local title “Off Their Rockers”), which will be hosted by seven-time Emmy Award winner Betty White. Kinetic Content will produce “Off Their Rockers”.
BENIDORM BASTARDS
The Rose d’Or winning “Benidorm Bastards” (produced by SHELTER) is an outrageous hidden camera show that follows 7 senior citizens whose mission is to roam the streets and blow the minds of as many young people as they can. In Belgium, its country of origin, the show has exceeded the channel’s average by up to 284 percent with market shares of up to 27.9 percent (viewers 18-44). In the Netherlands, the first international adaptation of “Benidorm Bastards” outperforms RTL 4’s channel average by up to 250 percent with a market share of up to 36.8 percent (20-49) on Saturdays at 8:05 p.m. prime-time. The show has already been sold to more than 20 countries, including France, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia, Greece, Israel, South Korea and the US.
SevenOne International
SevenOne International is the worldwide programming sales company of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, a ProSiebenSat.1 Group company. ProSiebenSat.1 is the second-largest broadcasting group in Europe, reaching more than 78 million TV households. SevenOne International offers an extensive portfolio of TV events, TV movies, telenovelas, prime-time series and mini-series, as well as magazine shows and entertainment formats. In addition, SevenOne International markets and co-finances the programs of third-party producers. The company is headquartered in Unterföhring, just outside of Munich.
About CPL Productions:
CPL Productions is an independent television and radio production company run by Danielle Lux (formerly Controller of Entertainment both at BBC and C4), Murray Boland (formerly Controller of E4 and MTV UK), Heather Hampson and Janet Oakes. Formerly Celador Productions, CPL produces a range of popular entertainment, comedy and factual entertainment formats from A League Of Their Own and Wall of Fame for Sky 1 HD to All Star Mr & Mrs for ITV1 and also owns a rich back catalogue of formats. CPL also has a thriving radio division regularly creating and producing comedy, entertainment and drama, for Radio 2 and 4.
About Red Arrow Entertainment Group
Launched in January 2010 as a ProSiebenSat.1 Group company, Red Arrow combines a dynamic and growing group of international television production companies with powerful creative partnerships and a leading program distribution house. Red Arrow Group production companies comprise Kinetic Content, Magic Flight Film, The Mob Film Company, Producers at Work, Red Arrow Entertainment Ltd, Redseven Entertainment, Snowman Productions Denmark, Snowman Productions Sweden, Sultan Sushi Belgium and Sultan Sushi Netherlands, combined with a Granada Media Australia co-production partnership. Also included in Red Arrow’s portfolio are partnerships with Dick de Rijk (“Deal or No Deal” & “Set for Life”), Genetic Entertainment ('Home Sweet Hotel' & 'Beat the Average'), Omri Marcus and Phil Gurin ('Miss USA” & 'Singing Bee'). These are accompanied by the Redseven Artists & Events agency and the worldwide distribution company SevenOne International.
For more information about Red Arrow Entertainment Group, please visit: www.redarrow.tv
