The BBC and NBCUniversal continue to search for entertainment gold together and today have revealed the winners of “a highly competitive process” for an upcoming unscripted show.
UK companies Expectation and Plegazoid as the successful candidate to develop an unscripted format “with an innovative and compelling twist on a studio-based gameshow.” It’s understood the pair beat off a handful of other British producers to win the tender.
The BBC and NBC previously teamed to co-commission The Traitors and Destination X, as part of a transatlantic pact to search for unscripted hits.
This time round, UK-based independent production companies were invited to pitch original ideas designed for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, with particular interest in formats and ideas built round a shared location or production hub.
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Expectation and Plegazoid will now move toward a non-TX pilot
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