News

3 August 2010

REMARKABLE TELEVISION UNVEILS LATEST COMMISSIONS FOR BBC THREE

Leading entertainment producer Endemol UK, today announced the latest commissions for its production arm Remarkable Television.

BBC Three has snapped up a fourth series of Snog, Marry, Avoid? and a second run of Hotter than my Daughter. The hugely successful programmes will air early in 2011 and are both currently in production, with the team from Snog, Marry, Avoid? moving to Manchester where filming and production for the series will take place for the first time.

Snog, Marry, Avoid?, the world's first make-under show, will once again be presented by Jenny Frost (12 x 30 mins). The series launched in 2008 and quickly became a favourite with BBC Three viewers. Last series enjoyed a weekly average audience of 3.5m, 5.4% 16-34s. The Executive Producer will be Catherine Welton and Series Producer will be Julie Bradshaw.

Hotter than my Daughter (8 x 30 mins) premiered on BBC Three in February 2010 and attracted a weekly audience of 2.1m, 3.5% 16-34s. Hosted by Liz McClarnon, the series gets to the heart of mother daughter relationships and aims to put an end to their fashion rivalry.  Gill Wilson will Executive Produce the show, with Jonathon Holmes as Series Editor.

Managing Director for Remarkable Television, Colette Foster comments; "Remarkable Television thrives on creating and producing original factual entertainment. While entertaining, both of these formats tackle women's aspirations and aims to celebrate the beauty within. We are thrilled to see Hotter than my Daughter and Snog, Marry, Avoid?  firmly established in BBC Three's schedules."

Harry Lansdown, BBC Commissioning Editor, Features, Formats and Specialist Factual commissioned both series. He adds: "Snog, Marry, Avoid? and 'Hotter Than My Daughter' are very popular, fun formats that tackle beauty and self image from the perspective of young British girls in very different, original ways."

Snog, Marry, Avoid?  looks at over-styled and over-the-top girls and boys who are scrubbed down to discover what's underneath - their fabulous natural beauty. The series feature the general public as well as a whole host of celebrities in dire need of a make under by a straight-talking, no nonsense computer called P.O.D. - Personal Overhaul Device.

Each episode of Hotter than my Daughter features two sets of mums and their daughters and looks at how they relate to each other, the world around them and how they compete to look the best, even sometimes leaving each other in the shade when it comes to fashion sense.