News

10 June 2010

CHANNEL 4 COMMISSIONS A MAJOR NEW INVESTIGATIVE FOOD SERIES

Channel 4’s Features Commissioning Editor, Andrew Jackson, and Head of News and Current Affairs Dorothy Byrne, have co-commissioned a brand new magazine series, The Food Show (w/t), which will combine the strengths of both departments.

The must-watch, engaging features format, with a rigorous journalistic edge will be produced by Remarkable Television, an Endemol company.

At the helm of The Food Show (w/t), will be presenting duo Anna Richardson and Jay Rayner. Observer writer Jay is one of the most respected food journalists in Britain, and has presented investigations for the Channel’s flagship news and current affairs strand, Dispatches (The Truth about Food Prices). Anna Richardson is a key face of Channel 4 features (My Big Fat Diet Show/ The Sex Education Show) and will represent the quizzical, savvy consumer point of view, and bring her trade mark accessible spark to the show.

The Food Show (w/t) will investigate the journey of food consumed in the UK every day. The series will examine where food comes from, what happens to it and how long it takes to get to the nation’s dinner plates.

The knowledge-rich programme, filmed on a tight weekly turnaround, will feature topical food debates and issues, react to news, and will break stories. Viewers will be able to interact with the programme online, creating content which can feed back into the series.

The 6 x 60 minute series will be executive produced by Remarkable Television’s Annette Clarke, alongside the company’s Managing Director Colette Foster. The Series Editor is Kitty Walshe.

Andrew Jackson said, “The aim of Channel 4’s features programming is to entertain whilst empowering, making everyone who watches a more savvy shopper. The Food Show will have amazing facts for viewers to take away each episode, and will provide informed investigations on lots of issues from how to eat on a budget, to whether buying organic or local is really worth the money; enabling viewers to make clued-up decisions on how they feed their families and how they spend their money”.

Dorothy Byrne said, “The spirit of current affairs can be sprinkled across other genres and in The Food Show the attitude, the knowledge and the high standard of our investigations will be peppered throughout a magazine show to make it newsworthy, informative and agenda setting”.

Colette Foster adds, “This new commission highlights Remarkable Television’s ambition to create engaging, informative and entertaining programming.  We’re enormously excited to be working with both the features and news teams at Channel 4 on this project.”