BBC Worldwide bringing nine new formats to Mipcom

MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide is taking nine new formats to the television trade event Mipcom 2011 in Cannes next month.

They include scripted format ?Misfits?, comedy panel game show ?Epic Win?, reality format ?Hot Like Us? and talent contest ?Show Me the Funny: Stand-up Showdown?.

The other formats available to buyers for the first time at this year?s event are Project Parent, Daddy Daycare, Home Is Where The Heart Is, Chick Fix and Young, Bad and Barking.

BBC Worldwide VP format licensing Europe, Middle East and Africa Elin Thomas said, ?We?re incredibly proud of our colourful Mipcom slate, there?s a real sense that we?ve got something for everyone. ?Misfits? which has sold to over 90 territories, will be available for the first time as a scripted format. Featuring five unruly teenagers forced to do community service as payback for their crimes who turn into superheroes with powers they didn?t choose or want, the UK series has already won over international audiences."

?Epic Win?, which made its UK debut this summer, is a format that fuses panel show comedy with talent show entertainment. The show sees handpicked eccentrics with unusual talents taking on bespoke challenges, in front of a panel of comedians and other famous faces.

Also new to the international market is ?Hot Like Us?, a reality format in which a group of model couples live together and compete in modelling assignments and tasks that test their relationships, with the winners receiving a modelling contract at a top agency.

?Show Me The Funny: Stand-up Showdown?, another new format that made its bow in UK primetime this summer, tracks comedians as they perform in a new location each week, completing themed tasks and performing fresh material in front of a panel of judges.

There are two new family-based formats on the BBC Worldwide slate in the form of ?Project Parent? and ?Daddy Daycare?. ? Project Parent?, aimed at children, gives kids control over their single parents, who are put to the test in quirky challenges as they attempt to change their image and find love.

?Daddy Daycare? sends three men on a parenting crash course. The participants ? who have very little experience of caring for children? try to disprove gender stereotypes by looking after dozens of kids in a busy nursery.

Meanwhile ?Home Is Where The Heart Is?, follows a group of celebrities as they mentor homeless people for two weeks, taking them into their homes in an effort to turn their lives around.

Atomized?s Chick Fix is a feel-good spin on the traditional ?makeover show?. Each episode sees four successful women confront different problems with the help of each other and resident experts.

Completing the line-up of new formats is ?Young, Bad and Barking?. In this series, dog owners with attitude problems are sent to live with families who depend on dogs for their livelihood, with the aim of re-evaluating their lives and improving their relationships with their own dogs.

BBC Worldwide titles returning to Cannes include ?Junior Doctors ? Your Life in Their Hands? and the entertainment format ?Tonight?s the Night?, which were both introduced to buyers at MipTV 2011.