BBC Studios Pacts With Discovery for ‘This is MY House,’ ‘The Great Sewing Bee’ Italian Versions
variety.comNaman Ramachandran BBC Studios’ BAFTA nominated amateur sewing competition format “The Great Sewing Bee” from Love Productions and “This is MY House,” the guessing game from Expectation, will be adapted for Discovery in Italy.The six-part Italian version of “The Great Sewing Bee,” is produced locally by Blu Yazmine and will stream air on Discovery June in June, followed by Real Time in the fall.
Known locally as “Tailor Made – Chi ha la stoffa?,” the competition hosted by Tommaso Zorzi follows a group of competitors who will race against the clock in three sewing challenges each week in a bid to be crowned the country’s best amateur sewer.
Created by Richard Bacon and Nick Weidenfeld and produced by Expectation for BBC One, “This is MY House” invites four contestants each week to convince a panel of celebrity judges and the audience at home that the house is indeed theirs.
Only one of the contestants will be telling the truth. Produced locally by Casta Diva and known as “Questa è casa mia,” the six-part series will be also presented by Zorzi.
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