Channel 4 Commissions U.K. Version of ‘Alone,’ ‘Rise & Fall’ and Season 2 of ‘Big Boys’
variety.comNaman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 is stepping up its factual programming with two commissions and a recommission.
The broadcaster has has commissioned ITV Studios’ The Garden to make the first U.K. series of the international survival hit “Alone.” The six part series will see 10 contestants dropped into the remote Northern Canadian wilderness, where each must survive entirely alone, equipped only with basic tools, and must film their adventure themselves.
Whoever lasts longest will win £100,000 ($117,500). “Alone” is now in its ninth series on the History Channel in the U.S., and is a hit in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and globally on Netflix, with a further series in production in Australia. “Alone” is distributed worldwide by A+E Networks.
The U.K. series has been commissioned for Channel 4 by Ian Dunkley, commissioning editor, factual entertainment and will be executive produced by Nicola Brown and Rachel Bloomfield.
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