Manori Ravindran International EditorChannel 4 format “The Write Offs” is getting local versions in Australia and Denmark, marking the first international deals for the Banijay-sold format.Originally created by Shine TV for Channel 4, “The Write Offs” finds former “Great British Bake Off” host Sandi Toksvig helping a group of adults improve their literacy.
Metronome Productions will make the local Danish version for DR1, while SBS has ordered its own version of the show, which will be called “Lost for Words.” Endemol Shine Australia will produce.Like the U.K.
version, the Australian and Danish productions offer a group of adults the chance to change their lives forever. In the show, they receive one-to-one tuition and face entertaining.
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