EXCLUSIVE: Improv icon Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?) will narrate a Canadian version of the eye-opening but heartwarming Japanese format Old Enough!, in which kids run errands on their own.
Blue Ant Studios has secured local rights to the long-running Japanese unscripted hit series, which was originally for Nippon TV, and is readying a remake for Canada educational network TVO.
Improv icon Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?) has signed on to narrate the show, which is set for a September debut. The announcement will be made jointly today at the 2024 Realscreen Summit by Co-President of Blue Ant Studios Matthew Hornburg, Head of Programming at TVO Natasha Negrea, and Akane Inoue from Nippon TV’s Global Format Licensing unit.
Old Enough! has made headlines over the years for its eye-opening premise, in which toddlers independent run errands for the first time.
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