Sky Recommissions ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ On Four-Strong Entertainment Slate; Two Rivers Options ‘Chums’; Disney+ Hotstar Euro Trio; Tomorrow Studios Big Light – Global Briefs
deadline.comSky Recommissions ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ On Four-Strong Entertainment SlateSky has commissioned a second seasons of its Never Mind the Buzzcocks reboot on a four-strong entertainment slate that includes a football quiz exec produced by Jack Whitehall.
The recommission comes alongside a second series of Matt Lucas/Elis James’ Fantasy Football League, Whitehall’s quiz Got Got Need, which is led by football pundits Harry and Jamie Redknapp, and a Nish Kumar/Josh Widdicombe series about local news called Hold the Front Page.
Cult music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks aired for nearly 20 years on the BBC before being rebooted last year on Sky, hosted by Greg Davies and featuring Noel Fielding, This Country star Daisy May Cooper and comedian Jamali Maddix.
They are joined by a roster of top music and comedy stars each week. All shows will air on Sky Max, which replaced Sky One last year. “We’re excited to showcase some of the best of British talent from the small screen in a host of entertainment shows that will provide us all with some much-needed light relief,” said Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Entertainment.Two Rivers Options ‘Chums’ Channel 4-backed Scottish indie Two Rivers Media has optioned a hit novel about how a group of well-connected young Conservatives in the 1980s who all attended Oxford University including the current and two former Prime Ministers dramatically rose to dominate Britain.
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