The 2D animated series was created by The Brothers McLeod, who worked alongside Wyndley Animation and Kavaleer Productions. for the production. The show will be distributed worldwide, excluding commissioning partners Milkshake! in the UK and Ireland, SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland and VRT in Belgium.
BiggerStage and Fox Alternative Entertainment, Fox Entertainment’s US-based in-house unscripted studio, will jointly produce the variety competition series “The Big Deal” for Ireland’s Virgin Media Television.
The executive began his duties with the company yesterday, 7th June, which include identifying and acquiring local productions and helping with sourcing, script development, negotiations, production, and sales processes.
The new drama will premiere on Channel 5 in the UK, VMTV Irelandand on Viaplay as a Viaplay Original in the Nordic region, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania later this year.
The TV special will air on demand from 8:02am and on Sky One at 8pm on Thursday 27 May. It derives from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon, Fulwell 73 productions, and Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions.