ITV Studios, Banijay Entertainment and other distributors unveil their format highlights ahead of London TV Screenings. A week in unscripted content (8/2026).
Quiz show 'The 1% Club' reaches 15 territories with the latest commissions in Sweden and Italy. BBC Studios claims it is "the biggest selling UK format created in the past eight years". The format challenges players' logic and brainpower and culminates in a final question that only 1% of people can answer correctly.
ITV Studios has introduced format highlights for London TV Screenings:
- 'The Neighbourhood' sees families and households compete for a life-changing cash prize in a street-sized reality game.
- 'The Heat' sees young chefs live, work, compete and clash in sun-soaked Barcelona.
- 'Apocalypse' is a social experiment with 16 ordinary people abandoned and forced to survive for 28 days in an apocalyptic location with no running water, heating or electricity.
Banijay Entertainment has also announced new formats for the market:
- Music entertainment show 'Staying Alive', which uses technology to create duets between current artists and icons from music history.
- Primetime quiz show 'How Old Is Your Brain?', featuring 200 studio contestants and viewers at home facing 50 questions ranging from logic, memory and maths, with increasing difficulty.
- Highlights also include 'Football Island', '100 Knives', 'Fear Factor: House of Fear' and 'Shaolin Heroes', with more formats to be announced in London.
Norwegian pubcaster NRK is adapting 'Hotel Romantiek' (Primitives). The dating show brings together a group of 60+ singles on a romantic getaway in search of companionship and love. The format is also active in Belgium, Sweden and Denmark.
Relationship reality format 'Married at First Sight' from Seven.One Studios gets another spin-off. Channel 4 UK has ordered 'Marriage at Second Sight', bringing together participants from the British and Australian versions for a second chance at love... on the other side of the world.
Lineup Industries adds Norwegian format 'The Defendant' to its catalogue. Celebrities become jurors in a murder trial, examining evidence and reaching a verdict just like in a real courtroom.
Keshet International's 'Elevator Pitch' has been ordered in Brazil by Record News. In this entrepreneurial format, a panel of "Titans", now joined by an AI investor, evaluates business ideas in a high-stakes setting.
Coming soon: Eccholine's reality adventure format 'Peking Express' launches a Czech version, first on streaming platform prima+ and then in linear primetime. Comedy theatre dating show 'Esto no es un dating' premieres on Prime Video Spain. M6 Formats' daily competition 'Flat Hunters', in which real estate agents compete to find the best property for clients, gets a Greek version to air on ANT1 access.