Embarrassing Bodies has been nominated for Best Lifestyle show at the TV Choice Awards, and is up against Top Gear, Gok's Fashion Fix and Come Dine with Me.
Maverick Television has gained unprecedented access to the world of modelling in a new observational documentary series which follows in the footsteps of Channel 4's successful series One Born Every Minute and The Family. The 7 x 60' series will place a multi-camera documentary rig in a commercial environment for the first time: the offices of the world-famous model agency Premier Model Management. The Model Agency will reveal the reality of daily life in the world's most glamorous industry. A colourful cast of characters inhabit the high-octane world of The Model Agency. From bookers, scouts and office assistants to the models, designers and photographers who pass through the doors of the Agency, this series follows them all for two months - in the office, at the fittings and on the catwalks - during the build up to London Fashion Week.
Embarrassing Bodies Live has won the Broadcast Digital Award for Best Use of Interactive. A strong field included Psychoville (BBC), Primeval (ITV), Antony Gormley's One & Other (Sky Arts), and 1066 (Channel 4). Thanks to the judging panel and congratulations to the team.
Congratulations to the Embarrassing Bodies and Embarrassing Bodies Live production team, who collected a Television Craft BAFTA for Interactive Creative Contribution. It is a special honour as the competition was particularly strong, with the Apprentice Predictor, Derren Brown’s Science of Scams, and Who Killed Summer also nominated.
Channel 4’s Deputy Head of Features, Andrew Jackson, has commissioned a new 6 x 60 minute series from Maverick, which will explore weird and extraordinary conditions and ailments that affect a wide range of animals, from pets to livestock and creatures in zoos, and everything in between. From oversexed daschunds who can’t stop mating with their owner’s footstool to llamas with lazy bladders – nothing will be off limits.
The series will be fronted by three expert vets and will centre around a vet surgery, but our experts will also travel to source, be it homes, fields or zoos.
The Rose d’Or Festival, held annually in Lucerne, Switzerland, draws the best of the year's entertainment television programming. Embarrassing Bodies Live is nominated in the Multiplatform category.
Maverick has produced a searing new film which for the first time follows three people who have been sectioned, on their journey through the mental health system. Sectioned will be shown on BBC4 on Weds 19th May at 9pm as part of the Out of Mind season. With unprecedented access to one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Sectioned follows Andrew, Richard and Anthony as they battle to regain control of their lives; it brings into sharp focus the huge challenges faced by patients and staff alike. More detail in The Guardian.
MTV is extending its global My Super Sweet 16 franchise up to 21 year-olds, with Maverick producing the series. My Super Sweet is access all areas to one young person’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prepare for the birthday party of a lifetime. The 10 x 30-minute order covers all territories outside of the US and is the first time MTV has commissioned an indie to produce the series or a spin-off. Jilly Pearce will exec the series. To apply to be on the show, visit our Be On TV section.
Embarrassing Bodies Live has been nominated for Best Use of Interactive at the Broadcast Digital Awards.
Embarrassing Bodies Live, our groundbreaking show which airs exclusively online, has been nominated in the Interactive Creative Contribution category at the Television Craft BAFTAs. Good luck to the team.
