Zinc Media Group
plc
("Zinc"
or the "Group")
Brand new BBC Primetime quiz
show commission
Multi-million pound
contract. Production underway for broadcast later in
2025
Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the
award-winning television, brand and audio production group,
announces the commission of a multi-million pound
BBC prime time quiz show, due to air on BBC One and iPlayer later
in 2025.
Production for the
new quiz format called
The Inner Circle is
underway in Glasgow and is being produced by Tern TV. It will be
hosted by TV and Radio presenter Amanda Holden. Airing on Saturday
nights and weekday early evenings, the show has initially been
commissioned for 25 episodes with members of the public taking part
as contestants, plus a further six celebrity specials bringing star
power to these prime time episodes.
Zinc owns the programme and format
IP for this show, with international programme and format sales
being led by BBC Studios.
This commission marks the
culmination of a highly competetive tender process initially
involving over 100 companies.
The series was initially anticipated
for commission in FY24 and its movement into FY25's pipeline
was reflected in Zinc's last trading update on 20 November
2024.
This new commission follows the
launch of Zinc's entertainment label, Electric Violet, announced in
November 2024. The label further expands the Group outside factual
television into the highly attractive entertainment genre, with the
associated IP ownership which comes with it.
Post production will take place at
Zinc's recently established Bumblebee post production Glasgow
facility which is co-located in Tern TV's new production offices in
the city.
Mark Browning, Chief Executive Officer, Zinc Media Group,
comments:
"This is another milestone
achievement for us. It is our first foray into the much loved prime
time quiz format, and we're very excited about this diversification
in our product offer and the huge opportunity in the entertainment
genre. The commisioning of The
Inner Circle is a clear demonstration of Zinc Media's
versatility, with diversification from factual television into
entertainment. It is also further evidence that Zinc's unrivaled
portfolio of substantive production bases in the UK Nations and
Regions gives us a commercial advantage in this highly competitive
market."
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC
comments:
"We're delighted to bring viewers a
gripping new quiz, that for the first time, they'll be able to play
along with six days a week. Getting the answers right on this show
is only half the battle - contestants also need to decide who they
trust enough to keep in the game, all under the watchful eye of the
brilliantly mischievous Amanda Holden."
For
further information, please contact:
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Zinc Media Group plc
Mark Browning, CEO / Will Sawyer,
CFO
www.zincmedia.com
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+44
(0) 20 7878 2311
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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
James Moat / Sam Butcher
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+44
(0) 20 7496 3000
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MHP
Oliver Hughes / Eleni Menikou /
Ollie Hoare
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+44
(0) 7817 458804
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About Zinc Media Group
Zinc Media Group plc is a premium
television and content creation group.
The award-winning and critically
acclaimed television labels comprise Atomic, Brook Lapping,
Electric Violet, Raw Cut, Rex, Red Sauce, Supercollider, Tern
Television, along with Bumblebee Post-Production, and produce
programmes across a wide range of factual genres for UK and
international broadcasters.
Zinc Media Group's commercial
content creation unit includes The Edge Picture Company, one of the
UK's largest brand film-making companies, and Zinc Audio,
specialising in podcasts and radio production.
For further information on Zinc
Media, please visit www.zincmedia.com
