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±«Óãtv Switch announces activity for Autumn 2008
The ±«Óãtv's multi-platform teen brand ±«Óãtv Switch revealed today
details of a raft of new content
aimed at 12-17 year olds, across ±«Óãtv Two, ±«Óãtv Radio 1 and online
at bbc.co.uk/switch.
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±«Óãtv Switch returns to TV screens after the summer holidays
and continues to champion British talent and fresh,
distinctive content, and will host its first ever live event
in October – ±«Óãtv Switch Live.
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±«Óãtv Switch on ±«Óãtv Two, Saturdays, noon to 2pm
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Sound: Saturday 6 September
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Radio 1's Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw return to ±«Óãtv Switch
with a totally new Sound – a music TV show that is not afraid
to have fun as well as celebrate music.
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Filmed in a London loft, the new Sound sees Annie and Grimmy
joined by an audience of 50 selected fans and friends.
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From
established names through to rising stars, each week a band
will join in the fun and perform.
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There will be mischief,
guests from the worlds of fashion, sport, comedy, film and
TV, audience interaction and bands performing in unexpected
places.
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Scene Stealers: Saturday 6 September
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Scene Stealers is a six-part series presented by Jeff Leach,
the host of ±«Óãtv Switch's teen talk show The Surgery.
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Every week, two teens are challenged to pretend they belong
to another teen tribe in just 48 hours.
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A plastic becomes a
hip hop MC, a goth becomes a plastic, an indie boy becomes a
chav, a posh girl becomes a hippie and an emo becomes a posh
kid.
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Each teen will be paired with a mentor who shows them
how to pass themselves off in their new persona. Both will
have to perform a series of tasks to complete the
transformation.
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And there is a surprise in store – the teens will be going on
a date with each other, and their date is
the rival scene stealer!
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The pair are finally grilled by a
panel of experts who will select the one they think is
genuine and expose the scene stealer.
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Mission Beach USA: mid-October
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Mission Beach is an eight-part observational documentary.
Eight British teenagers will have the experience of a
lifetime by taking part in California's Junior
Lifeguard Program.
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Coming from a range of different backgrounds, for most of the
teens it will be their first experience of living away from
home.
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Over the course of a month, the lifeguard programme will
test their physical and mental endurance and develop their
life skills.
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As well as beach safety, lifesaving and swimming
skills, they will be taught bodysurfing, body boarding and
board surfing.
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The teens will be pitted against each other
and their American counterparts and face a gruelling course
to graduate as cadets – and the consequences should they step
out of line.
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In a very different world to the one they are
from, will our eight hopefuls sink or swim?
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The eight are: Yasmine (16) from Swansea; Emma (17) from
Halifax;
Georgina (17) from Portsmouth; Joe (16) from Stockport;
Sean (16) from Swansea; Aine (17) from Co Derry;
Jack (16) from Devon; Tommy (16) from Cornwall.
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Revealed.: Saturday 6 September
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The teen current affairs show Revealed. returns with young
journalists Charlotte Ashton and Anthony Baxter who will take
viewers on a journey to make sense of a variety of subjects
facing teens in the UK.
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In this series, the duo will tackle
male anorexia, the surveillance society, teen alienation,
crime, sex, and what's really going on in Bridgend.
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Greek: Saturday 6 September
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±«Óãtv Switch will air the hit US teen comedy drama Greek on
±«Óãtv Two. After a run on ±«Óãtv Three, teen viewers will get a
second chance to view the students at Cyprus-Rhodes
University.
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Casey Cartwright is popular, beautiful, smart,
and, with Evan, she has the perfect boyfriend. Her ambition to
become president of university house Zeta Beta Zeta is
threatened by the arrival of the scheming Rebecca Taylor,
daughter of a high-profile politician.
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Casey's very different
younger brother Rusty arrives on campus, determined to shake
off his geeky image and enjoy his student years.
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As Rusty and
Casey negotiate university life with ex-boyfriends, love
rivals, disapproving room mates, and studies, they begin to
realise that the only thing they may be able to rely on is
each other.
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±«Óãtv Switch online
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The 5:19 Show: Launching September. Named after the time
that most teens log on after school, the show is a fast
paced, daily online show with sketches, chat, guests,
performances and a whole load of random humour. The show,
filmed in the basement at ±«Óãtv Switch, is presented by Tom
Deacon, a new signing and award-winning stand-up comedian.
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Fresh!: Launching September. The first UK-commissioned
sitcom from ±«Óãtv Switch is a short-form production of five
episodes. Fresh! follows a group of students – Danny, Becky,
Shane (Danny Morgan, emerging comedian who has starred Channel 4's
Tonightly), Scarlet and Fred (James Buckley, comedy actor who
starred in Channel 4's The Inbetweeners) – through their first week at
university and its infamous Freshers Week. Comedy
screenwriter Dean Craig (Death At A Funeral, Caffeine) has
penned the script, and Andy DeEmmony (Red Dwarf and Father
Ted) directs.
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Myths: Launching mid-November. Myths is a series of six five-minute modern interpretations of a selection of Greek myths.
The stories revolve around the lives of several teenagers
living in an English town. The six episodes are: The
Judgement Of Paris, Orpheus & Eurydice, Icarus, Narcissus &
Echo, Odysseus & The Cyclops and The Sirens. The myths
have been interpreted by the ±«Óãtv Switch in-house writers and
will be a co-production with Ridley Scott's RSA Films,
directed by Henry Mason.
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To Be Continued. (TBC): Online now. TBC is an interactive ±«Óãtv drama
project between ±«Óãtv Switch and young budding actors,
screenwriters and directors. Award-winning writer Al Smith (EastEnders, Holby City) has penned the script about four
friends, Nat, Naomi, Ernie and Bee, falling for each other and
falling out. Viewers can interact by filming scenes and
uploading them to the webpage –
. Act one will launch online
in September and will invite the audience to sign-up. The
result will be a jigsaw of scenes filmed by TBC, young people
and secret celebrity guests.
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±«Óãtv Switch on Radio 1 from September
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Annie Mac returns to Switch on Sunday nights on Radio 1 to
co-host with Nick Grimshaw.
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The duo will bring teens the
ultimate guide to the coolest things they are watching,
playing, listening to and talking about.
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The show features
big name guests every week, weekly contributions from LA
gossip king Perez Hilton plus behind-the-scenes news and
performances from TV show Sound.
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Regular features include Confuse The Teacher where listeners are encouraged
to put a random word in their homework, and the now infamous
Let's Sumo! where supermodel Agyness Deyn, Sadie Frost and
Pixie Geldof have donned the sumo suit for a bout with
Grimmy.
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±«Óãtv Switch Live on Sunday 12 October
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±«Óãtv Switch will host its first under-18s event ±«Óãtv
Switch Live in London, with exclusive live performances from
some of the hottest UK and International artists in the teen
world.
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It will be a free event, broadcast live on Switch on
Radio 1.
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The event will have a major interactive presence
online at bbc.co.uk/switch with many live performances
available to watch on demand.
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The event will also be
featured on TV show Sound the following Saturday.
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Keep
listening to Switch on Radio 1 for the full line-up and
ticket details.
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Geoffrey Goodwin, Head of ±«Óãtv Switch, said: "I'm delighted to
be announcing the new Autumn content from ±«Óãtv Switch and I'm
proud of what we have achieved since we launched a year ago.
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"The new content gives a great example of our strategy to
produce a range of high quality, distinctive and fresh
entertainment for British teens.
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"Mission Beach USA will be a
great journey for our eight British teens, while being pushed
to their limits, learning life skills and getting a taste of
American teen culture.
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"The new Sound sees Switch stretch the
boundaries of what a music TV show should be all about.
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"Storytelling is still key to our audience and Fresh! provides
new short-form episodic content targeted at teenagers that
can play across multiple platforms.
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"The 5:19 Show is an
innovative new format that is already getting a brilliant
response.
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"These programmes sum up ±«Óãtv Switch's commitment to
nurture and develop new British talent."
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Annie Mac said: "I am absolutely delighted to be back on
Sunday nights with Grimmy.
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"I truly think it is one of the
most exciting shows on the radio, I love the chaotic feel of
it, there's always inane laughter and great tunes and you
can't ask for more than that on a Sunday night.
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"That, coupled
with the all new Sound, makes for a fun year."
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Nick Grimshaw said: "Yes, return of the Mac. I can't wait for
Annie to get back on the Radio 1 show and so excited for the
Sound record to begin.
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"I think it's going to be really fun
doing both shows together."
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Jeff Leach said: "'I am overjoyed to be back with a brand new
show for ±«Óãtv Switch.
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"The experience of working with young
people on Scene Stealers has been such a fun experience and
I'm sure that will come across in the amazing transformations
you will witness in the show."
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Tom Deacon said: "Making The 5:19 Show is so exciting because
we never know what's going to happen.
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"I genuinely laugh
wholeheartedly each show, as much as the time my nan said her
favourite new drink was the J Twenty."
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Notes to Editors
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 ±«Óãtv Switch launched in October 2007 and is the ±«Óãtv's
teen offering delivering content to 12-17 year olds across
multiple platforms, TV, Radio 1 and online and live events.
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±«Óãtv Switch online also provides online gaming in the
form of astrological thriller Signs Of Life, interactive soap
Wannabes, Meta4orce and other great games aggregated from
across the ±«Óãtv.
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Radio 1 continues its five hour teen slot on Sunday
nights: Switch with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw (7-10pm) and
The Surgery with Kelly Osbourne (10pm-midnight). Executive
Producer is Anna Bowman.
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±«Óãtv Switch has commissioned 25 episodes of Sound. The
show is produced by Monkey. Series Producer is Anna Meadows.
Executive Producers are David Granger and Will Macdonald.
Executive Producers for the ±«Óãtv: Karl Warner and Geoffrey
Goodwin.
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Viewers aged 16 and above can apply to be in the
Sound audience. Details at bbc.co.uk/switch.
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Scene Stealers is produced by Alchemy TV. Series
Producers are Sophie Lloyd and Paul Young. Executive producer is
Mike Beale. Executive Producers for the ±«Óãtv: Karl Warner and
Geoffrey Goodwin.
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Mission Beach USA is produced by Rival Media. Executive
produced by Howard Myers and Steve Wynne. Series Producer is
Dean Nobes. Producer/Directors: Joe Evans, Christian Kehoe,
Hersha Patel, Philippa Wells. Creative Producer for the ±«Óãtv
is Emma Smithwick. Executive Producers for the ±«Óãtv: Harry
Lansdown and Geoffrey Goodwin
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The 5:19 Show is produced in-house by Beth Garrod,
executive produced by Geoffrey Goodwin
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Tom Deacon biography: Tom Deacon is a 22-year old 2007
Chortle Student Comedy Award winner, fast
gaining a reputation as one to watch on the UK
circuit. This year alone has seen him invited to attend the
first stage of NBC's Last Comic Standing in Miami. He
is also set to appear in the next series of Paramount
Comedy's hit stand-up show Edinburgh And Beyond. He is
currently performing in Edinburgh as part of The Comedy Zone,
the Fringe's longest running group comedy which has
previously launched the careers of Dave Gorman, Harry Hill,
Mark Lamarr, Stewart Lee, Al Murray and Ross Noble.
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Fresh! features Danny (Jonathan Bailey), Becky (Fiona
Ryan), Shane (Danny Morgan, emerging comedian who has starred
in Channel 4's Tonightly), Scarlet (Joanna Cassidy) and Fred (James
Buckley, comedy actor who starred in Channel 4's The Inbetweeners).
Fresh! is produced by Greenroom Entertainment. Series
Producer: Simon Maxwell. Executive Producers: Nick Hamm (director
of movies The Hole and Godsend) and Jon Hamm. Executive
Producer for the ±«Óãtv is Geoffrey Goodwin
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Myths is a co-production by ±«Óãtv Switch and RSA Films.
Directed by RSA's Henry Mason. Executive Producers for the ±«Óãtv:
Emma Smithwick and Geoffrey Goodwin.
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Revealed is produced by ±«Óãtv Switch and Radio 1
Newsbeat, Producer is Amy Burton, Editor is Rod McKenzie,
Executive Producer is Geoffrey Goodwin
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TBC is produced in-house, Creative Producer is Anna
McCleeery. The audience can email the ±«Óãtv to find out how to
take part in TBC: info@tbcfilm.co.uk.
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Greek season one consists of ten 45-minute episodes,
the show has out-performed any other programmes on its debut
in the US on ABC Family in the 18-34 year old age bracket. Greek is licensed from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television. Casey is
played by Spencer Grammer (daughter of Kelsey Grammer, movie
credits: Beautiful Ohio, Descent, The Path Of Most
Resistance. TV credits: As The World Turns, Law & Order: SVU,
Third Watch). Rusty is played by Jacob Zachar in his debut in
a series (movie credits: Drunkboat; frontman of Chicago metal group,
Megaband.). Ìý
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