Auntie Productions Wins Two New BBC Commissions

BBC Studios' Creative Directors Samantha Anstiss and Sam Bickley’s newly named creative label Auntie Productions has won two new BBC Two commissions.

They have won six series since they launched their joint label two years ago. Sitting within BBC Studios, working to Entertainment, Music and Events Director Roger Leatham, with a cross genre remit, they have a broad range of developments on their slate ranging from factual drama to factual entertainment and documentary.

The two six part series ordered by Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning, Natural History and Specialist Factual, Patrick Holland, Channel Editor for BBC Two and Tracy Forsyth, Genre Director, Factual Entertainment and Entertainment for BBC Worldwide are:

In Your Ear

A documentary format that every week follows two Brits going through one of the most challenging weeks of their lives, such as starting a new job, surviving a newborn, or bouncing back from a life changing disability. In a world of increasingly virtual friendships and isolated ways of living, some serious old school wisdom is badly needed. Coming to their rescue is a cast of wise sages from around the UK and the globe, who are on hand to offer new perspectives, diverse cultural wisdom and advice in their own quirky and very entertaining way.

Inside The World's Most Extraordinary Hotels

An immersive specialist factual documentary series that follows Giles Coren and Monica Galetti as they travel the globe including behind-the-scenes in some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring hotels. Whether it’s a mega city employing thousands of workers, is made of ice or floats in a cloud forest, from dawn to dusk Giles and Monica will spend time alongside the often invisible workforce that performs human, engineering and logistical miracles every day to deliver experiences we didn’t even know we wanted.

Roger Leatham, Director, Entertainment, Music and Events, BBC Studios says: "Factual Entertainment is a really important and exciting area for us and Samantha and Sam have a strong track record in commissioning and producing bold, contemporary, creative ideas, across genres. These latest series have real warmth and wit, as well as a big sense of adventure and I can’t wait to see what new programmes and formats they develop next under their label Auntie."

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