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SPARKS NETWORK –
13 OF THE WORLD’S LEADING PRODUCERS

The Sparks Network members represent some of the most skilled developers and
producers in the market. The combined resources within the network are giving rise
to an impressive number of new formats that are developed, piloted and produced
every year.
The joint development resources of 13 of the world’s leading producers have so far
resulted in more than 150 proven formats. In this catalogue, you find a selection
of 31 formats for the fall 2005.
Sparks Network is a unique and modern format exchange platform and is a new
and better way to distribute formats. Sparks Network offers you as a broadcaster a
strong catalogue of proven formats. Through the Sparks Network member in your
territory, you get a respected production partner with a working relationship with
the creator of the format.
Book a meeting with Fredrik af Malmborg or Nicola Söderlund from Sparks Network
at Miptv on phone +46 855 60 93 82 or e-mail info@sparksnetwork.com
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ENTERTAINMENT CHAPEL OF LOVE Princess Productions 4
COMEDY CLUB Globomedia 5
DREAM POWER Promofilm 6
I FANCY YOU Globomedia 7
JOYA RUNS Zana Media 8
MOTHER IN LAW Moskito TV 9
OFFICE MONKEY Princess Productions 10
SPLUNGE Globomedia 11
THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT Princess Productions 12
THE TUNNEL Triangle Production 13
TWO FAT GROUPIES Crea Video 14
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT AMAZING STORIES Elephant & Cie 15

LIGHTS CAMERA AUCTION Princess Productions 16
ROOM 421 Elephant & Cie 17
UNEXPECTED VISIT STV Television 18
WE ARE DETECTIVES Princess Productions 19
FICTION AIDA Globomedia 20

FIRST LOVE ATM Grupa S.A. 21
LOS SERRANO Globomedia 22
NIEDRIG & KUHNT MME Moviement 23
TWO WITH KALWASS MME Moviement 24
GAME SHOWS AL DENTE Zana Media 25

CASH BATTLE ATM Grupa S.A. 26
CLUELESS ATM Grupa S.A. 27
HAZARD Triangle Production 28
HIT IT OR BEAT IT Globomedia 29
KITCHEN CLUB Zana Media 30
THE DEADLY KNOWLEDGE SHOW Princess Productions 31
ZULU BINGO STV Television 32
REALITY BUMP ‘N’ GRIND Princess Productions 33

PEKING EXPRESS Kanakna Productions 34
ON BOARD Promofilm 35
ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPEL OF LOVE
The show where couples get married live on television
GENRE: Entertainment If you ever wanted an invite to a Vegas-style wedding organised by the best
wedding planners in town, then Chapel of Love is the show for you. Every day we
LENGTH: 60 minutes
transform a fully-licensed studio into a different wedding chapel – and the happy
BROADCASTER: Five (UK) couple exchange their vows live on air.
RIGHTS HOLDER: Princess In each show a different couple enjoy the biggest day of their lives – and we
Productions see all the preparations backstage. The chapel itself is a blank canvas that is
transformed every day by our wedding planners and their team. At one end of the
CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott
Princess Productions
Phone: +44 207 985 1902
E-mail: formats@princesstv.com
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Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
chapel is a door leading to the bride’s quarters. At the other end is the groom’s
backstage dressing-rooms.
Both sets of rooms are fully equipped for dress fittings, hairdressing, make-up
and last minute rituals to conquer nerves. Behind the scenes our cameras cap-
ture the whole carnival of emotion and nerves.
As the couple get ready, we hear great stories of how they met and their roman-
tic love affair. Meanwhile, the guests are arriving and we meet all the extra char-
acters – the difficult mother-in-law, the sister of the bride who’s getting friendly
with the Best Man…
Prior to the big day we’ll have filmed all the pre-wedding preparations: everything
from the bride deciding on what she’ll wear, to the style of her hair and the
flowers. We’ll also see how the groom prepares himself for his big day – he might
be enjoying his stag night or writing his speech.
Then, back in the studio our participants say their wedding vows LIVE in front of
the cameras and an audience of friends and family. Viewers will also be able to
get lots of top tips and ideas that they can use for their own special wedding day.
Weddings have always been huge ratings hits on TV, from soaps to royalty. The
Chapel of Love is an intimate wedding show, but also an emotional journey, a
make-over show and a fashion show rolled into one. It’s the ultimate wedding
video.
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ENTERTAINMENT
COMEDY CLUB
The show that turns your favorite artist into a stand up comedian
Comedy Club is a reality make-over format that turns celebrities into stand up GENRE: Stand up reality show
comedians for a night. Four celebrities, with no previous experience in the art
LENGTH: 127 x 45 minutes
of stand up comedy, will be trained to perform a stand up comedy act in a huge
theatre. Each celebrity is coached by an experienced stand up comedian and a BROADCASTER: Canal+,Telecinco,
team of professional comedy script writers. Antena 3 & TVE (Spain)
RIGHTS HOLDER: Globomedia

The documentary elements of the show takes the viewers through the first
attempts, training, fears and creative anxiety before the big final performance. An CONTACTS: Pablo Guerenabarrena
entertaining journey through ambitions, challenges, failures and finally a great Phone: +34 91 728 57 40
performance in front of an enthusiastic, but demanding audience. Four celebrities E-mail: formatsales@globomedia.es
in each episode will get a chance to show a new side of their artistic careers: the Or:
mastering of stand up comedy. Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
In the latest adaptation of the format, viewers are voting on the best performance E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
in the final episode.
Comedy Club has finished its 6th season in Spain with great success. After its
first season on pay tv Canal + in Spain, the format has in fact made seasons on
all free-TV stations in Spain; Telecinco, Antena 3 and TVE. As a spin off from the
TV series, live theatre versions of Comedy Club have been touring around the
country, seen by close to 2,000,000 people. The audio CD with the monologues
from Comedy Club has sold more than 100,000 copies in Spain.
Comedy Club is currently in development for Belgium and Italy and has also
made 2 seasons in Argentina.
A license of the format includes also scripts from 127 episodes including more
than 500 monologues. Experienced stand up comedy script writers are not
always easy to find, so the archive of previously used scripts will be a good asset
when launching the format in a new country.
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ENTERTAINMENT
DREAM POWER
The surprise of a lifetime
GENRE: Weekly Entertainment/Reality Take a dream, a fan and a plan... what do you get? The surprise of a lifetime.
Show Dream Power mixes the funniest elements of a hidden camera show with the
emotional punch of a wish come true. In this show everyday people are set-up by
LENGTH: 30 minutes
their friends and family members to unknowingly meet their favorite celebrities.
BROADCASTER: Channel 13 The twist? The celebrity is involved in the set-up from the beginning. The con-
(Argentina), Rated 1st in it´s primetime spirators trick the fan into thinking they are participating in an event, never real-
slot for five seasons, RCTV (Venezuela) izing the celebrity is behind the set-up all along. As the plan plays out, the fan
36 % share is suddenly caught off guard when they find themselves face-to-face with their
favorite celebrity. Whether it’s Peter Frampton disguised as a fan’s driver, Sting
RIGHTS HOLDER: Promofilm
walking in on a fan’s audition, or a fan participating in a sports clinic only to learn
CONTACTS: Marcela Campos - that his coach is none other than Shaq, the reaction is always the same... the
Promofilm surprise of a lifetime. Shock, awe, fear, tears, joy…it’s all part of Dream Power.
Phone: +54 114 779 66 37
E-mail: mcampos@promofilm.com Each show begins with our host introducing our participants: our fan, our conspir-
Or: ators, and our star. We’ll find out why the conspirators think our fan is deserving
Sparks Network of meeting the celebrity. What qualifies them as a super fan? Do they have a
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 memorabilia collection worth a small fortune? However we learn that these fans
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com are not crazed celebrity stalkers but loyal and endearing fans who truly believe in
the talent of their favorite celebrity. Next the master plan is laid out. What will be
used as a decoy to get the fan to the location where the reveal will take place?
Will the celebrity be disguised? At what moment should the celebrity reveal
him/her self? Of course, there may be moments when the plan veers off course.
Fortunately our hidden cameras will be along for every step of the ride until the
moment where the celeb’s true identity is ultimately revealed.
Featured as a segment in the 2 hour weekly series “Sorpresa y ½”, Dream

Power has been on the air for over 5 years. Past celebrity participants include:
Peter Frampton, Thalia, Magic Johnson, David Copperfield, Luis Miguel, Celine
Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Whitney Houston, Sting, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Hanson.
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ENTERTAINMENT
I FANCY YOU
It´s young, it´s funny and a formidable sucess
I Fancy You is the success of the summer on Spanish TV and from the start the GENRE: Dating show
show has held a firm grip on the young target groups. The average share for the
LENGTH: 60 minutes
15 -24 is 38% and the broadcaster Antena 3 has prolonged the series for an extra
month. BROADCASTER: Antena 3 (Spain)
RATINGS: 38 % share in 15-24,

In this dating show three suitors compete for the heart of a guy or a girl by an-
channel´s average share 24,9 %
swering compromising and funny questions in front of a studio audience. What
they don’t know, since a curtain separates both groups, is that their prospective RIGHTS HOLDER: Globomedia
date has brought their mother or father with them to help determine who will win
CONTACTS: Pablo Guerenabarrena
the date.
- Globomedia
Phone: +34 917 285 740
The parents, the studio audience and the viewers, who submit their vote via SMS,
E-mail: formatsales@globomedia.es
choose the suitor. Then the couple must endure one final “trial by fire” by having
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dinner with the parents at their house.
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Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
What happens at the dinner is anyone’s guess and is revealed during the next
show. This uncomfortable set-up is embarrassing, nerve-racking, funny, and al-
ways entertaining.
I Fancy You is a real hit with young demographics – as many suitors have already
realized…
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ENTERTAINMENT
JOYA RUNS
The ultimate flirt and travel show
GENRE: Flirt and travel Show Joya Runs is a spontaneous, speedy and interactive flirt-and-travel show, and a
big ratings-success amongst 15-24 year-olds. The host finds two same-sex singles
LENGTH: 30 minutes
on the streets of a city, who then have 90 minutes to select one travel partner of
BROADCASTER: Sat.1 Switzerland, local the opposite sex with whom they would both be happy to travel from a list of pre-
adaption in China. registered internet entrants. The singles must return to the Joya Runs Stage in the
city centre (the “home base”) with a third travelling partner within the time limit in
RATINGS: 8% in 15-49 compared to
order for the game to continue – the quicker they return, the better holiday they
broadcaster average 6,7%
will complete for.
RIGHTS HOLDER: Zana Media
All three contestant must then prepare for the trip, again within a time limit. This
CONTACTS: Mathias Ruch – Zana
includes getting their passports, packing their bags and talking to their employ-
Media
ers. The viewers follow how they explain this unexpected leave to their mothers,
Phone: +41 31 311 09 35
bosses or teachers and take a voyeuristic look into their personal and professional
E-mail: mathias.ruch@zanamedia.com
lives.
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Provided that they make it back to the home base within the time limit, it is time for
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
the final decision to be made. Only two of the three people can go on the holiday,
and the third, newly found internet-entrant must select one of the two original
singles with whom to go on the trip. This couple then immediately leave for the
airport and their fantastic vacation destination – the other single stays at home.
During their trip, cameras follow recording the vacation. How do they get along
with each other? Do they become more than just friends?
Joya Runs is the winner of the E-Rose of the prestigious Rose d’Or Festival for the
best internet-integrated format. The format is currently produced in a local version
in China.
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ENTERTAINMENT
MOTHER IN LAW
Bringing back the power of the mother-in-law
Mother-in-Law is a dating-show format that combines the eternal need to find GENRE: Dating Show
a mate with the eternal humour surrounding mothers-in-law. It is a new dating/
matchmaking show that harks back to the good old days when mothers had their
say about whom their child should (or could) marry. BROADCASTER: Subtv (Finland)
RIGHTS HOLDER: Moskito Television

The mother is introduced at the beginning of each episode and her spirit is ever-
present throughout the show. Which of our singles will be good enough for the CONTACTS: Roope Lehtinen - Moskito
mother-in-law to be? Television
Phone: +35 841 590 007
The mother, her son or daughter and three possible dates all nervously sit in the E-mail: roope@moskito-tv.fi
studio, and a partner is selected through a series of tough questions. The child Or:
seeking a partner makes their choice, and if the mother agrees they will get a first- Sparks Network
class prize. If the mother disagrees, the prize is much more modest. Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
Mother-in-Law was nominated in the Rose D’Or 2005 (Game Show) category and
was on the list of the most viewed programs. It has won awards as the best new
format in Finland in 2005. Mother-in-Law was on air on Subtv Autumn 2004 an
Spring 2005, with good ratings on Subtv – a young urban TV-channel in Finland.
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ENTERTAINMENT
OFFICE MONKEY
The world's funniest hidden camera show
GENRE: Comedy Show/Hidden camera The workplace clown is woefully under-appreciated by the world’s top dogs and
big cheeses. Office Monkey is the show that rewards on-the-job pranksters and
LENGTH: 30 minutes
applauds their efforts to turn the workplace into one big joke.
BROADCASTER: ITV (UK)
THE SHOW
RIGHTS HOLDER: Princess
Each week two workers from the same company are signed up to be Office
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Monkey. No one else in the workplace is aware of what’s going on (apart from
CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott the company owner). As far as the regular staff is concerned, our two jokers are
Princess Productions on the fast track to getting sacked.
Phone: +44 207 985 1902
E-mail: formats@princesstv.com The workplace will be rigged up with secret cameras to ensure we don’t miss
Or: any Office Monkey action. When a contestant turns up to work in a chicken outfit
Sparks Network we’ll be sure to catch everybody’s reaction.
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com HOW IT WORKS
Filming takes place over the course of one day. The contestants are assigned
tasks prior to the day of filming, such as bring your grandmother to work, practise
a dance routine on your desk or try and hypnotise a colleague. The winner is the
Monkey considered to have provoked the best reactions from his colleagues, and
is chosen by the office Managing Director.
We’ll see the most outrageous sights in the most unlikely of locations. The work-
place just got funnier…
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ENTERTAINMENT
SPLUNGE
The sketch show that breaks new ground
Splunge is a comedy sketch and chat show, based on fabulous scripts and a GENRE: Sketches
great cast. The 45 minutes of humour are divided into 30 minutes of sketches, no
LENGTH: 16 x 45 minutes, second
longer than one minute each, and 15 minutes of studio based comedy chat.
series in production
Five well-known comedians are the cast together with one guest-artist per epi- BROADCASTER´S: TVE (Spain)
sode – perhaps a politician, sport star or artist. The guest-artist is not previously
RATINGS: 21% share, (broadcaster’s
known for being a comedy talent, but that will soon change after appearing in
average 19%)
Splunge.
Splunge is unrivalled sue to it’s universal humour, which works in most cultures,
CONTACTS: Pablo Guerenabarrena -
being based on common, universal situations. A license of Splunge gives the for-
Globomedia
mat buyer more than 1200 sketches to use in a local adaptation.
Phone: +34 91 728 57 40
Splunge is currently in production for a second series in Spain with a number of
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local versions in preparation around the world.
Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
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ENTERTAINMENT
THE FRIDAY NIGHT

PROJECT
Your friday night starts here
GENRE: Live Studio Comedy This is the big studio entertainment show that’s hosted by a different celebrity
Entertainment Show every week. It’s got great games, great comedy VTs and great prizes.
LENGTH: 8 x 60 minutes (Season 2

THE SHOW
from Jan 2006)
The show begins as the four regular comedians meet their new Guest Host, who
BROADCASTERS: C4 (UK) then delivers a hilarious topical monologue. The four members of the team each
help the Guest Host with different segments throughout the show. There are
sketches, secret filming, reality TV spoofs and a weekly phone-in competition.
Productions
CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott The show climaxes with a game show finale where one lucky audience member
Princess Productions can win a great prize. Each week the game has 3 rounds, all inspired by the
Phone: +44 207 985 1902 host. They involve lots of physical comedy, funny pictures, rude humour and more
E-mail: formats@princesstv.com special celebrity guest appearances live in the studio.
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Sparks Network There’s also a different house band every week. They feature throughout the
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 show and also play their new single.
WHY WE LIKE IT
The Friday Night Project is a big, glamorous and confident Friday night show,
anchored by big-name celebrities. It’s a great platform for established comics, tal-
ented new comedians, as well as a chance to see famous stars from film, music
and TV having fun and performing out of their usual environment.
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ENTERTAINMENT
THE TUNNEL
The family dinner that turned out to be a hidden camera show
What would you think if you discovered that your son’s girlfriend was a star? GENRE: Entertainment
The Tunnel is an amazing mix between fiction and reality in which a boy invites
his family for dinner to introduce his new mysterious partner. To everyone’s sur- BROADCASTER: Raiuno (Italy)
prise the person who opens the apartment door is a famous celebrity. The family
DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS:
members spend the evening in the house which is full of hidden cameras and
Triangle for Sparks’ territories
microphones with a person they are used to seeing in the gossip magazines. We
Raitrade for the rest of the world
will study their reactions and comments, and listen to their opinions. The pub-
lic will witness this meeting of two apparently distant worlds. The unsuspecting CONTACTS: Cecilia Pagliani
family will discover the phobias of the star, and our competitor will also have to Triangle Production
overcome a difficult mystery test… Phone: +39 06 375 16 442
E-mail: c.pagliani@triangle.it
All this will take place just a few metres away from a purposely-built state-of-the- Or:
art television studio, from which a studio audience and celebrity guests are direc- Sparks Network
tly involved in all the events in the house, provoking unforgettable moments of Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
entertainment. The studio is connected to the house through a long tunnel, at the E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
end of which there is a hidden revolving door. Come through The Tunnel with us…
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ENTERTAINMENT
TWO FAT GROUPIES

The daredevils of the pop world
GENRE: Pop TV Two Fat Groupies is a humorous reality/comedy series about a couple of ‘huge’
groupies and their adventurous trips around the world to meet international celeb-
LENGTH: 24 minutes
rities. It is an entertaining format about two fat fans conquering the world to meet
RIGHTS HOLDER: Crea Video some of the top 500 celebrities.
CONTACTS: Mikko Räisänen or Vera

The main characters are two quite literally big girls who worship celebrities. Their
Olsson - Crea Video
mission is to hunt down and meet international movie and music stars. Anything
Phone: +358 40 523 2927
or anyone goes as long as they are famous – or at least know someone who is
E-mail: mikko.raisanen@creavideo.fi or
famous. They might not always know who they’re talking to, but it’s their ultimate
vera.olsson@creaviseo.fi
desire and quest to meet international celebrities.
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In every episode their crazy journey culminates with them meeting a star who
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
might know a star, who was married to a star, and who used to act in a movie with
another star. Their mission is to meet all the celebrities in the world to become ulti-
mate groupies and “almost as famous” themselves – to be in the “the inner circle”.
Every time they manage to track down a star and collect a piece of evidence (such
as hair, a broken nail, a shoe lace, toilet paper from their hotel room etc) they are
one step closer to their ultimate nirvana. This celebrity evidence is carefully stored
at their home base, the altar of the celebrity hunting.
Two Fat Groupies is an entertaining scripted reality format. It is a unique and funny
way to present local and international celebrities. Get your celebrity hit, and learn
about the latest gossip and trends in a humorous and very different way with Two
Fat Groupies.
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FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
AMAZING STORIES
- 7000 of the world’s best stories that doubled the ratings
A man kills another guy but makes a mistake and puts his victim in the wrong car, GENRE: Docu-fiction
a car that could belong to you… One night, after a tough discussion, your wife
LENGTH: 90 minutes (or 60 minutes
shoots you but saves your life because the “magic bullet” blows away an unknown
daily version)
cancer in your stomach… True stories, incredible scenarios, weird situations…
BROADCASTERS: France 3 (France)
Amazing Stories is based on more than 7000 stories gathered from all around the
RATINGS: 14 % share
world by Pierre Bellemare, who wrote more than thirty best-sellers and hosted
a radio show telling these incredible stories with enormous success, captivating RIGHTS HOLDER: Elephant & Cie
French audiences for forty years.
CONTACTS: Thierry Bizot - Elephant &
Cie
The idea behind Amazing Stories is to adapt the best of all these true stories for
Phone: +33 01 56 21 37 01
TV and to produce them in the most efficient way: docu-fiction.
E-mail: t.bizot@elephant-cie.com
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The format is clear and cost-effective; Pierre Bellemare starts telling a story from
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his office (with a huge archive, thousands of books and tabloid headlines…). Then
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
gradually he changes the story telling into a newscast as if he were an anchor-
man on the evening news. He starts the video tapes where the action is based
using several reconstructed key scenes, but most of the story is told through
eye-witness accounts from actors: the victims 20 years later, neighbours, work
colleagues, the police inspector in charge of the investigation, the journalist who
covered the story in the past…
Amazing Stories was on air on a daily basis in May 2005 on France 3 and became
an immediate success (14% share) on a very difficult time slot (previously 7%
average). The new season on a France 3 will be a weekly 90-minute show with
longer stories every Saturday afternoon. A new challenge for an “amazing format”.
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LIGHTS CAMERA AUCTION

The live interactive auction - that´s also a celebrity chat show
GENRE: Entertainment THE SHOW

Lights Camera Auction taps into the incredible worldwide success of eBay. It’s
LENGTH: 60 minutes
a celebrity chat show, but also a live auction. It appeals to both our interest in
CHANNEL: Channel 4 (UK) celebrities and nostalgic memorabilia – viewers can pick up a bargain, or even
buy something from their favourite star.
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HOW IT WORKS
CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott Every day celebrities join our host in the studio for a live interview. Each star
Princess Productions brings three personal items to sell for charity (a dress, a meal cooked by a TV
Phone: +44 207 985 1902 chef, or a movie souvenir), and these items are the basis for the interview.
Or: Everybody in the audience also brings something to sell. The viewers at home
Sparks Network call in during the show to place their bids for anything they see, and whoever
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 offers the most for an item by the end of the show gets to keep it.
Throughout the show there are updates on all our favourite items, and the co-
host gives estimates on how much each item is worth, as well as any extra use-
ful information on what to bid.
It’s an entertainment show so there is also lots of fun in the studio with games
and surprises for the audience, plus music from a house band (which changes
every week). After the countdown to the end of bidding, we speak to the winners
live on the phone.
It’s a new way of interviewing stars, and is a truly interactive format with a fully-
integrated web site. It raises money for charity (and people in the audience) and
features great entertainment for all ages.
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ROOM 421
Celebrity surprise interview program
Celebrity interviews on TV all look alike, with the same questions and the same GENRE: Talk show
answers. Spontaneity is hard to find these days....
Room 421 is completely different. A celebrity is placed in a luxury hotel suite in a BROADCASTER: Paris Première
top city hotel, and four different people enter Room 421 to interview him/her, one (France) since October -04, VRT
after the other. The celebrity has no idea on who will be entering next to ask the (Belgium), piloted in Argentina.
questions.
RIGHTS HOLDER: Elephant & Cie
The interviewers can be part of the celebrity’s personal or professional environ- CONTACTS: Thierry Bizot – Elephant &
ment; a close friend, a family member, a star-struck fan or another celebrity that Cie
she/he need not necessarily know, but whose provocative attitude is likely to Phone: +33 1 56 212 37 01
uncover some very interesting information. E-mail: t.bizot@elephant-cie.com
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Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
After five hours of encounters and interviews, 52 minutes of the most interest-
ing moments are broadcast. Laughter, tears, reconciliation, seduction, childhood
memories, revelations, provocative questions - Room 421 has it all.
Each interviewer is introduced to the viewers and their relationship with the
celebrity guest identified as their arrival at the hotel is shown. Each interviewer
selects an interview topic which is particularly relevant or important to them,
and develops the interview in line with their personality: it could be provocative,
accommodating, seductive, or confrontational etc. The interviewers’ questions
are illustrated with archive footage such as film extracts, and clips from concerts.
We’ll see the many different sides to our celebrity guest from the very different
questions posed by our various interviewers.
Room 421 has been a hit on French TV and was voted best show on cable and
satellite in June 2005. It has attracted a lot of attention both amongst viewers and
in the press.
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UNEXPECTED VISIT
The soul mate surprise show
GENRE: Factual The show where parted relatives suddenly get an unexpected visit from their
dearest one….. Unexpected Visit combines great characters, exotic locations and
LENGTH: 30 minutes
strong emotions.
BROADCASTER: Commissioned in
Denmark, pilot available Take Hannibal. When he was 28 he packed his rucksack and left for China. Four
years have passed and he has not seen his dearly devoted grandmother since.
CONTACTS: Marianne Hansen - STV
It’s a long way to China when you’re 82 and live in a small village in Denmark.
Television
Phone: +45 70 27 53 00
We will meet Hannibal in Beijing and learn about his amazing day-to-day life in
E-mail: marianne@stv.dk
China where he is trying to blend with the Chinese culture and way of living. Four
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days after our meeting with Hannibal, Grandma will be joining us in Beijing. To
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Hannibal’s huge surprise his Grandma has made the journey of her lifetime and
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
comes on an unexpected visit.
It’s all happening in front of the viewers – we know it all, but the main character
is totally unprepared for the strong emotions involved. The meeting is carefully
planned to maximise the surprise effect.
We bring the past and present together when we invite their most beloved rela-
tive on an unexpected visit. Unexpected Visit is in production for Denmark to pre-
miere in January 2006.
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WE ARE DETECTIVES
Private Eyes, Public service
We Are Detectives is the show that sets up a free detective agency to solve cases GENRE: Factual Entertainment
for the general public. We advertise for viewers to contact us if they need our help
LENGTH: 60 minutes
– the only condition is that they let us film the investigations…
LCHANNEL: Channel 4 (UK)
Each show helps 3 members of the public. Maybe a builder has run off with a
Productions
family’s money, a village believes that a factory is poisoning their water supply,
or perhaps someone is trying to get in touch with a long-lost relative to let them CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott
know they have inherited a huge sum of money. They’re the cases that the police Princess Productions
have allowed to slip onto the backburner, or given up on entirely. Phone: +44 207 985 1902
Our team of young, talented Private Detectives won’t give up on them. They use Or:
forensic techniques and high-tech surveillance equipment to get to the truth. Sparks Network
We’ll tap into the new resources and technology available that have made tracing Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
people so much easier. E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
Working in conjunction with a channel lawyer, the detectives deal with everything
from consumer issues and dishonest tradesmen, to difficult neighbours and fam-
ily problems. But there are also happy moments when people are reunited with
long-lost relatives. Each case is covered from start to finish so there are 3 resolu-
tions in each show.
It’s a consumer show, a public service show, and a reunion show. And it’s great
drama. We Are Detectives - Private Eyes, Public Service.
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FICTION
AIDA
The sitcom that brings back your childhood home
GENRE: Sitcom Aida is the latest comedy series success from Globomedia and at present the
most popular comedy series on Spanish TV.
BROADCASTER: Telecinco (Spain) Aída, divorced, ex alcoholic and not the belle of the ball, learns at the funeral
of her father that she is the heir of the family home where her mother now lives.
RATINGS: 5.905.000 viewers - 30,8%
The day Aída was born was the day all the mothers’ artistic aspirations died and
share
she blames her daughter for all the family’s misfortunes.
Aída moves into the family home with her children. Jonathan, Aída’s teenage
CONTACTS: Pablo Guerenabarena -
son, has the face of an angel but the mind of the Devil. He’s a juvenile delinquent
Globomedia
capable of anything from the greatest acts of kindness to the most evil acts
Phone: +34 91 728 57 40
known to mankind. And Lorena, the daughter, is obsessed by her television idols
and the gossip magazines and whose only ambition in life to become famous.
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And if that wasn’t enough, making the most of the death of the father, Aída’s
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younger brother, Luisma, a womaniser who likes the nightlife and lives off little
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
crooked deals and con jobs also moves in.
Returning to the homestead means a trip down memory lane with familiar faces
from her childhood, more surreal than real. Aída is a sitcom told from an ironic
and no holes barred point of view albeit realistic. With a 35% share (22% aver-
age of the broadcaster) Aída is the number one sitcom in Spain.
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FICTION
FIRST LOVE
The most successful telenovela in Poland
The telenovela First Love from ATM in Poland has been a big hit since its launch GENRE: Daily Soap
on Polsat, the largest commercial TV station in Poland. Now in its third series,
LENGTH: 200 x 30 min, new episodes
First Love is available as a format, but may also be adapted and co-produced
still in production
with ATM in state-of-the-art facilities cost-effectively in Poland.
BROADCASTER: Polsat (Poland)
Maria, an18-year-old high school graduate, lives in Wadlewo, a quiet village far
RIGHTS HOLDER: ATM Grupa S.A.
away from the every day rat-race. She decides to study medicine in Wroclaw’s
Medical Academy and moves in with Teresa, her aunt who is 20 years her senior. CONTACTS: Corinne Zema – ATM
Moving to the big city to study medicine is the only chance for Maria to change Grupa S.A.
her social standing, and most likely the only chance for a better life. Five years Phone: + 48 71 78 55 300
earlier, Maria lost her mother who simply disappeared. The search found nothing. E-mail: corinne.zema@grupaatm.pl
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In Wroclaw Maria finds her first love, Pawel - a sincere and straightforward young Sparks Network
man who had grown up in an orphanage. His big dream is to own his own flat. Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
Teresa’s daughter Kinga, who is also Maria’s age, has been brought up in a E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
totally different big city atmosphere. She lives from hand to mouth without worries
and with no real plans for the future, dating Arthur - the only son of one of the
richest local families.
The moment Maria moves to Wroclaw is very unfortunate for Teresa: her hus-
band, Marek had just left her for the much younger Sylwia. Teresa has to fight to
keep her marriage alive. She finds a new ally - Maria, with whom she has much
better rapport than with her own daughter, Kinga. However, Teresa has a secret
she tries to keep from Maria: her first, the only and true love was always Jan,
Maria’s father...
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FICTION
LOS SERRANO
Top ratings for more than 3 years
GENRE: Comedy/Fiction series Los Serrano has during the last years been at the very top of the ratings in
Spain. It was the most successful drama/comedy series 2004. With ratings of
nearly 7 million viewers, 30% market share and notably the highest ratings in the
BROADCASTER: TELECINCO (Spain), age groups 13-24, the series has delivered top ratings for more than 3 years.
in production in Portugal and Italy.
The series follows the lives of the members of a big urban family of seven. The
RATINGS: 38.1% share
husband and wife come from totally different backgrounds; she is an educated
(broadcaster’s average 22.1%)
newly divorced middle-class woman and he is an owner of a small local bar and
RIGHTS HOLDER: Globomedia a widower. The series starts with the couple’s wedding and continues to tell the
story about their common life under one roof.
Globomedia
Phone: +34 91 728 57 40
E-mail: pablog@grupoarbol.com
Or:
Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
The conflicts between generations, the concern for the children’s education and
the adolescents’ lifestyle, the domestic problems and the difference in back-
ground between the parents but also the children generates many of hilarious
situations and heartbreaking stories in this family comedy. Los Serrano is dynam-
ic, amusing and targeted towards the whole family. Distinctive elements are the
wealth of the scripts and the incorporation of typical humorous elements in the
plot. Los Serrano has also extended its brand to other areas; the actor Fran
Perea has recently had a big success as a singer and recording artist.
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FICTION
NIEDRIG & KUHNT

Real policemen solving fictional cases
The creators of Niedrig & Kuhnt pioneered the concept of using non-professional GENRE: Fiction
actors on TV when they launched Niedrig & Kuhnt in May 2003. The formula was
used for the first time in a daily late afternoon series and “Niedrig & Kuhnt” has
ever since been a huge success for Sat.1 in its daily weekday 5 to 5.30 slot. BROADCASTER: Sat.1 (Germany),
commissioned in Spain by TV4 and in
Cornelia “Conny” Niedrig and Bernhard “Bernie” Kuhnt are real police officers Poland by TVP for the fall of 2005.
solving dramatic fictional cases. The show is shot both on location and in the stu-
RATINGS: 20,5% average, peaking on
dio, giving it a realistic, documentary-style look and feel. Viewers love the drama
27,5% (channel’s average 9,9%)
and suspense of these “scripted documentaries”.
RIGHTS HOLDER: MME Moviement
The use of real people in fiction series is a unique concept and has allowed the Group
producer to build up a contact base of over 50.000 amateur actors. The show
CONTACTS: Hamed Bahraynian or
has reached a market share of up to 27.5%, making it the market leader in its
Lars-Uwe Höltich - MME Moviement
timeslot.
Phone: +49 30 52 00 76 145
E-mail: hab@mme.de or lah@mme.de
A license of the format Niedrig & Kuhnt also includes (apart from the format
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itself), the script from over 300 episodes as well as the know-how on how to
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successfully explore a genre with great potential. The format has been commis-
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
sioned in Spain and Poland in the last month with a pilot in production for France.
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FICTION
TWO WITH KALWASS

- More than 750 episodes of psychological drama
GENRE: Fictional Court Show Two With Kallwass is Germany’s first and also most successful daily psychology
show, hosted by the famous and charismatic psychologist Angelika Kallwass.
Since its start in 2001 MME Moviement has produced more that 750 episodes.
BROADCASTER: Sat.1 Every weekday at 2 pm more than two million viewers watch the show on the
commercial channel Sat1.
RATINGS: 14-49 % average share,
broadcaster´s average 11,1 % In the show Angelika Kallwass helps people with their everyday problems. In
fictionalised but authentic cases she works with the conflicting parties and offers
RIGHTS HOLDER: MME Moviement
them concrete solutions. Sometimes humorous, sometimes emotionally charged,
CONTACTS: Hamed Bahraynian or the cases bring psychology to a broad audience.
Lars-Uwe Höltich - MME Moviement
Phone: +49 30 52 00 76 145
The creators behind Two with Kallwass have managed to create high quality
E-mail: hab@mme.de or lah@mme.de
drama combined with an extremely efficient production system. This groundbreak-
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ing way to produce daily drama gives broadcasters the opportunity to air daily
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drama with affordable budgets.
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 This unique concept created by MME Moviement's daughter company Filmpool
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com is highly successful and manages to achieve market share of up to 29% among
adults 14 to 49. This makes Two With Kallwass by far the most successful psychol-
ogy show on German television. In 2002 the show was nominated for the German
Television Award.
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GAME SHOW
AL DENTE
The cookery quiz with 40% share
This primetime concept which combines quiz and cooking is a big ratings suc- GENRE: Cooking/Quiz
cess on SF1 in German-speaking Switzerland, with an average market share
LENGTH: 60 minutes
of 40%. The local version of the format also premiered this summer in French
speaking Switzerland on TSR1 and almost doubled the broadcasters share in the BROADCASTER: SF 1 (Swiss Public
time slot. Broadcaster), and local version on
TSR1 (Swiss French language Public
With great charm and skill, the show’s presenter guides three contestants
Broadcaster).
through the program, testing their culinary knowledge and ability. Simultaneously
in the TV kitchen, two professional chefs prepare delicious meals for viewers to RATINGS: 40% share compared to
try at home. broadcaster average 34% on SF 1
Three contestants compete in four competition rounds. The questions are test- RIGHTS HOLDER: Zana Media
ing the contestants’ knowledge of food, cooking and the kitchen. It’s about skill, CONTACTS: Marc Görtz - Zana Media
speed and ability. Blindfolded contestants will also have to identify items of food. Phone: +41 44 308 55 11
E-mail: marc.goertz@zanamedia.com
The program’s two excellent chefs (one male and one female) conjure up culi-
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nary wonders in the studio kitchen in each show. The recipes are easy to recre-
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ate at home and are updated regularly on the Betty Bossi homepage.
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
“Al dente” is presented by “Betty Bossi Verlag”, Switzerland’s largest cookery E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
publisher. This offers great opportunities for crossmedia integration as well as an
ideal sponsoring platform. Amongst all the regular cookery books, Betty Bossi
has already published the second edition of the best selling “Al dente” cookery
book.
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GAME SHOW
CASH BATTLE
No limits cash prizes
GENRE: Daily gameshow Cash Battle is a general knowledge game show where there is no limit to how
much you can win. Contestants play as teams and stay on the show until they
are defeated, thus having the opportunity to win an unlimited amount of cash and
BROADCASTER: Polsat (Poland), TVNZ gift prizes.
(New Zealand).
The game consists of two parts. In part one, there are three rival teams with four
contestants each. The presenter randomly draws a category and then each team
CONTACTS: Corinne Zema - ATM bids money for the right to answer a question from that category. The bidding is
Grupa S.A. fierce for each category, and this round lasts until two out of the three teams run
Phone: + 48 71 78 55 300 out of money.
E-mail: corinne.zema@grupaatm.pl
Or:
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Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
The second stage is a fight between the winners of part one and the winning
team from the previous episode, the reigning “Champions”. The principles of this
stage are similar to those of the first. The losing team has to leave the game. If a
team goes bankrupt during the bidding, they lose all the money they have won.
The show has been a hit since 2003. It has been on air on Polsat, the largest
commercial station in Poland, in the most competitive timeslot between 7 to 8
pm. The share has consistently been over 20% of the Polish TV audience. In
Poland more than 200 episodes have been produced.
Cash Battle is optioned in a large number of territories around the world and is
also produced and broadcast in New Zealand since July 2005 on TVNZ.
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GAME SHOW
CLUELESS
What, did I win?
In Clueless the contestants don’t know how much money they have won. In the GENRE: Daily game show
show, they will have to make decisions based on knowledge they don’t have.
LENGTH: 30 minutes
They don’t even know how much their opponents have won or if their answers
are right or wrong. Frankly, they don’t know anything – they are clueless. BROADCASTER: Polsat (Poland),
Commissioned in Italy and Ukraine for
The show consists of two parts. In the first, the studio audience answers mul- 2006.
tiple choice questions about general knowledge. The person in the audience
that gives the fastest answer on his voting device advances to the second stage
of Clueless. In the second stage, the host and the player from the audience sit CONTACTS: Corinne Zema – ATM
at a table with a paper shredder in the middle. The player chooses 10 random Grupa S.A.
numbers from a board of 50. Each number represents a check with an unknown Phone: + 48 71 78 55 300
value. The host places the 10 checks with the back to the contestant so he can- E-mail: corinne.zema@grupaatm.pl
not see the value written on the check, which may vary from 0 to 10,000. Or:
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Now, the contestant will answer 10 general knowledge questions. For each incor- Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
rect answer, the contestant has to shred one check. However, before he does E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
so, he is told how much the check is worth. For each correct answer, the player
keeps the check. At any time the host may tempt the player with a selected
amount of money to leave the game and forget about the overall cash prize.
Without knowing the amount that is left on the remaining checks, the choice is
very difficult for the contestant.
In this part, the player may also be encouraged to leave the show with a “golden
key” that opens a secret safe. There could be anything inside; an additional prize
(money or an item), a command to turn over all money to charity etc. “Clueless”
has been a smash hit on Polish TV and forced The Weakest Link off the air.
Clueless is commissioned for a second season on Polsat, Poland’s largest com-

mercial station and is also commissioned in Italy for two years.
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GAME SHOW
HAZARD
The game that hits the headlines
GENRE: Game show Do you think you know everything that goes on in the world?
Do you think you are really up to date?
LENGTH: 30 minutes
Then there’s a new game for you…
BROADCASTER: Raiuno (Italy), France
2 (France). Three contestants bet on breaking news. They prepare by studying the last 48-
hours’ newspaper reports and newscasts. They must defend 250.000 euros from
RIGHTS HOLDER: Triangle Production
their opponents’ attacks by measuring strategy, psychology and luck. Only one of
or Raitrade outside Sparks’ territories
them will make it…
CONTACTS: Cecilia Pagliani - Triangle
Production An image from the newscast will introduce each question. On the basis of this
Phone: +39 06 375 16 442 clue only, the contestants must buy the right to answer. The host starts the auc-
E-mail: c.pagliani@triangle.it tion. The highest bidding player will be awarded the right to answer.
Or:
Sparks Network If the answer is correct, his bid will be taken from the other contestants. But if the
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 answer is wrong, he will lose it from his own capital. But on Hazard things can
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com change at anytime. Twice during the show, the player with the least amount of
money has to answer the Hazard Question, a question with no clues. Only one
correct answer and the leaderboard could be turned on its head…
The competition continues until the contestant who has defended his capital the
best, eliminates his opponents and becomes the champion that night. In the final
game the champion bets everything, face to face with the host. His hard-earned
winnings are at stake; ten questions on the ten protagonists of the last 48 hours.
For the first question, it makes no difference if he guesses the right answer or
not. Everything is uncertain until the last second. Will he bring all his capital back
home or will he leave the studio with just a handful of euros? If it’s the latter,
never mind – each night’s winner enters the next episode of Hazard - the game
that hits the headlines.
Hazard has successfully been on air in Italy for two seasons on Raiuno and for
two seasons in France on France 2.
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GAME SHOW
HIT IT OR BEAT IT
The battle of the sexes
Hit it or Beat it (Date el Bote) is a fast and easy quiz show with a great sense GENRE: Daily quiz show
of humour. The show is easy to follow and the audience is invited to participate
from home; it’s a contest for everybody. One of the main reasons for the format’s
success is the easy questions based on general knowledge; you don’t have to be BROADCASTER´S: Tele Madrid, ETB,
Einstein to participate from home. Canal Sur (Spain).
RATINGS: Average share 32% (broad-

Hit it or Beat is a 50 minutes daily quiz show in which 10 contestants - five men
caster’s average 18%)
and five women compete in different rounds of general knowledge for a whole
week. On the Monday, it is the boys against the girls. The following days, the los- RIGHTS HOLDER: Globomedia
ing gender is watching and commentating on the game from backstage while the
remaining team is eliminating each other until there is only one man or woman
Globomedia
left for the Friday finale. The contestants’ real thoughts and feelings are obvious
Phone: +34 91 728 57 40
when they are eliminated and watching the show as backstage spectators while
the others continue playing.
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In the week final, the remaining man or woman competes against the 5 con-
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
testants from the opposite gender that lost on the Monday. The mechanics of
the final round of the show are easy. The first person to answer five questions
correctly wins (either the finalist or someone from the losing team). The finalists
must choose one of three envelopes, each one with different questions for both
themselves and the opposite team. The finalist faces a real challenge when it
comes to winning the money. He must know more than all the five contestants of
the losing team; he has to be able to control his nerves and, of course, handle
the added tension that the host creates.
Hit it or Beat it (Date el Bote) has been running in Spain for more than 5 years
as the stable leader in the late lunch slot.
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GAME SHOW
KITCHEN CLUB
Guess who is coming for dinner?
GENRE: Cookery Show Kitchen Club is a fast and unconventional cookery show for cosmopolitan people
in the 15-49 age-range. Citizens get a spontaneous visit by the host and a chef
LENGTH: 30 minutes
who will cook a delicious meal with the food that is found in their kitchen.
BROADCASTER: Sat.1 (switzerland)
The show starts in the streets of a town, where the host and a cook knock on
RIGHTS HOLDER: Zana Media
doors to find a suitable apartment with willing inhabitants. Once the location is
CONTACTS: Mathias Ruch - Zana found, the cook creates a new meal using only what’s in the fridge while the host
Media snoops around in the apartment to discover intimate details.
Phone: +41 313 110 935
E-mail: mathias.ruch@zanamedia.com The residents are actively involved in the process of cooking and get first hand
Or: tips, new ideas and inspiration from the well renowned cook. The residents will
Sparks Network also lead the host through the apartment answering all kinds of impudent ques-
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 tions revealing some domestic secrets. Finally the residents may invite some
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com guests to join for a spectacular dinner.
This show has a different mood, atmosphere and voyeuristic appeal to other cook-
ery shows, being on-site in their homes and showing how people live and cook.
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GAME SHOW
THE DEADLY KNOWLEDGE

SHOW
The coolest quiz show on TV
THE SHOW GENRE: Daily Quiz

Pop culture meets posh culture in this brand new quiz format with great youth
LENGTH: 30 minutes
appeal. The Deadly Knowledge Show tests anything and everything that is inter-
esting, clever and amusing in a series of funny and fast-moving rounds. It’s got BROADCASTER: Channel 4 (UK)
great gameplay, new ways of asking questions and is full of twists.
RIGHTS HOLDER: Princess Productions
HOW IT WORKS CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott

Two teams of two contestants go head-to-head in a series of four rounds. Round Princess Productions
One is ‘Four Play’ where all four contestants play and each question has four Phone: +44 207 985 1902
possible answers. Players can also nominate the opposition to answer questions E-mail: formats@princesstv.com
– if they get it wrong you receive some of their points, but if they answer correctly, Or:
they’ll take some of yours. Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
Round Two is an exciting solo round called ‘Deadly Dilemma’ and one person E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com
from each team plays. It’s like quick-fire multiple-choice where the answers stay
the same but each question is different.
These two rounds are then repeated but with extra twists: all points are doubled,
and in the second Four Play round the contestants’ buzzers are cheekily rewired.
The winning team plays the final prize round: The Masters of Deadly Knowledge.
In the final round, one contestant from the winning team faces six famous names
– the ‘Masters of Deadly Knowledge’. Some are famous intellectuals and others
are popular culture celebrities – for example, Shakespeare, Jennifer Aniston,
Einstein and David Beckham. The more questions on each Master the team gets
right, the better prize they win. It’s proof that knowledge is power…
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GAME SHOW
ZULU BINGO
A new dimension to the classic game of numbers…
GENRE: Funky entertainment show Zulu Bingo is a fast, furious and fun Bingo Show for young people. Zulu
Bingo brings a completely new dimension to the classic game of numbers.
Zulu Bingo is a live transmission where you can never be sure of what’s
BROADCASTER: TV2 Zulu (Denmark), going to happen next. It’s a huge success on TV 2 ZULU in Denmark.
pilot in the UK, in production for Spain. The Bingo numbers are pulled out in unusual and amusing ways. How many
grams of horse manure will a tough man rub in his hair? How many cigarettes
RIGHTS HOLDER: STV Television
can a beautiful woman stuff in her mouth? How long can a person stand wearing
CONTACTS: Marianne Hansen – STV a mask filled with worms?
Television
Phone: +45 70 27 53 00 The studio audience also participates in the competitions. Will someone in the
E-mail: marianne@stv.dk audience dare to lick a very old and stinking cheese that was brought into the
Or: studio when the first program was aired - 40 weeks ago? In every program a
Sparks Network celebrity is invited to the studio, entering through the famous golden closet. The
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82 guest then has to throw an item; two kilos of minced pork, a big fish or similar, at
E-mail: formats@sparksnetwork.com a running tombola and in that way pick up the next number in the Bingo game.
Viewers can also join in the Bingo at home. The Bingo cards are available on
the Internet free of charge and once a viewer has completed a line they can call
the studio and participate in even more games to win hilarious prizes. A viewer
once won a jet plane that was transported to his backyard in front of his stunned
neighbours.
Zulu Bingo made 3 seasons in Denmark. A pilot has recently been produced for
ITV in the UK for a series in 2006. Watch Zulu Bingo and see the future in televi-
sion…
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REALITY
BUMP ‘N’ GRIND

Dance talent search reality show
Bump n Grind is the hottest dance show for the teenage market. It’s a search GENRE: Reality/Talent Search
to find the best young freestyle dancer in the country, who is rewarded with a
LENGTH: 10 x 30 minutes and 60 min-
contract with a professional dance company and a place in a pop music video.
utes finale
The search begins with two hour-long national auditions where we see all the CHANNEL: Trouble (UK), second sea-
best and worst entries. The best dancers are invited to a studio elimination show, son aired in 2005
where they are split into two rival camps: the Posh Camp and the Booty Camp.
RATINGS: Bump n Grind was the
No. 1 show with teens in the UK
The series then follows a reality format, as the rival camps live together and
perform different tasks every day to improve their dancing skills. By day they RIGHTS HOLDER: Princess
practice – everything from ballet to break-dancing, tap-dance to Tai Chi – and Productions
are toughened up by early starts and assault courses. By night they perform
CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott
– in nightclubs, bars, outdoor events or auditions. They also go head-to-head in
Princess Productions
dance-offs and competitive events.
Phone: +44 207 985 1902
Under the constant eye of the cameras, the rival camps live under very different
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conditions: the Posh camp live in luxury while the Booty Camp have to rough
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it. One judge looks after each camp – and they won’t spare the criticism if the
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
dancers are not performing.
After 4 weeks of living together (10 shows), there is a live studio final where the
public votes for one overall winner.
It’s packed with great characters making an emotional and dream-fulfilling journey.
With cool moves, music and fashions, it has huge appeal with the teenage
market, beating Friends to make it the biggest show for 16-24s in its 5pm slot.
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REALITY
PEKING EXPRESS
Eight couples in the ultimate race from Moscow to Peking
GENRE: Weekly adventure reality show Eight couples set off from Moscow’s Red Square through the unknown territories
of the Russian, Mongolian and Chinese mainland on a mission to reach Peking
LENGTH: 60 minutes
as fast as possible. The couples are given a mere two Euros a day to survive,
BROADCASTER: VT4 (Belgium), Net5 yet despite their lack of funds the couples must travel, find food and places to
(Netherlands), RTL (Germany), In pro- sleep – all in a country where hardly anybody speaks anything but Russian. The
duction for France. contestants have no idea what awaits. They will have to cover a total of around
8000 km and the couple that reaches Beijing first wins.
RATINGS: 22% share (VT4), 8% (Net5)
RIGHTS HOLDER: Kanakna

Productions
CONTACTS: Ludo Poppe – Kanakna

Productions
Phone: +32 27 05 10 10
E-mail: ludo.poppe@kanakna.com
Or:
Sparks Network
The race is divided into ten stages, and each stage is a three-day journey. The
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
backdrop for each stage is spectacularly different; from the plateau of the Volga
river to the Ural mountains, from the endless green fields of Siberia to the sav-
age Altai Gorge, all the way to Tian’an Men Square in Beijing. Halfway through
each stage the contestants must face a grueling challenge, the winners of which
are fast-forwarded in the race. At the end of each stage, time is translated into
points and the last ranking couple is eliminated from the race. Upon arrival in
Beijing two couples will remain, but only one can be the winner…
Peking Express was created as an adventure reality series for the European
market. It is an affordable alternative to the US format ‘The Amazing Race’.
Focusing on the former Eastern Block, it is closer to the European heritage.
Peking Express makes sure that the countries crossed are a real part of the
show. The discovery of an unknown world is part of the format.
Peking Express has made 3 successful series in Holland and Belgium and
almost doubled the broadcaster’s share. M6 in France is currently producing an
altered local version going from Paris to Peking, RTL in Germany has also made
one season of the format. The routes used so far have been Moscow to Peking,
Peking to Bombay and a third season is in pre-production, taking the route up
the Mekong river in South East Asia.
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REALITY
ON BOARD
14 courageous participants...one great challenge...
one amazing voyage
In this series, fourteen contestants board a 16th century galleon for a forty day GENRE: Weekly Adventure/Reality
voyage where they will be tested with challenges and duties associated with living Show
on the high seas. Drawing on skills they did not even realize they had, they will
LENGTH: 13 x 60 minutes, to be pro-
experience first hand the triumphs and tragedies associated with being part of a
duced in 2006
galleon’s crew.
RIGHTS HOLDER: Promofilm
Every four days, the ship will arrive at a new destination where the contestants
CONTACTS: Marcela Campos -
face a series of tests and challenges to determine which crew member will be
Promofilm
stranded and the next to leave the game.
Phone: +54 11 4779 6637
E-mail: mcampos@promofilm.com
As the end of the voyage approaches, the two remaining participants will face one
Or:
final contest to determine the last crew member and ultimate winner of the show.
Sparks Network
Phone: +46 8 55 60 93 82
For forty days, the fourteen participants will live together at sea only disembarking
onto dry land to participate in the challenges leading to one contestant’s elimina-
tion.
On board, they will sleep, eat and carry out crewmember duties assigned by the
captain. In addition to living together under uncommon and adverse conditions,
the crew must learn to endure the demanding physical responsibilities of running
the ship, intense climate changes, abrupt and often uneasy motion of the sea, lim-
ited food supply and most importantly the mental games associated with playing
the game. These are only some of the challenges with living On Board.
Teamwork, endurance, determination, physical and mental strength. That is what it

takes to be a crewmember in On board, a show that recreates Ferdinand Magel-
lan’s amazing voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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THE MEMBERS
ATM GRUPA S.A. POLAND

ATM Grupa is the largest TV production company in Poland and is since 2004
a public company on the Polish stock market. ATM Grupa produces television
programs, movies and works as a full service media and advertising house.
Since the company was founded, ATM Grupa has produced numerous TV series,
and soaps, reality shows and also developed a number of game shows that now
are licensed internationally. Read more at www.atmgrupa.pl
CREA VIDEO &

MOSKITO TELEVISION FINLAND
In Finland Sparks Network has two production companies, owned by the same
media group as members; Crea Video and Moskito Television. Crea Video is one
of the largest independent television production companies in Finland and part of
the Varesvuo Partners Group. Moskito Television is a highly successful producer
in Finland with a strong production record in both entertainment and fiction. Read
more at:Read more at: www.moskito-tv.fi and www.creavideo.fi
ELEPHANT & CIE FRANCE

Elephant & Cie, based in Paris, has had a remarkable development since it’s
launch five years ago. Main productions include the very prestigious weekly
magazine Sept á Huit on TF1 that ha s been on air since 1999 as well as the in
house developed format Room 421. Elephant is known for high profile journalistic
magazines and entertainment productions but is through Sparks diversifying in
more genres. The company was founded by Thierry Bizot and the well-known
presenter Emmanuel Chain.
GLOBOMEDIA SPAIN
Globomedia is the leading independent TV production company in Spain

with more than 1.500 hours of airtime per year including fiction series, news
magazines and entertainment formats. Globomedia productions have led the
Spanish television ratings for the past decade and have been successfully
adapted for the television markets in other European and American
countries. www.globomedia.es
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KANAKNA PROD. BELGIUM & THE NETHERLANDS
Kanakna Productions in Brussels has been highly successful in producing
reality shows with local versions of Temptation Island, The Block, The Empire
and Bachelor for The Netherlands and Belgium. Kanakna’s own format Peking
Express has been a great success and is currently running for the third season in
Holland & Belgium, one season in Germany and in production for France.
www.kanakna.com
MME MOVIEMENT GROUP GERMANY

The MME MOVIEMENT Group is the result of MME Entertainment's acquisition
of the production companies Filmpool and AllMedia in 2004. The new entity is
the largest independent producer in Germany and a real powerhouse with offices
in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne and major assignments for all German
broadcasters. www.mme.de
OPTIMYSTIX INDIA
Optimystix is a full service production house for advertising films, documentaries
and television, with a solid track record in game shows, variety shows, children
programs and fiction. They have expertise in developing original formats as well
as adapting international formats to Indian tastes. Optimystix has excellent rela-
tionships with all major broadcasters in India and is so far the only production
company with marketing experience and representation of international formats.
Read more at www.optimystix.tv
PRINCESS PRODUCTIONS UK
Princess Productions is one of the ten biggest television productions

companies in the UK. Over the last nine years Princess has created and
produced a wide range of innovative, must-see, award-winning and toprating
programmes for all the major UK broadcasters as well as NBC, ABC and
MTV in the United States. With a catalogue of successful shows including
light entertainment, factual, reality and documentary, Princess has provided
programmes for a variety of audiences. www.princesstv.com
PROMOFILM SOUTH AMERICA & HISPANIC US
Promofilm is an independent television production company specialized in

entertainment, reality and variety. With head offices in Argentina and the
United States and branches in Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil,
Promofilm has become one of the leading television production companies in
Latin America and the Hispanic US. Promofilm is, together with Globomedia, part
of Grupo Arbol, a Spanish holding company dedicated to the TV-industry.
www.promofilm.com
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STV TELEVISION DENMARK
STV Television is one of the most important production companies and also the
fastest growing and the most profitable one in Denmark with offices in Odense
and Copenhagen. STV is strong in factual entertainment, comedy, music produc-
tions, events and also in successfully producing foreign formats. The famous STV
format Zulu Bingo has gained a lot of international interest and is currently in
pre-production in several countries. www.stv.dk
TITAN TELEVISION SWEDEN
Titan Television is one of the leading independent production company in

Sweden and has had a remarkable growth over the last year.
Established in 1996, the company mainly produces talk shows, factual pro-
grammes, reality shows and entertainment shows. This year Titan is in produc-
tion with 15 different series for all main Swedish broadcasters. Titan has also
successfully produced several international formats. www.titan.se
TRIANGLE PRODUCTION ITALY
Triangle Production, based in Rome, is one of the leading Italian independent

producers. Triangle is currently is in production with the local adaptation of
The Mole for Raidue several other entertainment shows but the company is
also known as a successful special event producer in Italy. The Triangle format
Hazard, aired on Raiuno, has been exported to France. Triangle is also distri-but-
ing a number of top formats from Italian broadcaster Rai. www.triangle.it
ZANA MEDIA SWITZERLAND
Zana Media is a joint venture between RingierTV and FaroTV. RingierTV is the
leading independent producer in the German speaking part of Switzerland and
is partnering together with FaroTV, an innovative format development company.
RingierTV and FaroTV are producing a large number of shows, in a number of
cases together with print publications.
Read more at: www.ringiertv.ch and www.farotv.ch
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SPARKS NETWORK –

13 OF THE WORLD’S LEADING PRODUCERS

MipCom stand R 28.02

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT AMAZING STORIES Elephant & Cie 15

FICTION AIDA Globomedia 20

GAME SHOWS AL DENTE Zana Media 25

REALITY BUMP ‘N’ GRIND Princess Productions 33

RIGHTS HOLDER: Globomedia

Featured as a segment in the 2 hour weekly series “Sorpresa y ½”, Dream

RATINGS: 38 % share in 15-24,

RIGHTS HOLDER: Moskito Television

THE FRIDAY NIGHT

LENGTH: 8 x 60 minutes (Season 2

TWO FAT GROUPIES

CONTACTS: Mikko Räisänen or Vera

LIGHTS CAMERA AUCTION

GENRE: Entertainment THE SHOW

NIEDRIG & KUHNT

TWO WITH KALWASS

Clueless is commissioned for a second season on Polsat, Poland’s largest com-

RATINGS: Average share 32% (broad-

THE DEADLY KNOWLEDGE

THE SHOW GENRE: Daily Quiz

HOW IT WORKS CONTACTS: Sebastian Scott

BUMP ‘N’ GRIND

RIGHTS HOLDER: Kanakna

CONTACTS: Ludo Poppe – Kanakna

Teamwork, endurance, determination, physical and mental strength. That is what it

ATM GRUPA S.A. POLAND

CREA VIDEO &

ELEPHANT & CIE FRANCE

Globomedia is the leading independent TV production company in Spain

MME MOVIEMENT GROUP GERMANY

Princess Productions is one of the ten biggest television productions

PROMOFILM SOUTH AMERICA & HISPANIC US

Promofilm is an independent television production company specialized in

TITAN TELEVISION SWEDEN

Titan Television is one of the leading independent production company in

TRIANGLE PRODUCTION ITALY

Triangle Production, based in Rome, is one of the leading Italian independent

ZANA MEDIA SWITZERLAND

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