Exclusive: Celebrity chef and Great British Menu star Antony Worrall Thompson, Boyzone star Shane Lynch and England rugby player Ben Cohen are to star in a four-part celebrity fishing format for Viacom’s Channel 5.
The British broadcaster has ordered Call Yourself a Fisherman (w/t), from Eden producer Keo Films’ Bristol division. The show sees three celebrities put themselves into one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain – being a trawlerman. The celebrities join the crew of a deep-sea trawler for 12 days off the North West coast of Scotland going in search of monkfish, cod and haddock in the Deadliest Catch-esque show.
It is produced by Keo’s Matt Cole and was ordered by C5 Commissioning Editor Adrian Padmore. The latter said that the show will mix fishing with Brexit. “For us, it’s about taking something that really matters to people in the UK and asks what’s...
The British broadcaster has ordered Call Yourself a Fisherman (w/t), from Eden producer Keo Films’ Bristol division. The show sees three celebrities put themselves into one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain – being a trawlerman. The celebrities join the crew of a deep-sea trawler for 12 days off the North West coast of Scotland going in search of monkfish, cod and haddock in the Deadliest Catch-esque show.
It is produced by Keo’s Matt Cole and was ordered by C5 Commissioning Editor Adrian Padmore. The latter said that the show will mix fishing with Brexit. “For us, it’s about taking something that really matters to people in the UK and asks what’s...
- 6/12/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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