Channel 4 Orders ‘Bride & Prejudice’ Local Adaptation
Bride & Prejudice is getting a UK adaptation. Channel 4 has given the greenlight to a local adaptation of the A+E Networks format. Five episodes have been commissioned for the show's first season. Bride & Prejudice tells the stories of six soon to be wed couples as they confront a deeply held opposition to their marriage from within their own families whilst trying to organise their dream weddings. For each couple there is at least one family member who is dead set against their wedding ever taking place. 
BBC Two has handed out a bumper second season renewal to factual series Back To The Land With Kate Humble. The Beeb has ordered twelve episodes for season two, up considerably from the three episodes that comprised season one. 
BBC Two has commissioned 7 Wonder - the independent production company backed by Australian broadcaster Seven Network - to produce Don’t Buy That, Buy This?, a consumer format fronted by Cherry Healey which aims to tell viewers what to buy and what not to buy. 
independent production company 7 Wonder has hired Sky's Commissioning Editor Chris Wilson to serve as Head of Popular Factual.