Corner shop customers to judge cooking contest, plus shows from comedian Mark Nelson and pop star Ana Matronic
A cooking show, social media format and doc about dead pop stars comprise a trio of BBC factual commissions for Mentorn Media Scotland.
The fledgling BBC Scotland channel has ordered two of the shows – the 6 x 60-minute Corner Shop Cook Off and 6 x 30-minute Bad Influencer.
The former will involve a professional chef going head-to-head with MasterChef winner Gary Maclean each week to create three courses using only ingredients purchased from a corner shop.
Each meal will be judged by the chosen shop’s regulars and local community residents in a different part of Scotland.
Comedian Mark Nelson will helm Bad Influencer, in which two comedy guests will look through the funniest social media posts of the week relating to a range of set topics, such as family, dogs and the Scottish diet.
The two were commissioned by BBC Scotland’s Jo Street, Steve Allen and Gavin Smith, and will be exec produced by Tinopolis-backed Mentorn’s Paul Murray and Celia Taylor.
Question Time indie Mentorn has also been producing BBC Scotland’s 24 x 60-minute topical format Debate Night since the channel’s February launch.
Get Rich or Try Dying
BBC4 has also asked Mentorn to probe what happens to a successful pop stars’ estate once they die.
BBC Radio 2 presenter and Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic will front Get Rich or Try Dying (working title), which will use a combination of interview, archive and investigation to discover the complicated mechanics involved with the business of the afterlife.
BBC commissioning executive Owen Courtney ordered the doc, which will also be exec produced by Murray.
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