|
|
|
 |
|
|
Company: News & Press - 2006 |
| |
October 17, 2006 |
| |
Contacts: |
Chris Hampson
T: +44 (0)20 8960 2771
E: chrish@pilot.co.uk |
Eileen Pesah
T: +44 (0)20 8960 2771
E: eileen@pilot.co.uk |
| |
| |
PLANET FOOD ON THE MENU OF BBC TWO'S
AUTUMN SCHEDULE |
|
 Pilot Productions, the award-winning UK based producer of travel and adventure programming has collaborated with the BBC in signing a 10 X 30’ deal for Planet Food, it was announced today by Lucy Hockey, Head of Sales at Pilot Productions.
Produced by Pilot Productions, Planet Food (10 X 30’ or 10 X 52’) takes the viewer on a culinary journey through countries renowned for the richness and diversity of their cuisine. Along the way our chefs meet knowledgeable and entertaining characters who initiate them into the local diet and its customs.
|
| |
 As well as sampling delicious dishes and local specialities, our food-loving hosts, Merilees Parker, Padma Lakshmi, Ben O’Donoghue and Tyler Florence, prepare mouth-watering meals and get involved in the rituals and celebrations focused around each dish and its recipes.
"This is great news for Planet Food and we feel that BBC2 is a perfect home for this high quality cookery and travel series." Quoted Lucy Hockey.
|
| |
 The show which will now be aired on Sunday mornings on BBC 2 for a ten week run, is in its second series and covers the delicacies of places such as Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Morocco, to name but a few.
|
| |
PILOT PRODUCTIONS: |
Since its founding in 1990, Pilot Productions has established itself as a highly successful producer with an international reputation for its innovative and award-winning factual programming. Headquartered in London, with offices in Los Angeles and Singapore, Pilot Productions is developing, producing and distributing a diverse range of new programming including history, lifestyle and food-based series. |
|
