British motoring format Top Gear is driving off with three new local remakes in the Nordics.
Discovery Networks Nordics is adapting the format – made famous by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – in Sweden, Denmark and Norway after striking a deal with BBC Studios.
Banijay Group-backed Nordisk Film TV will produce the three series; the Danish and Swedish versions will air on Discovery Networks Nordics’ Kanal 5, while the Norwegian version will air on TVNorge. Production will start later this year to air in 2020.
In Norway, it will be fronted by stunt driver and Formula Drift World Champion Fredric Aasbø, musician and TV personality Esben Selvig and TV host and vintage car collector Petter Schjerven. Sweden’s presenter line-up includes six times Speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson, actor, comedian, musician Marko Lethosalo and TV personality Adam Alsing, while in Denmark the presenters will be TV personality and car enthusiast Felix Smith,...
Discovery Networks Nordics is adapting the format – made famous by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – in Sweden, Denmark and Norway after striking a deal with BBC Studios.
Banijay Group-backed Nordisk Film TV will produce the three series; the Danish and Swedish versions will air on Discovery Networks Nordics’ Kanal 5, while the Norwegian version will air on TVNorge. Production will start later this year to air in 2020.
In Norway, it will be fronted by stunt driver and Formula Drift World Champion Fredric Aasbø, musician and TV personality Esben Selvig and TV host and vintage car collector Petter Schjerven. Sweden’s presenter line-up includes six times Speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson, actor, comedian, musician Marko Lethosalo and TV personality Adam Alsing, while in Denmark the presenters will be TV personality and car enthusiast Felix Smith,...
- 9/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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