Immediate Release: Tuesday 19 March 2024
STV Studios secures bumper
Yorkshire Auction House
order from Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland - plus a
brand-new spin-off series
STV
Studios has secured a 40-episode
commission from Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland to produce
a brand-new series of The
Yorkshire Auction House, Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, and
spin-off version, The Derbyshire
Auction House, for the Really channel.
The commission includes the fifth
series of hit show The
Yorkshire Auction House fronted by renowned auctioneer,
Angus Ashworth. Across 23 new
episodes, Angus will travel across the UK, clearing homes of
unique treasures, whilst discovering the stories behind the objects
and the people who owned them.
STV Studios will also produce a
fourth 7 x 60' series of
Celebrity Yorkshire
Auction House, which will see Angus joined by famous faces
to hunt through cupboards for forgotten heirlooms and auction their
once-prized possessions.
Following the success of the
original show, which was one of the
channel's most-watched programme of 2023,
Really has also commissioned STV Studios to produce a brand new
10 x 60' episode spin-off -
The Derbyshire Auction
House. Coming to Really in July, the show features antiques
dealer, Irita Marriott, one of the few women in the country to helm
an auction house, as she builds her business in the heart of South
Derbyshire. Rare medals, an unassuming yet expensive clock, and a
huge collection of tractors go under Irita's gavel as she helps her
vendors make money from unwanted or inherited
collections.
In total, 40 hours of the
Auction House franchise
have been commissioned as part of the new order:
·
23 hours of The
Yorkshire Auction House
·
7 hours of Celebrity Yorkshire Auction
House
·
10 hours of The
Derbyshire Auction House
Craig Hunter, Creative Director of Factual at STV Studios,
said: "We're thrilled to be back in production with a new series of
The Yorkshire Auction House and the popular celebrity version. It's
a much-loved format that holds great appeal for the Really
audience, so the introduction of The Derbyshire Auction House, with
Irita at the helm, is an exciting development for us and one we
hope viewers will appreciate with equal
enthusiasm."
ENDS
Media
Contact
Stephen Innes, STV Studios -
stephen.innes@stv.tv
Anna Lapacz, Warner Bros. Discovery
- anna.lapacz@wbd.com
About STV
Studios
STV Studios is one of the UK's
leading producers of scripted and unscripted content and Scotland's
biggest production group. Led by David Mortimer, the group has an
impressive track record of success across drama, entertainment and
factual, working with the world's biggest broadcasters and
streamers including Apple TV+, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Sky
and Warner Bros. Discovery. STV Studios was
named Production Group of the Year at the prestigious Edinburgh TV
Awards in 2023.
In July 2023, STV acquired Greenbird
Media's expansive network of independent production companies,
significantly increasing the number of creative labels in the STV
Studios family.
STV Studios' in-house drama,
entertainment and factual teams have produced hundreds of hours of
critically-acclaimed, conversation-starting television, including
Apple TV+ thriller Criminal
Record (a co-production with Tod Productions); BAFTA and
International Emmy award-winning TV film Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC One);
nail-biting quiz format Bridge of
Lies for the BBC in the UK and sold internationally; iconic
Saturday night gameshow Catchphrase (ITV); and a number of
much-loved auction-based series including The Yorkshire Auction House for Warner
Bros. Discovery and long-running BBC daytime hit, Antiques Road Trip.
Recent successes for labels within
the STV Studios family include Two Cities TV's gripping police
drama Blue Lights for BBC
One; headline-making Channel 4 comedy chat show Late Night Lycett (Rumpus Media); and
hit international format LEGO
Masters (Tuesday's Child), which has aired in 20 territories
across the globe. A number of exciting new productions are coming
soon, including Tuesday's Child entertainment event The Fortune Hotel for ITV and Primal
Media reality series The
Underdog: Josh Must Win for E4, which is also being adapted
for US audiences as part of a development deal with
NBCUniversal.