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BAFTA-Winning Big Zuu's Big Eats Series Four Celebrity Line Up Revealed

20/07/2023

20th July 2023 UKTV has today announced the celebrity line-up for series four of Daves BAFTA-winning entertainment series Big Zuus Big Eats. The upcoming series will see Big Zuu, Tubsey and Hyder open the doors to the brand-new Big Eats HQ, where theyll be creating a selection of inspired dishes for highly acclaimed athletes, presenters, comedians and musicians.

Joining Big Zuu, Tubsey and Hyder this Autumn is four-time Olympic Gold medallist and global marathon champion Sir Mo Farah, iconic comedian, presenter and TV talk-show host Jonathan Ross, England and Arsenal football legend turned sports commentator Alex Scott and Brit and MOBO award-winning rap sensation Aitch.

The star-studded celebrity guest line-up will also see acclaimed comedian, actor and Sunday Times Bestselling author Ellie Taylor, multi-talented performer and award-winning comic Roisin Conaty, award-winning writer, comedian and actor Sarah Kendall and golden buzzer comedic phenomenon Nabil Abdulrashid join the boys at the newly created Big Eats house for the ultimate foodie experience.

Determined to bring flavour from all over the world to a national audience, Big Zuu will once again welcome his guests into the Big Eats food truck before hosting the Big Eats finale in the new HQ.

Big Zuus Big Eats series four is commissioned by Emile Nawagamuwa, UKTV commissioning executive, and ordered for Dave by Cherie Hall, Dave channel director and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning. Executive producer for Boom and Big Productions is Alex Gilman, with Chris Faith as series director.

For more information, please contact: Gem Pinkney, Head of Consumer Comms

About Dave

Sky 111/811, Virgin 127/194, Freesat 157, Freeview 19, Freesat 157

Dave is the award-winning entertainment channel home to a veritable feast of UKTV Original comedy hits from some of the biggest stars in the UK. Comedy entertainment shows like BAFTA-winning Big Zuus Big Eats, Outsiders, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Hypothetical, Comedians Giving Lectures, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, sit alongside scripted comedies such as Meet The Richardsons, We Are Not Alone and Sneakerhead.

But Dave isnt just restricted to television screens. Theres exclusive online content, with YouTubes Outsiders: Gone Wild with David Mitchell and Get Off My Phone! featuring Grace Campbell, Thanyia Moore, Ania Magliano, Travis Jay and more, as well as Facebook series The Comedy Guide To Life, Bad Advice with Olga Koch and BackChat. Daves partnership with CALM has led to exclusive commissions and innovative online and marketing campaigns such as #BeTheMateYoudWant. Dave also crowns its winner of Daves Joke of the Fringe at Edinburgh each year.

About UKTV

UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 30 years, entertaining the nation with programmes they love. Its leading brands - Dave, Gold, W, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday - span comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and drama, and are delivered to audiences through UKTV Play, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat and Amazon Fire. The broadcaster is a significant investor in British creativity and is committed to working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers.

UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UKs most-awarded production company, a world-class distributor with international branded services, and a commercial subsidiary of the worlds leading public service broadcaster, the BBC.

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About UKTV Play

About UKTV Play UKTV Play is an on demand TV service providing instant access to shows from UKTVs free-to-air channels - Dave, W, Yesterday and Drama.

With the easy-to-use UKTV Play app you can browse and stream hundreds of shows for free via your computer, tablet or smart phone. You can also watch on the telly thanks to Freeview Play, Amazon Fire TV, YouView, Samsung TV, Apple TV, Freesat, NOW and Roku. If youre a Sky or Virgin Media customer, shows from other great UKTV channels - Gold, Alibi, and Eden - are also on the menu.

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About Boom

Boom Group is one of Wales largest production companies, responsible for over 400 hours of programming annually for BBC, S4C, ITV, Channel 5, Channel 4 and UKTV, with a slate that includes shows such as UKTVs Big Zuus Big Eats, BBC Three & BBC Wales co-commission Hot Cakes, BBCs Daytime series Dom Delivers, S4Cs tense crime drama 35 Diwrnod, produced and adapted into 15 Days for Channel 5, More 4s Historic House Rescue and Alan Carrs Adventures with Agatha Christie, and Channel 5s Skin A&E. As well as the Boom label, Boom Group also houses production divisions Boom Cymru, Boom Kids and Boom Social, as well as leading Welsh post-production and VFX facility Gorilla and Motion Graphics company, Bait Studio.

About Big Productions Ltd

Big Productions is an award-winning independent production company specialising in factual, comedy entertainment and music content, founded by BAFTA-winning TV Chef and Musician Big Zuu, Managing Director Matt Dodds, and BAFTA-winning Producer and Creative Director Alex Gilman.
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