ITV secures Rights to Season of Red Arrow International s Off their Rockers

ITV secures Rights to Season 3 of Red Arrow International's Off Their Rockers

Munich, August 8, 2014. Building on the success of the first two seasons with highs of up to 5.7 million viewers and shares of 24 per cent (target group), a third season of hidden camera hit format Off Their Rockers has been ordered by ITV. Produced by Red Arrows CPL Productions, season 3 of Off Their Rockers is due to premiere in 2015.

Off Their Rockers is based on the International Emmy and Rose dOr winning format, Benidorm Bastards. Created by SHELTER, Benidorm Bastards has already been sold to more than 25 countries, with local versions including Old Ass Bastards (ProSieben/Germany), Rollator Banden (SBS/Denmark), Bingobanden (TV Norge/Norway), and JeulGeoUn In Seng (tvN/South Korea). Season 3 of the U.S. version Betty Whites Off Their Rockers just finished its run on Lifetime.

Claire Zolkwer, Commissioning Editor, Comedy Entertainment for ITV said: These fun loving outrageous OAPs have clearly struck a chord with young and old alike and I cant wait to see what they have in store for series 3.

Executive Producer for CPL, Murray Boland said: Were delighted to be back for a third series of Off Their Rockers. ITV viewers have taken the pensioners to their hearts and can look forward to even more outrageous pranks lined up for the new series.

Tim Gerhartz, Senior Sales Manager, UK at Red Arrow International says: Off Their Rockers has proven its hit potential, with worldwide pickups and excellent ratings. A third season in the UK is more than just the icing on the cake!

The Series was commissioned by Director of Entertainment and Comedy Elaine Bedell, ITV and Claire Zolkwer, Commissioning Editor, Comedy Entertainment, ITV. Murray Boland, Danielle Lux and Mobashir Dar will Executive Produce for CPL Productions alongside Series Producer, Paul Young and Series Editor, Myles Jenkins.

Off Their Rockers

Proving that age really is nothing but a number, Off Their Rockers features elderly people in a series of hilarious and unexpected pranks. Uninhibited, unruly and often outrageous, the cheeky OAPs hit the streets of Britain on a fearless mission - to play an assortment of light hearted pranks, mischievous set pieces and carefully crafted stunts on the public.

Red Arrow International

Red Arrow International is a leading worldwide programming sales-house with a broad selection of scripted, factual and format titles from Red Arrows global portfolio of production companies, outstanding third-party creators and digital-content partners.

In addition, Red Arrow International is a prolific co-producer and provides substantial production financing to a wide array of highly-acclaimed scripted and non-scripted projects. Recent global highlights include: Bosch (Amazon), Lilyhammer (Netflix); Betty Whites Off Their Rockers (NBC), and The Taste (ABC).

With offices in Munich, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, the company has global reach and distributes content to over 180 territories around the world.

Led by co-MDs Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst, Red Arrow International is part of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, which also includes: 15 production companies across 9 countries; Los Angeles based MCN, Collective Digital Studios; and creative partnerships and joint ventures with STV, Screenz, Sync Media and One Three Media (Mark Burnett / Hearst).

Red Arrow Entertainment Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, one of Europes leading media groups.

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