BAFTA-winning Big Zuus Big Eats back for more
02/05/2023
Big Zuu said,
Im so gassed that Big Eats is going again. Winning not one but two BAFTAs for it last year was just incredible, and then getting nominated twice again this year has just made Tubsey, Hyder and I even more excited to get back to it. This series will be another co-production between Boom and my own production company, Big Productions Ltd, so its an even more personal project for me. Roll on series 4!
Since launching on Dave in 2020, Big Zuu has cooked 88 dishes, inspired by 24 guests and 25 nations from 22 different locations across the UK and earned rave reviews. And its not just the celebs who love the show, Big Zuus Big Eats has enjoyed standout success with multiple award wins including BAFTAs for Features and Entertainment Performance last year and a number of wins and nominations for Broadcast Digital Awards, RTS, BPG and Broadcast Awards.
Series three saw Zuu, Tubsey and Hyder invite their guests into the food truck to help kickstart their own Big Eats banquet from Johnny Vegas making a halal-friendly spam burger and the boys taking over Katherine Ryans kitchen to Fathia El-Ghorri cooking up a morrocan storm in the Oval car park and a St Lucien feast for Joseph Marcell (aka Geoffrey the butler from Fresh Prince of Bel Air). 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 the Big Eat finale somewhere 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 returning as director.
Emile Nawagamuwa said,
There is nothing quite like this series on TV and its a measure of its many enduring qualities that we are moving to a fourth iteration. We will raise the levels again and embark on a more dynamic, more inventive and more ambitious chapter. Working with Zuu, Tubsey, Hyder and a production team that deliver something truly unique, time after time, is a total joy.
Cherie Hall added,
Watching Big Zuus Big Eats always brings a smile to my face. His charisma and energy is infectious. This series is going to feel even more escapist, and Im really excited about the fun this show will bring to Dave.
Alex Gilman, Executive Producer for Boom and Big Productions, said,
Whether its been from a car park in Edmonton, aboard HMS Victory, or in a Kurdish restaurant in Huddersfield, making this show alongside Zuu, Tubsey, Hyder, and the whole team has been an incredible journey and were absolutely delighted that the good people at Dave are welcoming us back to make a fourth series. And with the boys now inviting guests into their new HQ, things are set to get even spicier.
Big Zuus Big Eats series four will air on Dave and UKTV Play later this year. The first three series and Christmas specials can be enjoyed on UKTV Play alongside a whole host of recent UKTV Originals including Worlds Most Dangerous Roads and returning series Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Meet the Richardsons.
ENDS
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.
corporate.uktv.co.uk | press.uktv.co.uk | @uktvpress
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
LINK: | https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/big-zuus-big-eats-back-for-m... |
See more stories from uktv |
More from UKTV
22/04/2024
UKTV Ventures partners with Elder, in airtime-for-equity deal
22 April 2024 - Award-winning broadcaster UKTV has today announced it has invested in the award-winning online care marketplace, Elder, using its multi-million ...
18/04/2024
First Look: Tom Durant Pritchard joins the cast of crime drama Miss Scarlet for its fifth series
Tom Durant Pritchard as Alexander Blake Thursday 18 April 2024 Tom Durant Prit...
12/04/2024
Bergerac is reimagined by BlackLight TV in a brand-new series for UKTV's free streaming service UKTV Play and free-to-air channel Drama
Friday 12th April 2024 Detective Jim Bergerac will be returning to the iconic se...
10/04/2024
Mark Gatiss to write and star in Bookish, a brand-new detective drama for Alibi
Wednesday 10 April 2024 UKTVs catalogue of original drama continues to grow, with the commission of six-part series, Bookish (6x70) for its specialist crime dra...
03/04/2024
UKTV licenses six shows from Disney Entertainment
A Small Light, Mike, Alaska Daily, The Company You Keep, Sons of Anarchy S1-7, Brothers and Sisters S1-5, set to premiere this year on Alibi, Drama, Dave and UK...
27/03/2024
UKTV sets up second series of Dream Car Fixers for Yesterday and UKTV Play
Wednesday 27 March 2024 - UKTV has commissioned a second series of Dream Car Fixers (6x60) for leading factual channel Yesterday and free streaming service UKTV...
12/03/2024
UKTV Ventures partners with Legacy of Lives in 1million airtime-for-equity deal
12th March 2024 - Award-winning broadcaster UKTV has today announced it has invested in the UKs first independent funeral-planning service, Legacy of Lives, usi...
11/03/2024
Further cast confirmed in Chris Lang drama I, Jack Wright for Alibi
The series is produced by Federation Stories and previously announced cast include Nikki Amuka-Bird, John Simm and Gemma Jones Monday 11 March 2024 Further cast...
04/03/2024
W commissions brand-new docu-reality series The Real Midwives of Essex.
4th March 2024 UKTV has commissioned The Real Midwives of Essex (8x60) from Firecracker Films (Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies). This ...
16/02/2024
Secrets of the London Underground on track for new fourth series on Yesterday and UKTV Play
Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway are back for a new series London - 16th February 20...
15/02/2024
WHEELIE GOOD PORTRAITS
Portraits of Joe Swash, Chris Kamara and Angela Barnes created using scrap car parts Portraits of Joe Swash, Chris Kamara and Angela Barnes made entirely of s...
13/02/2024
UKTV's pay TV channel Alibi commissions Chris Lang drama I, Jack Wright
(L-R) Nikki Amuka-Bird, John Simm and Gemma Jones The series is produced by Federation Stories Monday 12 February 2024 UKTV continues to invest in original dra...
09/02/2024
Gold picks Bottom for new documentary
Gold picks Bottom for new documentary New retrospective special this year London, 9th February 2024: nations favourite comedy channel Gold will celebrate Adri...
24/01/2024
Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens returns for a second series on W and UKTV Play
Wednesday, 24 January Celebrity couple, Gemma Atkinson and Gorka M rquez are bac...
22/01/2024
Emma Willis heads to Watford General Hospital in fourth series of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies for W and UKTV Play
Monday 22nd January 2024 Emma Willis returns to W and UKTV Play for a fourth ser...
19/01/2024
Families and communities revealed for second series of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA on W and UKTV Play
Friday 19th January 2024 UKTV Original series, Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA, re...
18/01/2024
Dave and UKTV Play sign up to Follow The Leader with Jamali Maddix
Jamali Maddix Thursday 18th January, 2024, London: Jamali Maddix will host his first series for Dave and UKTV Play in 2024. In each episode of Follow The Leade...
16/01/2024
UKTV supercharged growth of free streaming service UKTV Play in 2023 and achieved record Share of Commercial Impacts
UKTV grew views to free streaming service UKTV Play by 56% last year The networ...
20/12/2023
Bangers & Cash Live event to return in 2024
Wednesday 20 December 2023 Bangers & Cash Live is returning in 2024 following a successful first event in 2023. The live experience will again give fans the cha...
05/12/2023
Gold's Top 10 Topical Christmas Cracker Jokes for 2023 Revealed!
5th December 2023 TV channel Gold challenged the nation to come up with the best topical Christmas cracker jokes for annual competition - now in its 11th yea...
29/11/2023
UKTV announces creation of U'
29th November 2023 - UKTV today announced its intention to launch U next year - a new masterbrand that will unite its family of free-to-air channels and its fre...
28/11/2023
Helen Perry is UKTVs Head of Drama
28 November 2023 - UKTV has appointed Helen Perry as Head of Drama to lead the multi-channel broadcasters growing original drama slate. Starting in January 2024...
09/11/2023
UKTV restores Find It, Fix It, Flog It to TV screens with new double series peak commission
Thursday 9th November 2023 UKTV has commissioned two new series of Find It, Fix ...
20/10/2023
Dave dares more comedians to drive on the World's Most Dangerous Roads
20th October 2023 UKTV today announces that Worlds Most Dangerous Roads (8x60) is returning to Dave and UKTV Play for a second series. Following the success of ...
13/10/2023
Airtime-for-equity deal an Industry First for Raffolux
October 2023 For the first time in their industry, Raffolux, the leading digital raffle operator has secured an impressive £1.5 million investment through a uni...
12/10/2023
UKTV launches Everyday Sustainability campaign
New campaign to launch on air on 14th October, with an average of 100 spots per week across UKTVs network for a twelve-month period WRAPs Love Food Hate Waste ...
11/10/2023
UKTV commissions first true crime series for W and UKTV Play
11th October 2023 UKTV today announces its first true crime commission for free-to-air entertainment channel W and streaming service UKTV Play. Red Flag (8 x 6...
05/10/2023
Big Zuu's Big Eatery! BAFTA-winning star launches new food waste pop-up restaurant
6th October 2023 PA images | Pinpep images | Video Big Zuu and entertainment ch...
03/10/2023
UKTV's Yesterday commissions brand new series of Canal Boat Diaries
3rd October 2023 - UKTV has commissioned a new series of the BBC Four programme, Canal Boat Diaries (10x60) for leading factual channel Yesterday and free strea...
02/10/2023
Gold Launches Annual Christmas Crackers Joke Competition
2nd October 2023 TV channel Gold is challenging individuals across the nation to craft topical and witty Christmas cracker jokes based on the events of 2023....
20/09/2023
Yesterday finds a new commission with Classic Car Hunters (w/t) from Wiser Films
New automotive series to follow the work of mechanic Sheldon Nichols and bodywork specialist, Peter Harriott as they source, restore and upgrade classic cars 2...
14/09/2023
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable renewed for a fourth series with Mel Giedroyc and Lou Sanders at the helm
14th September 2023 Award-winning UKTV Original series Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivabl...
12/09/2023
UKTV and BBC Studios acquire new shows from AMC Networks for Drama, Alibi, UKTV Play and BBC First in Benelux
Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Signora Volpe S1, Whitstable Pearl S1-2, Darby and Joan,...
12/09/2023
Less waste, more taste! Big Zuu opens pop-up restaurant serving reimagined waste food ahead of new series airing on UKTV's Dave and UKTV Play
12th September 2023 Big Zuu launches pop-up restaurant, Big Zuus Big Eatery, ...
24/08/2023
UKTV commissions Battle in the Box for Dave and UKTV Play from Interstellar
24th August 2023 Jimmy Carr confirmed as host of brand new show Exciting new format from Koreas Something Special will see pairs of comedians and celebritie...
23/08/2023
UKTV launches four FAST channels
23rd August 2023 Launch marks UKTVs debut in the FAST channel market Channels to launch on leading FAST services Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Freevee and Pluto T...
22/08/2023
Dave's Joke Of The Fringe 2023
22nd August 2023 Comedian Lorna Rose Treen wins Daves Funniest Joke of The Fringe Award with zookeeper joke A shortlist of jokes were chosen by a panel of U...
17/08/2023
Record number of episodes of Bangers & Cash ordered
17th August 2023 UKTV have recommissioned their hit classic car show, Bangers & Cash for the Yesterday channel and free streaming service UKTV Play, for 46 new ...
07/08/2023
Tracy-Jean joins UKTV commissioning team
7th August 2023 UKTV has appointed Tracy-Jean, known as TJ, as Commissioning Executive to work on the multi-channel broadcasters successful factual and factual ...
02/08/2023
Katherine Ryan joins W for Katherine Ryan: Parental Guidance
2nd August 2023 UKTV has commissioned Katherine Ryan: Parental Guidance (W/T) (4x60) a brand-new documentary series led by comedian Katherine Ryan for free-to-a...
01/08/2023
Gold marks 25th Anniversary of The Royle Family with refreshed retrospective documentary
1st August 2023 The nations favourite comedy channel Gold is marking The Royle F...
20/07/2023
BAFTA-Winning Big Zuu's Big Eats Series Four Celebrity Line Up Revealed
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...
03/07/2023
Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA returns for a second series on W and UKTV Play
Monday 3 July 2023 Award-winning documentary maker, Stacey Dooley MBE and UKTVs free-to-air channel W will return to explore more fascinating and unusual lifest...
30/06/2023
Bangers & Cash TV star Derek Mathewson awarded Freedom of the City of London
Derek Mathewson, 71, among the likes of Harry Kane, Ed Sheeran, Colin Firth, and Dame Judi Dench who have been awarded the Freedom of the City of London. Thur...
26/06/2023
Brand-new W series, Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens
Monday 26 June 2023 UKTVs free-to-air entertainment channel W and catch-up service UKTV Play have commissioned a brand-new documentary series which follows the ...
26/06/2023
Line-up announced for series three of David Mitchell's Outsiders
Monday 26 June 2023 Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty, Guz Khan, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Laura Smyth have all been confirmed to take part in the outdoor surviv...
22/06/2023
Sister Boniface Mysteries returns for series 3
Thursday 22 June 2023 Filming has started today on the third series of the hugely popular BBC Studios Continuing Drama production, Sister Boniface Mysteries. Se...
20/06/2023
Martin Kemp joins cast for Gold's Murder, They Hope Christmas Special
Thursday 15th June 2023 Martin Kemp, Anita Dobson, Terry Mynott, Ed Kear, Peter Davison, Jack Carroll, Rosie Cavaliero join the cast of Golds comedy Christmas s...
20/06/2023
UKTV acquires 3 shows from Paramount Global Content Distribution
Tuesday 20 June 2023 - UKTV has secured the rights to air So Help Me Todd (21x60) and Evil S3 (10x60) on its crime channel Alibi, and all five series of A Milli...
13/06/2023
Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza returns for a second series on UKTV Play
Tuesday 13th June 2023 UKTV announces the return of Rosie Joness Disability Come...