BBCWW partners with online talent

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is collaborating with online talent Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee on a youth-skewing factual commission.

Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee’s show will be available on various platforms

Joe & Caspar Hit the Road (1×75′) will see the pair go on a European adventure and attempt to survive the trip using only the money they can earn each day.

The programme will not air on TV but will be available to purchase in the UK and Ireland from November 23 on DVD and via electronic-sell through platforms.

It will also be made available to buy to download in international markets, including the US, Europe and Australia.

The pair have more than 10 million YouTube subscribers and over a billion total video views between them. Joe is the younger brother of YouTuber Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella.

The programme will be exec produced by Paul Hembury (Top Gear specials), Dominic Smales and Claire McArdle of Gleam Futures, and directed by Brian Klein (Top Gear) for BBC Worldwide.

Sugg and Lee will act as producers for production partner Raucous Productions.