ITV’s Starstruck, Limitless Win lead Banijay’s slate of formats and scripted titles

Ant & Dec host Limitless Win for ITV

The distribution arm of European production giant Banijay has unveiled a slate of formats available at next week’s MipTV in Cannes, including new ITV shows Starstruck and Limitless Win.

In Starstruck, created by Remarkable Entertainment for ITV, members of the public team up to transform into some of the world’s biggest music icons.

Limitless Win, created by Hello Dolly and coproduced with Mitre Studios, is a primetime quizshow with the world’s first limitless jackpot. The show’s first run concluded last month and ITV has already ordered a second season.

Also on the slate is The Courtship, a new relationship show from Endemol Shine North America in association with Shine TV. The format takes a modern woman tired of dating in the 21st century back to the Regency era.

Another dating series, Language of Love, from Banijay Iberia’s Zeppelin and UK indie 2LE, is also available. The series explores whether love can blossom even with a language barrier to overcome as six British singletons and six Spaniards are brought together.

Combining reality with adventure is Metronome’s new show Shaolin Heroes. Celebrities will embark on a life-changing journey to master the ancient martial art of the Shaolin warrior monks.

Meanwhile, Your Body Uncovered is a new concept that uses cutting-edge technology to better understand medical conditions. The format was created by Remarkable Factual.

On the scripted front, Banijay’s slate includes SAS: Rogue Heroes. This new six-part series, written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and produced by Kudos and Nebulastar, is a dramatised account of how the SAS was formed in the darkest days of World War Two.

Also from Kudos, in association with MadeFor and Sky Studios, Then You Run is a new Sky Original drama based on Zoran Drvenkar’s novel You. The series follows a close-knit group of friends whose dreams of the perfect holiday spiral into a dark and perilous adventure.

In Signora Volpe, Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as a British spy who finds herself involved in a murder investigation in Italy. Written by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths (Midsomer Murders), it will be produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24.

The new titles will sit alongside existing brands such as MasterChef, Big Brother, Survivor and Lego Masters and scripted hits including Screw, Peaky Blinders and Penoza.