‘Bake Off’ Producer Love Productions Preps U.S.-UK School Swap Docuseries For Channel 4
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has organized a U.S.-UK student exchange program for its latest project from The Great British Bake Off producer Love Productions.
Working titled School Swap, Love followed seven British students from London’s Elmgreen School as they spent time at Mena High School in Arkansas.
Six Mena students traveled in the opposite direction. The docuseries was filmed late last year and is now in the edit. Channel 4 is planning to broadcast the show at some point in 2024.
Richard McKerrow, Love’s CEO and the executive producer of School Swap, said the idea for the series came from his teenage daughter, who loves Friends and is fascinated by “Americana.” He told Deadline that the Elmgreen School pupils “sample the reality” of a rural all-American high school, in what is designed to be a “fun cultural romp.” “It’s an entertaining and soulful culture clash,” McKerrow added.
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