British Kids Form Their Own Society in Nature for New Channel 4 Reality Show From ‘Bake Off’ Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorIf you picture a “Lord of the Flies”-style summer camp from the “Great British Bake Off” producers, it might look something like their new reality show for U.K.
broadcaster Channel 4, “Kids in the Wild.”The six-part series from Love Productions and “Love Island” co-producer Motion Content Group is fashioned as a wholesome production that transports a cooped-up pandemic generation “back to an idyllic old-fashioned summer and the carefree abandon of Swallows and Amazons, away from their parents for the first time.”The show will convene a diverse, 20-member group of 9 to 11 year olds from across the country who will spend part of their summer living in nature, without “the shackles” of adult supervision and rules.
An official description for the show, shared with Variety exclusively, reads: “Empowered to make their own decisions and discover their own resourcefulness, we will ask, ‘Who are the children of Britain in 2022 and have we underestimated what they are really capable of?'”Channel 4 wants to get to the bottom of the children’s “psychological and physical” responses to being in the wild, as well as their social structures and interactions as they learn how to cook and eat in a camp setting and sleep in communal bunks with kids they don’t know.The broadcaster promises that the young participants will have “extensive adult support” to ensure their safeguarding.
Not only will there be adult camp counsellors educating the youth on how to live in nature, but trained chaperones will see to their safety and their parents will also be on site, watching their antics from remote cameras.
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