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C4 Winter: 'Games', 'Brat Camp' to return
Published Wednesday, Nov 3 2004, 18:13 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
Channel 4 has announced a raft of returning and brand new reality series for its upcoming Winter schedule.
As previously reported on Digital Spy, Celebrity Big Brother will be returning for a third series; although this time the run will be extended to two weeks and the number of celebrities upped to eight. A transmission date has yet to be finalised although it is likely that the series will be pencilled in for early 2005 to avoid clashing with ITV's I'm A Celebrity next month.
Also back for a third run is celebrity sporting show The Games, fronted by Jamie Theakston. Ten celebrities will train and compete in a total of 18 sporting disciplines over 9 days at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. A start date has yet to be set.
Jamie Oliver will be hoping to follow up the success of Jamie's Kitchen with a new four-part series, Jamie's School Dinners, in February. The show will follow the chef as he attempts to take charge of 20,000 daily school dinners across south London.
A fifth series of Wife Swap is also pencilled in for early next year, as are episodes from the US version. One of the most memorable families from the show, the Bardsleys, will star in their own series in February. Bed and the Bardsleys will follow Lizzy and Mark as they attempt to run a B&B in Blackpool for a fortnight.
The highly-popular Brat Camp is set for a second series in February, while the second series of Paris Hilton's The Simple Life makes its debut in March.
Other new reality series include H Side Story for T4, which follows ex-Steps singer Ian Watkins as he joins the Musical Theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music, and The Coach Trip, which follows a coach-load of Brits as they travel around Europe.
As previously reported on Digital Spy, Celebrity Big Brother will be returning for a third series; although this time the run will be extended to two weeks and the number of celebrities upped to eight. A transmission date has yet to be finalised although it is likely that the series will be pencilled in for early 2005 to avoid clashing with ITV's I'm A Celebrity next month.
Also back for a third run is celebrity sporting show The Games, fronted by Jamie Theakston. Ten celebrities will train and compete in a total of 18 sporting disciplines over 9 days at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. A start date has yet to be set.
Jamie Oliver will be hoping to follow up the success of Jamie's Kitchen with a new four-part series, Jamie's School Dinners, in February. The show will follow the chef as he attempts to take charge of 20,000 daily school dinners across south London.
A fifth series of Wife Swap is also pencilled in for early next year, as are episodes from the US version. One of the most memorable families from the show, the Bardsleys, will star in their own series in February. Bed and the Bardsleys will follow Lizzy and Mark as they attempt to run a B&B in Blackpool for a fortnight.
The highly-popular Brat Camp is set for a second series in February, while the second series of Paris Hilton's The Simple Life makes its debut in March.
Other new reality series include H Side Story for T4, which follows ex-Steps singer Ian Watkins as he joins the Musical Theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music, and The Coach Trip, which follows a coach-load of Brits as they travel around Europe.
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