Tuesday's Child (company) explained

Tuesday's Child is a British television production company founded in 2012 by Karen Smith. The company is best known for TV shows such as The Hit List and LEGO Masters.

History

In 2012, Tuesday's Child was founded by television executive Karen Smith, the current managing director. With offices in London and Glasgow, the company specialises in entertainment and popular factual formats.^[1] Prior to establishing the company, Smith began her career at This Morning, going on to produce programmes such as Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and The Games. She then co-devised and was the launch Executive Producer of Strictly Come Dancing. Beyond the success of Strictly, she became the Creative Director of BBC Entertainment. Prior to establishing Tuesday's Child, Smith was Joint Managing Director of Shine TV.^[2]

The company's first commission was RV Rampage for Travel Channel in 2013 and their first programme to air was Superstar Dogs for Channel 4 in 2014.

The company's name is based on the popular children's rhyme Monday's Child. Referring to the rhyme, Smith says: “I was born on a Tuesday and so were my twins. Tuesday’s Child is full of grace which I think is a great virtue, although as a teenager I would have preferred to have been Monday’s Child!”

Programming

Current

• The Fortune Hotel - Steven Mangan is our host for this high stakes game of cat and mouse. Each team are given an all-important briefcase on arrival, one holds the cash prize, eight are empty and the remaining one contains the dreaded Early Checkout Card – whichever pair is left holding that case at the end of each show will see their stay brought to a premature and dramatic end. The Fortune Hotel launched on ITV on 13 May 2024 and can be watched at 9PM each evening Mon-Thurs for 2 weeks. Viewers can catch up or watch that evening's episode from 7am on ITVX
  • Bad Baby - on demand E4 comedy hidden prank show hosted by Chloe Burrows available to watch on YouTube The Hit List – Saturday night BBC One music quiz show hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes finished its 6th series with a Christmas special in December 2023.^[3]
• LEGO Masters US – Following the success of Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4 has for FOX has recently completed and is available to watch on Hulu.^[4] The hunt for the best amateur LEGO builders, led by host Will Arnett, is jointly produced by Endemol Shine North America, Tuesday's Child, and Plan B Entertainment.
• Queens for the Night – reality television competition that sees a group of celebrities become drag queens.

Former

• Guessable? – Comedy panel show for Comedy Central UK. Hosted by Sara Pascoe with assistant John Kearns and team captains Alan Davies and Darren Harriott featuring celebrity guests. Series 1 was broadcast in October 2020 and Series 2 production will start soon, date to be announced.^[5]
• Extraordinary Escapes – four-part staycation series with Sandi Toksvig for Channel 4. The series saw Sandi explore remote holiday homes in the UK with close friends such as Prue Leith, actor Alison Steadman, comedian Sindhu Vee and comic actor Jessica Hynes.^[6]
• Ghost Bus Tours – ITV2 horror reality travelogue through Lithuania and culminating in a night in a haunted prison. Featuring Lady Leshurr, Jordan Davies and Darren Harriott, the one-off show broadcast on October 29 as part of ITV2's Halloween programming.^[7]
• Killer Camp – an ITV2 horror reality game show set in an 80s style American summer camp with a secret killer among the contestants.^[8] The successful series was also broadcast on the CW Network in the US.
• A LEGO Journey To The East – a documentary that followed the Danish toy company's design team as they created a toy range specifically for Chinese children.
• Full House – BBC Wales fixed-rig format that eavesdropped on the lives of the players and staff at Judges Bingo Hall, one of the most popular social hubs in South Wales.^{[9] [10]}
• Head Hunters – BBC One daytime game show with Rob Beckett that puts a price on contestants’ general knowledge. The series was repeated in December 2020 and January 2021 on BBC Two.^[11]
• High Society: The Cannabis Cafe – two-part fixed rig documentary for Channel 4 that saw pairs of Brits trying cannabis for the first time in a Dutch coffee shop.^[12]
• Epic Celebrity Fails – Channel 5 clip show with voice over from Chris Ramsey.^[13]
• LEGO Masters – Channel 4 competition format to find the UK's and Ireland's best amateur LEGO builders, hosted by Melvin Odoom. Series 1 aired in 2017 and Series 2 in 2018.^{[14] [15]}
• How To Build A Robot – a Channel 4 film about the work of eccentric robot inventor, David McGoran, narrated by David Tennant.^[16]
• Turkey A to B – a six part travelogue for the Travel channel following father and son, Larry and George Lamb, as they explore the Silk Road treasures of Turkey.^{[17] [18]}
• Pitch Battle – BBC One singing show in which rival singing groups battled against each other for a £50,000 prize. The show was hosted by Mel Giedroyc with Kelis and Gareth Malone as its judges and each episode featured a guest judge, including Nick and Joe Jonas, Chaka Khan, Will Young, Bebe Rexha and Seal.^[19]
• Man vs Robot – AI-based game show hosted by Dermot O’Leary. Man vs Robot was a 2018 pilot produced for FOX US.^[20]
• Sean Conway: On The Edge – a three-part series for Discovery following extreme adventurer, Sean Conway, as he takes on a self-supported, 4000+ mile, continuous Ultra Triathlon circumnavigating the entire coast of mainland Britain.^[21]
• Flavour of the US – Travel Channel and Food Network branded content for Brand USA showcasing different culinary cities with local celebrated chefs.^[22]
• For What Its Worth – a BBC One antiques-themed quiz show that ran for two series and was hosted by Fern Britton, it aired in 2016.
• Britain's Biggest Superyachts: Chasing Perfection – an hour long behind-the-scenes programme about Sunseeker, Britain's biggest superyacht builder, as they build their first flagship superyacht. Broadcast on BBC Two in 2016.^[23]
• My Crazy Christmas Lights -–a Channel 4 one-hour documentary following the eccentric homeowners behind some of Britain's biggest and best Christmas light displays.^[24]
• You're Back in the Room – ITV hypnosis game show hosted by Phillip Schofield and starring hypnotist Keith Barry.^[25] It ran for two series and aired in 2015 and 2016.
• Sean Conway: Running Britain – extreme adventurer Sean Conway ran from John O’Groats to Land's End, covering nearly 1000 miles in just six weeks, in this two-part programme for Discovery.^{[26] [27]} He set a new record in British ultra-sports, becoming the first person ever to have swum, cycled and run the length of Britain.^[28]
• Food and Wine Adventures Romania – a culinary travel docu-series for Travel Channel and Food Network with Jenny Powell and wine connoisseur, Olivier Magny.
• RV Rampage – Set in New Zealand, five couples drive RVs on a 1000-mile road trip from Auckland down to South Island, competing in tasks along the way. Produced for Travel Channel and hosted by Henry Cole and Amanda Byram.^{[29] [30]}
• – entertainment programme hosted by John Barrowman for Channel 4, broadcast in 2014 in the lead up to The Kennel Club’s annual show.^{[31] [32]} A celebrity special was produced for RTÉ in Ireland with Moya Doherty’s Tyrone Productions.^[33]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2023	TV Choice Awards	Best Game Show	The Hit List	Long List
2023	International Format Awards	Best Retuning Format	LEGO Masters
2020	Broadcast Digital Awards	Best Entertainment Category	Killer Camp
2020	International Format Awards	Best Returning Format	LEGO Masters Australia
2020	Rose d’Or	Studio Entertainment	LEGO Masters US
2020	TBI Content Innovation Awards	Entertainment Format of the Year	LEGO Masters
2020	TBI Content Innovation Awards	Competition Show of the Year	LEGO Masters Australia
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program and Outstanding Picture	LEGO Masters US
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards	Editing For A Structured Reality Or Competition Program	LEGO Masters US
2020	International Emmy Kids Awards	Non-scripted Entertainment	LEGO Masters UK
2016	MIPFORMATS	Best Studio Gameshow	You're Back In The Room
2016	Broadcast Awards	Best Entertainment Programme	You're Back In The Room
2015	Royal Television Society Programme Awards	Daytime Programme	Superstar Dogs

International success

Tuesday's Child formats have had success internationally, with formats such as LEGO Masters and The Hit List being reproduced in other countries.

• LEGO Masters – the LEGO competition show has so far been commissioned in the US (FOX), Australia (Channel Nine), France (M6), The Netherlands and Belgium (RTL), Germany (RTL), Poland (TVN), Sweden (TV4), Hungary (RTL), New Zealand (TVNZ), China (Shenzhen TV) and Japan (Tokyo Broadcasting) ^{[34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]}
• The Hit List – the music quiz show has been produced in Finland for MTV3, in Spanish Canary Island on (Television Canaria) and as De Hit Kwis on AVROTROS in The Netherlands.^{[40] [41]}
• For What Its Worth – the antiques-themed quiz show was produced in Germany for ZDF in 2016.^[42]
• You're Back in the Room – the hypnosis game show was made in multiple territories, including The Netherlands, France, Australia (Channel Nine), Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand and Portugal.^{[43] [44] [45] [46]} In 2019, It was produced by Tuesday's Child and BBC LA Productions in the US under the name Hypnotize Me and hosted by Taye Diggs featuring hypnotist Keith Barry for The CW Network.

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
2. Web site: Our People. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
3. Web site: The Hit List. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
4. Web site: Schneider. Michael. 2020-11-11. 'Lego Masters' Lands Season 2 Order From Fox; Will Arnett Back as Host and Producer. 2021-02-03. Variety. en-US.
5. Web site: Guessable - Comedy Central Panel Show. 2021-02-03. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
6. Web site: Sandi Toksvig to journey on a series of Extraordinary Escapes Channel 4. 2021-02-03. www.channel4.com.
7. Web site: Ghost Bus Tours Episode 1. 2021-02-03. Press Centre. en.
8. Web site: 2019-10-25T14:43:00+01:00. Killer Camp, ITV2. 2021-02-03. Broadcast. en.
9. Web site: Full House. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
10. Web site: 2020-08-14. Full House launches to great acclaim!. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
11. Web site: Head Hunters. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
12. Web site: Channel 4 orders Tuesday's Child's cannabis docuseries "The Drugs Cafe". 2021-02-03.
13. Web site: Beyond Rights. 2021-02-03. www.beyondrights.tv.
14. Web site: Lego Masters: Lego Masters - On Demand. 2021-02-03. Channel 4. en.
15. Web site: Channel 4 clicks with new series of LEGO MASTERS Channel 4. 2021-02-03. www.channel4.com.
16. Web site: How To Build A Robot Pervasive Media Studio. 2021-02-03. Watershed. en.
17. Web site: Larry and George Lamb Turkey A To B Series and Episode Guides TV from RadioTimes. 2021-02-03. Radio Times. en.
18. Web site: Turkey A-B with Larry and George Lamb. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
19. Web site: televisual.com. 2016-12-21. BBC1 orders new Saturday night format Pitch Battle. 2021-02-03. Televisual.
20. Web site: White. Peter. 2018-03-12. Fox Pilots AI-Based Robot Physical Game Show 'Man Vs Robot' From UK's Tuesday's Child – INTV. 2021-02-03. Deadline. en-US.
21. Web site: 2016-04-11T10:37:00. VIDEO: Sean Conway: On The Edge, Discovery. 2021-02-03. Broadcast. en.
22. Web site: Flavours Of The USA. 2021-02-03. en-GB.
23. Web site: Britain's Biggest Superyachts: Chasing Perfection. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
24. Web site: My Crazy Christmas Lights. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
25. Web site: You're Back In The Room - ITV Variety. 2021-02-03. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
26. Web site: Running Britain. 2021-02-03. SEAN CONWAY. en.
27. Web site: Sean Conway: Running Britain. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
28. News: 2018-05-11. Extreme adventurer Sean Conway breaks Europe cycle record. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-02-03.
29. Web site: 2013-10-08. Ex-Shine TV MD producing Travel Channel series Page 159232. 2021-02-03. TBI Vision. en-US.
30. Web site: Clarke2013-10-08T10:29:00. Steve. Tuesday's Child on Scripps road trip. 2021-02-03. Broadcast. en.
31. Web site: Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts winner revealed Channel 4. 2021-02-03. www.channel4.com.
32. Web site: Superstar Dogs - UKGameshows. 2021-02-03. www.ukgameshows.com.
33. Web site: SUPERSTAR DOGS RTÉ Presspack. 2021-02-03. presspack.rte.ie.
34. Web site: Petski. Denise. 2019-01-09. 'Lego Masters': U.S. Version Of Hit UK Series In Works By Endemol Shine North America, Tuesday's Child & Plan B. 2021-02-03. Deadline. en-US.
35. Web site: LEGO Masters Australia 2020 Official Website Season 2 Exclusive Content - nine.com.au. 2021-02-03. 9now.nine.com.au. en-AU.
36. Web site: Extra: ZDF takes "The Weekly"; Endemol Shine France builds "LEGO Masters" for M6. 2021-02-03.
37. Web site: 2019-11-20. Endemol Shine sends 'Lego Masters' to Belgium, Netherlands. 2021-02-03. TBI Vision .
38. Web site: 2020-10-22. Poland's TVN Discovery orders local version of 'Lego Masters' format. 2021-02-03. TBI Vision .
39. Web site: ENDEMOL SHINE GROUP SCOURS SWEDEN FOR ITS FIRST PAIR OF "LEGO MASTERS" - Señal News. 2021-02-03. senalnews.com .
40. Web site: The Hit List. 2021-02-03. www.keshetinternational.com.
41. Web site: 2020-07-07. Tuesday Child & BBC music format 'The Hit List' lands in the Netherlands. 2021-02-03. TBI Vision. en-US.
42. Web site: ZDF commissions German version of antiques quiz For What Its Worth from Tower Productions. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
43. Web site: 2015-07-31. You're Back in the Room Heads to Europe!. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
44. Web site: 2016-03-03. You're Back in the Room is Going Global!. 2021-02-03. Tuesday's Child TV. en.
45. Web site: BBC Worldwide and FremantleMedia bring You're Back in the Room to Australia. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.
46. Web site: BBC Worldwide On A Quest To Hypnotize New Audiences. 2021-02-03. www.bbc.co.uk.