Tuesday's Child is a British television

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founded in 2012 by Karen Smith. The company is best known for TV shows such as '' The Hit List'' and ''

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''.

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. Prior to establishing the company, Smith began her career at ''

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'', going on to produce programmes such as ''

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'' and '' The Games''. She then co-devised and was the launch Executive Producer of ''

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''. 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

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. The company's first commission was ''RV Rampage'' for

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in 2013 and their first programme to air was '' Superstar Dogs'' for

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in 2014. The company's name is based on the popular children's rhyme

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. 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

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*''Bad Baby'' - on demand E4 comedy hidden prank show hosted by

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available to watch on

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* '' The Hit List'' – Saturday night

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music quiz show hosted by Marvin and

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finished its 6th series with a Christmas special in December 2023. * '' LEGO Masters US'' – Following the success of Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4 has for

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has recently completed and is available to watch on Hulu. The hunt for the best amateur LEGO builders, led by host

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, is jointly produced by

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, Tuesday's Child, and

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. * ''

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'' – reality television competition that sees a group of celebrities become

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Former

* '' Guessable?'' – Comedy panel show for

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. Hosted by

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with assistant John Kearns and team captains

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and

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featuring celebrity guests. Series 1 was broadcast in October 2020 and Series 2 production will start soon, date to be announced. *Extraordinary Escapes – four-part staycation series with

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for Channel 4. The series saw Sandi explore remote holiday homes in the UK with close friends such as

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, actor

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, comedian

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and comic actor

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. * ''Ghost Bus Tours'' – ITV2 horror reality travelogue through Lithuania and culminating in a night in a haunted prison. Featuring

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and

, the one-off show broadcast on October 29 as part of ITV2's Halloween programming. * '' Killer Camp'' – an

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horror reality game show set in a 1980s style American summer camp with a secret killer among the contestants. The successful series was also broadcast on

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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'' –

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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. * ''

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'' – 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. * ''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. * ''Epic Celebrity Fails'' – Channel 5 clip show with voice over from Chris Ramsey. *

– Channel 4 competition format to find the UK's and Ireland's best amateur LEGO builders, hosted by

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. Series 1 aired in 2017 and Series 2 in 2018. * ''How To Build A Robot'' – a Channel 4 film about the work of eccentric robot inventor, David McGoran, narrated by

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. * ''Turkey A to B'' – a six part travelogue for the

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channel following father and son,

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and

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, as they explore the

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treasures of Turkey. * ''

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'' – BBC One singing show in which rival singing groups battled against each other for a £50,000 prize. The show was hosted by

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with

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and

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as its judges and each episode featured a guest judge, including

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and

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. * ''Man vs Robot'' – AI-based game show hosted by Dermot O’Leary. Man vs Robot was a 2018 pilot produced for FOX US. * ''Sean Conway: On The Edge'' – a three-part series for

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following extreme adventurer,

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, as he takes on a self-supported, 4000+ mile, continuous Ultra Triathlon circumnavigating the entire coast of mainland Britain. * ''Flavour of the US'' –

and

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branded content for Brand USA showcasing different culinary cities with local celebrated chefs. * '' For What Its Worth'' – a

antiques-themed quiz show that ran for two series and was hosted by

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, it aired in 2016. * ''Britain's Biggest Superyachts: Chasing Perfection'' – an hour long behind-the-scenes programme about

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, Britain's biggest superyacht builder, as they build their first flagship superyacht. Broadcast on

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in 2016. * ''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. * '' You're Back in the Room'' – ITV hypnosis game show hosted by

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and starring hypnotist

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. It ran for two series and aired in 2015 and 2016. * ''Sean Conway: Running Britain'' – extreme adventurer

ran from John O’Groats to Land's End, covering nearly 1000 miles in just six weeks, in this two-part programme for

. He set a new record in British ultra-sports, becoming the first person to have swum, cycled and run the length of Britain. * ''Food and Wine Adventures Romania'' – a culinary travel docu-series for

and

with

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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

and hosted by Henry Cole and Amanda Byram. * '' Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts'' – entertainment programme hosted by

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for

, broadcast in 2014 in the lead up to

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’s annual show. A celebrity special was produced for

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in Ireland with Moya Doherty’s Tyrone Productions.

Awards and nominations

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. * ''

'' – the

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competition show has so far been commissioned in the US (

), Australia ( Channel Nine), France ( M6), The Netherlands and Belgium (RTL), Germany (

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), Poland ( TVN), Sweden ( TV4), Hungary (

), New Zealand (

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), China (

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) and Japan (

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) * '' The Hit List'' – the music quiz show has been produced in Finland for

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, in Spanish Canary Island on ( Television Canaria) and as De Hit Kwis on

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in The Netherlands. * '' For What Its Worth'' – the antiques-themed quiz show was produced in Germany for ZDF in 2016. * '' 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. In 2019, It was produced by Tuesday's Child and BBC LA Productions in the US under the name Hypnotize Me and hosted by

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featuring hypnotist Keith Barry for

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References

External links

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