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Robinsonekspedisjonen Seasons
''Robinsonekspedisjonen'' is a popular Norwegian reality television program debuting in 1999. In the fall of 1998 TV3 purchased the broadcast rights to air their own version of ''Expedition Robinson''. The name alludes to both ''Robinson Crusoe'' and ''The Swiss Family Robinson'', two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks. History Norway was one of the first countries to adopt the Robinson format following its success in both Sweden and Denmark. While it has never achieved as high of ratings as that of Denmark and Sweden's versions of the show, it is still considered a ratings success. Following a two-year hiatus after the VIP season with Denmark and Sweden, ''Robinsonekspedisjonen'' returned in 2007 and has seen a season over season ratings growth since. Format The Robinson format was developed by Planet 24, a British TV production company owned by Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof. Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Parsons
Charles Andrew Parsons is a British television producer known as the creator of the ''Survivor'' franchise. He also created ''The Big Breakfast'' and '' The Word''. Education Parsons was educated at Tonbridge School, a boarding independent school in Tonbridge in Kent in South East England, and credits the tough boarding school regime he endured there in the early 1970s, which at the time was commonplace, as providing an inspiration for his creation of the series ''Survivor''. He then went to Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, where he studied English literature and afterwards trained as a journalist. Life and career The early days of Parsons's career saw him working at London Weekend Television on programmes including Network 7, which won a BAFTA award for originality. Parsons co-founded production company Planet 24 with Bob Geldof and his partner Waheed Alli. Planet 24 created reality programmes including ''The Big Breakfast,'' '' The Word,'' and ''Survivor'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |