{"id":146433,"date":"2025-06-25T07:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T07:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/bbc-studios-asia-unveil-12-seas-co-production-with-koreas-studio-janchi-apos\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T07:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T07:37:29","slug":"bbc-studios-asia-unveil-12-seas-co-production-with-koreas-studio-janchi-apos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/bbc-studios-asia-unveil-12-seas-co-production-with-koreas-studio-janchi-apos\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Asia Unveil ’12 Seas’ Co-Production With Korea’s Studio Janchi \u2014 APOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter premiering Deep Dive Korea<\/a>: Song Ji Hyo\u2019s Haenyeo Adventure<\/em> final month, BBC Studios<\/a> Asia is about to co-produce one other Korean present, 12 Seas<\/a><\/em> (working title).<\/p>\n

\n\tCo-producing with Korea\u2019s Studio JanChi<\/a> (Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody<\/em>, A Nation of Kimchi<\/em>), 12 Seas<\/em> is a four-part sequence that may premiere in 2026. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe new sequence is supported by a partnership that BBC Studios fashioned with the Korean Creative Content Agency<\/a> (KOCCA) final August, to co-produce, co-develop and distribute Korean factual content material globally.<\/p>\n

\n\t12 Seas<\/em> will comply with culinary star Chef Edward Lee (Masterchef<\/em>, Culinary Class Wars<\/em>) and actor Ryu Soo-young (Real Men<\/em>) as they traverse South Korea\u2019s shoreline throughout 4 seasons and unveil the secrets and techniques behind the nation\u2019s most iconic seafood dishes. From braving the rocky shores to reap wild seaweed utilizing the \u201cTtulidae\u201d technique, to becoming a member of native fishermen as they catch anchovies with centuries-old bamboo fish traps, Lee and Ryu will immerse themselves in Korea\u2019s wealthy maritime heritage and uncover how seafood isn’t just meals in Korea, but additionally deeply ingrained within the tradition.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC Studios Asia will broadcast 12 Seas<\/em> on BBC Earth and BBC Player throughout Asia, with BBC Studios dealing with distribution globally exterior of Korea.<\/p>\n

\n\tStudios JanChi holds the Korean broadcast rights for the sequence. <\/p>\n

\n\tPreviously, BBC Studios Asia labored with Korean broadcaster JTBC<\/a> on Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji Hyo\u2019s Haenyeo Adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudio JanChi are leading producers of K-food titles and we were immediately drawn to their concept for 12 Seas, which will offer BBC Earth audiences a new perspective on Korea and its seafood through the eyes of acclaimed chef Edward Lee and his foodie accomplice Ryu Soo-young,\u201d mentioned Ryan Shiotani, SVP Content of BBC Studios Asia. \u201cWe are grateful to KOCCA for their support and look forward to bringing BBC Studios\u2019 global expertise and creative approach to the partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHeonseok Baek, CEO of Studio JanChi, added: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be working on this title with BBC Studios after our winning pitch last year. With three distinct seas, home to one of the world\u2019s five largest tidal flats, and over 3,000 islands, the story of seafood and the ocean is inseparable from Korea and we\u2019re looking forward to telling this story to audiences in Asia and beyond with BBC Studios.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[ad_1] After premiering Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji Hyo\u2019s Haenyeo Adventure final month, BBC Studios Asia is about to co-produce one other Korean present, 12 Seas (working title). Co-producing with Korea\u2019s Studio JanChi (Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody, A Nation of Kimchi), 12 Seas is a four-part sequence that may premiere in 2026. The new sequence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[12229,12225,463,9876,12228,12227,12226,5492,1161,8857],"class_list":{"0":"post-146433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-apos","9":"tag-asia","10":"tag-bbc","11":"tag-coproduction","12":"tag-janchi","13":"tag-koreas","14":"tag-seas","15":"tag-studio","16":"tag-studios","17":"tag-unveil"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}