Eden [Mondays, 9pm on Channel 4]

[Headie]

Channel 4 has confirmed the commission of an epic new series Eden (w/t) from KEO Films.

Beginning in 2016 the series will follow the experience of more than 20 highly skilled Brits as they face building a new life with the bare minimum needed to survive creating their own shelter, society and rules. For one year this community will hunt, sleep and live together, cut off from the rest of the world.

The series will be filmed from the inside by embedded crew, personal cameras and a fixed rig, the group will be alone as they start their lives in a remote and isolated part of the northern hemisphere.

So, given the opportunity to live a new way of life will the group learn from our mistakes to create a new Eden? Or will they end up in purgatory?

The community will be made up of a diverse group of people, with a range of skills – from fishermen to foragers, builders to botanists, engineers and entertainers who will each have to cast aside everything from their previous lives to begin again.

With no prescribed infrastructure the group will be given the basics needed to kick start their experience relying on the abundant natural resources and whatever they can scavenge . The series will challenge everything about modern living, raising questions about what we want and need from our communities and how this could shape our belief in society as a whole.

Of the commission Liam Humphreys said ‘Eden developed partly as a response to a growing malaise amongst the young with traditional political systems. It offers a simple insight, what would the world look like if we started again? It promises to be a bold idea, not least because of the scale of the concept but also because as programme makers we have absolutely no idea what will happen’.

Of the commission Colleen Flynn from KEO Films said: “Eden (w/t) is a truly unique proposition, taking highly skilled people, giving them basic resources and seeing what they can create given time and opportunity away from the constraints of modern life. We can't wait to work with Liam and Channel 4 on this highly ambitious and game changing series”

The series was commissioned for Channel 4 by Head of Factual Entertainment Liam Humphreys and Factual Entertainment commissioning editor Ian Dunkley. It will be produced by KEO Films with Executive Producer Colleen Flynn. The series will TX in 2016.

Lets hope it doesn't flop like Utopia USA did :fc:

Will be exciting to see what C4 do with it since it's very similar to Big Brother.

[MB.]

I mean they could have been slightly more imaginative with the title (if we ignore that they already had a show called Utopia and all) (which also flopped)

[Daniel.]

Tesco BB?

[Locke.]

Sounds must better than Big Brother

[Liam-]

Hopefully the casting is as good as some of the people on Utopia, Bella, Hex and Nikki were goddesses.

[JoshBB]

I'll definitely check it out

[Headie]

Hopefully the casting is as good as some of the people on Utopia, Bella, Hex and Nikki were goddesses.

The Utopia casting was great, even the males were good tbf

My faves
http://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/bella.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/amanda.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/bri.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/josh.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/aaron.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/rhonda.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/dave.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/hex.pnghttp://www.brantsteele.com/images/utopia/01/nikki.png

[Headie]

They need to offer 24/7 free Live Feed tho, that was one of the best bits of the USA version :love:

[Samm]

Kinda perched, hope it takes off like BB did with C4, I enjoyed Utopia but I'll think I will always perfect UK reality shows more so I'm interested

Will it be on for a whole year? (like utopia tried to do)

[Headie]

Kinda perched, hope it takes off like BB did with C4, I enjoyed Utopia but I'll think I will always perfect UK reality shows more so I'm interested

Will it be on for a whole year? (like utopia tried to do)

Yeah the article says it will air for a year. Here for them putting another pregnant girl in for Baby Utopia UK!

[Samm]

Yeah the article says it will air for a year. Here for them putting another pregnant girl in for Baby Utopia UK!

OMG I forgot about Baby Utopia

[Headie]

Baby Eden to snatch the title from Baby Utopia?

[reece(:]

Yaasssss!! I loved Utopia, Bella, Hex, Dr Nikki, Amanda, Bre, Red, Dave, Rhonda, Josh <3333

Hope it's not axed 10 weeks in tho

[SuperV]

I loved Utopia US so this will be exciting.

[arista]

Some Live Feed would be good

[Daniel-X]

It sounds a bit like 10'000 BC but better so I think I'll enjoy

[Headie]

Brits tired of the rat-race are being sought to create their own perfect society from scratch in a Channel 4 series which promises to replicate the impact of Big Brother.

Twenty highly skilled volunteers will build their own utopia in a remote community, where they will live, hunt and sleep together for an entire year, whilst being filmed by fixed rigs cameras.

The new series, called Eden, is seeking a diverse group of people, ranging from fishermen to foragers, builders to engineers and entertainers, ready to cast aside their previous lives and begin again.

Eden will attempt to tap into the rejection of capitalist values reflected in the surge of young supporters which helped Jeremy Corbyn seize the Labour leadership.

Their pioneers will be asked to create their own society and rules in a “remote and isolated part of the northern hemisphere”. A location in Scotland has been mooted.

Unlike Big Brother however, there will be no producers seeking to manipulate behaviour or evictions from the community – unless they are cast out of the garden of Eden by the settlers themselves.

Much of the filming will be done by the participants, who will also be given cameras, as they seek to make the best of their desolate surroundings.

The open-ended nature of the challenge - the programme-makers do not know how much useful footage will be gathered - is what the producers, KEO Films, believes will distinguish Eden from the BBC’s Castaway 2000 series, which was set on an Outer Hebridies island. Liam Humphreys, Channel 4 by Head of Factual Entertainment, said: “Eden developed partly as a response to a growing malaise amongst the young with traditional political systems.

“It offers a simple insight, what would the world look like if we started again? It promises to be a bold idea, not least because of the scale of the concept but also because as programme makers we have no idea what will happen.”

Channel 4 hopes the series escapes the fate of Utopia, a $50m Fox reality series, which placed 15 men and women in an isolated community and asked them to build their own society. Launched last year, it was axed after two months. A Channel 4 spokesman added: “Eden will challenge everything about modern living, raising questions about what we want from our communities and how this could shape our belief in society as a whole.”

The series echoes the original concept of Big Brother, which was inspired by the 1991 Biosphere 2 experiment in the Arizona desert, in which eight men and women lived inside a glass and steel geodesic dome that sought to replicate the Earth’s environment. Eden is set to play a high-profile role in Channel 4’s 2016 schedule. The broadcasters is seeking to convince the Treasury that proposals to privatise the channel would harm its ability to create innovative new series targeted at younger viewers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/eden-channel-4-reality-series-seeks-volunteers-to-build-their-own-utopia-a6726566.html

So there's no public vote, only the contestants get to vote each other out. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, probably good considering this is the Great British Public we're talking about...

[Ramsay]

Survivor/BBUS style :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:

[Cal.]

They already did a series of this in 2002 welp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_(TV_series)

[Rob!]

Like it'll last a year :joker:

[Pete.]

Survivor/BBUS style :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:
:clap1:

[Samm]

Saw an Ad for this today, wasn't much shown just a moving image of the sea and "What If You Could Start Again?" text fading through, it's starting sometime in July :clap1:

[Greg!]

Saw an Ad for this today, wasn't much shown just a moving image of the sea and "What If You Could Start Again?" text fading through, it's starting sometime in July :clap1:

Hopefully c4 won't act like snakes by scheduling it at the same time as bb

[Rob!]

Hopefully c4 won't act like snakes by scheduling it at the same time as bb

I bet that's exactly what they do.

[Samm]

New Trailer (http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/channel-4-what-start-again-4creative-omd-uk/1400398)

I love the simplicity of it, giving me early BB teas. A new fresh RTV is needed I hope it's as successful as early BB was :clap1:

[Headie]

I'm excited but the only thing I'm not sure about is the fact that it doesn't seem to be a competitive show or have eliminations or anything, so I'm worried it's gonna end up like Bear Grylls's The Island or something which I never really got into

[armand.kay]

Not gonna lie I think I auditioned for this and they emailed me saying they were interested and asked me to send a vid but i completely forgot about ha and never made a vid. Although they were calling it "perfect world" so could be a completely different thing but the concept sounded similar and the "what if you could start again" thing was mentioned a few times. cah

[y.winter]

So they basically wanted to do Utopia and used this old show's vague format from 2003 to avoid copyrights' payment? :smug:

But I'm really excited seeing how is it going to be. Unfortunately Utopia NL doesn't have subtitles so I couldn't really watch it, though the format is interesting (and I'm not into American reality shows so I couldn't bother watching their version).
In a few weeks time :cheer2: Make it real and natural, C4.

[reece(:]

I'm still pressed Utopia was axed after all the potential it had

[Samm]

I'm excited but the only thing I'm not sure about is the fact that it doesn't seem to be a competitive show or have eliminations or anything, so I'm worried it's gonna end up like Bear Grylls's The Island or something which I never really got into

Maybe they'll do eliminations by deciding within the group like what Utopia did, I think someone will quit I doubt all of them will last a year :laugh: and all my favs will stay without the threat of being evicted as well by the horrid public vote

[Headie]

I'm still pressed Utopia was axed after all the potential it had

It easily had the best premiere of any show in 2014!

[zakman440]

It's starting on the 18th at 9PM.

750758787280089088

[Headie]

Hopefully the cast will be diverse :clap1:

If they replicate the C4 casting they did in the BB golden era <333

[Samm]

Yass really perched for this

[Ross.]

Here for it :clap1:

[Jack_]

Looking forward to this, I enjoyed Utopia but never actually got round to finishing the final few episodes

Do we know how often it's airing?

[Headie]

Looking forward to this, I enjoyed Utopia but never actually got round to finishing the final few episodes

Do we know how often it's airing?

It's supposed to be running for a year so I'm guessing one ep per week (just a guess tho)

[Samm]

I hope there's live feed

[Headie]

I hope there's live feed

Same but I'm doubtful tbh, I can't remember the last time a UK show did proper Live Feed other than BB and IAC (a while ago)

[y.winter]

I count on C4 to make it old school. We don't need it to be another scripted 20-somethin-in-bikini reality shows.

[zakman440]

Apparently there were protests about the filming location :laugh:

CHANNEL 4 will take over a Lochaber woodland for a year-long reality TV survival show despite local objections.

Producers have won a battle to film Eden, a year-long documentary about 24 skilled people selected to live together in the wilderness, at the Ardnamurchan estate.

The participants - who will be filmed round the clock - will be expected to hunt for food, grow crops and build their own shelter.

The series will follows in the footsteps of the BBC series Castaway 2000 which made a star of presenter Ben Fogle.

However a number of people living nearby the site had submitted strong objections to Highland Council over the plans.

They said the filming could spoil an area of natural beauty, cause pollution and damage to wildlife and have a negative impact on the local economy.

However, at a committee meeting today councillors voted in favour of the application by KEO Films, the production company commissioned by Channel 4 to create the show.

Councillor Andrew Baxter, of the Highland Alliance Party, said: “I am prepared to accept this application due to the transitory nature of it.

“I have a wry smile when the applicant says it is a documentary. Let’s face it, it is a reality TV show.

“But I am sure people across the country will watch it with interest and it will help tourism in the area.”

His colleague councillor Donnie Kerr said: “My only concern is that it is an area of natural beauty and we don’t want to see anything being built there that shouldn’t be there.

“Apart from that I am remarkably relaxed about this. It will provide a good source of nutrition for the local midges.”

The site lies on the sparsely populated Ardnamurchan Estate, northwest of Acharacle, a region famed for its natural beauty and sporting appeal.

Two locations on the 600-acre site, between Cul na Croise beach and a conifer forest further inland, have been identified as potential settlement areas for participants in the show.

Two dozen volunteers will build their own remote community within the estate, where they will hunt for their own food, build their own shelter and live self-sufficiently for 12 months.

As well as the settlements, eight portable cabins for the show’s production team will be built along with a car park built.

Margaret Green, of Dal-Ghorm House, a property which lies adjacent to the forest, said: “It is not a wilderness, but it is really not suitable for people to live there, because it is forestry.

“I am concerned about what will happen to the wildlife, and that there will be pollution.”

Another objector, Pamela Powell, said: “I am very concerned about the environmental impact of this project as birds nest on the beaches and in the dunes and various species of mammals and insects are present which, along with the plant life, make up a small but important ecosystem.

“This project is not in fact taking place in a very remote wilderness as the publicity suggests. It is only a few kms down a good track to Acharacle village and there are houses even closer than that.

“A fence is already going up which, despite what has been claimed, will restrict access between the beaches.

“These beaches are visited regularly by locals and tourists without the scale of environmental damage likely to be caused by a group living and working there for a prolonged period of time.”

A separate decision on whether the film-makers can restrict roaming access to the site is due to be made by Scottish Ministers.

Channel 4 said that Eden sought to set itself apart from Castaway 2000, which was filmed on the Outer Hebridean island of Taransay, by allowing the participants to film themselves.

Liam Humphreys, head of factual entertainment at Channel 4, said: “It promises to be a bold idea, not least because of the scale of the concept but also because as programme makers we have absolutely no idea what will happen.”

http://www.scotsman.com/news/channel-4-reality-tv-show-set-for-highland-forest-despite-local-protests-1-4040571#ixzz4Df7kZJKh

[y.winter]

More info:
In a remote corner of the UK, 23 men and women try to build a new life and new society from scratch, isolated from the rest of the world.

Eden challenges everything about modern living. Over an entire year, a group including a doctor, vet, chef, carpenter and shepherdess create a new society in a remote location in the UK.

Testimonial:
"I'm probably going to turn out completely feral and become like Gollum sitting on a rock by the sea and not need anything! We'll see..."

[Headie]

It will provide a good source of nutrition for the local midges.

Not the council wanting to see the contestants get eaten alive

[y.winter]

And some more quotes from the participants:
"I'm doing this because there is something about me that wants to be cut off and see how I can be by myself."
"I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to spend a year going on a detox from mobile phones and news about horrible things." (Victoria leaving BB to compete her twin?)
"I will be there come hell or high water. They will have to drag me out!"

[y.winter]

And the first teaser is already here. Follow the yellow brick road:
750379565726441472

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eden_c4
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eden_c4/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edenchannel4/

[Withano]

Was it good or full of serious people doing serious business in a serious manner?

[Withano]

Oh. I have no idea what date it is.

[Samm]

It's nice to know that if BB falls flat on its feet after the mass eviction, we have this to fall back on!

[zakman440]

New ad for this was released yesterday:

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[Greg!]

I think this will flop. The trailer gives me 10,000BC teas

[arista]

"Lets hope it doesn't flop like Utopia USA did "

was that not chucked onto a distant channel?

E4HD

[Jack_]

Yeah this looks like 10,000BC

How many weeks behind will the broadcasts be? Or has the whole thing been filmed already?

[Headie]

If this is like 10,000BC I won't be watching tbh, I was hoping it would be more like Utopia USA

[zakman440]

Filming apparently began in April (the article was uploaded on the 23rd):

They have been given the bare minimum needed to survive and will have to create their own shelter, society and rules.

And even worse, they will be filmed while they are doing it.

A group of volunteers have begun building a new life for themselves in a remote Highland forest for a new reality TV series.

For one year, this community will hunt, sleep and live together in picturesque Cul na Croise Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula.

The Channel 4 series – entitled Eden – is being produced by London-based KEO Films.

And a spokeswoman for Channel 4 yesterday confirmed 23 people, including the film crew, were now living there and filming had started.

She said: “It’s not a game show, it’s an experience and the crew are living in the same conditions for the same length of time so they are part of the community.

“We are not revealing who the people taking part are or how many men and women there are at this stage.

“We will do that when we have a better idea of when the show will air.”

And she was unwilling to even give a rough time scale for when the series would start being shown on TV.

She added that although those taking part were due to be there for a year, anyone was free to leave at any time.

KEO Film’s application to remove the public right of access to part of the Ardnamurchan Estate for the show caused local controversy, with some locals believing it would be good for tourism and others concerned about its effect on a sensitive protected environment.

However, it was approved by Highland Council and the Scottish Ministers.

Neighbour and objector Margaret Green, of Dal-Ghorm House said: “I am concerned about what will happen to the wildlife and that there will be pollution.

“It is not a wilderness, but it is really not suitable for people to live there, because it is forestry.”

But Jill Gosney, who owns Ardshealach Lodge guest house and restaurant in Acharacle, yesterday said she was very pleased they had chosen to film Eden in Ardnamurchan.

She said: “I think it’s good for the area. It’s always a struggle trying to run a business here.

“It’s exciting that they’re making a TV programme here and it can only bring us business.”

Councillor Thomas MacLennan, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, said: “I’m delighted to hear that it’s all up and running and filming is taking place.

“I’m sure it will be good publicity for that part of Lochaber when it appears on the television.”

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/897980/filming-of-eden-begins-in-remote-lochaber-forest/

[Drew.]

I love survival programmes and people using their imaginations to build things. Looking forwards to this

[zakman440]

Cast revealed:

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/eden-meet-the-group?hootPostID=1ec281373924e60900fb511c8401935b

(Also confirmed that filming began in March rather than April)

[Headie]

So they've been filming since March, meaning they've been there for 4 months already

[Will.]

So there's no eliminations as such?

[zakman440]

This starts tonight! You can find interviews with the cast here:

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/interviews-with-the-women-of-eden

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/interviews-with-the-men-of-eden

[zakman440]

On Channel 4 NOW!

[Will.]

I'm watching now

[Will.]

I like to look of the island

[Pete.]

Wait this starts tonight? There has been zero promo lmao

[Headie]

Wait this starts tonight? There has been zero promo lmao

I've seen the teaser promo quite a few times tbh!

[Will.]

Wait this starts tonight? There has been zero promo lmao

Yeah there's been barely any promotion :laugh:

[Shaun]

these all sound like hipster pricks

[Pete.]

I've seen the teaser promo quite a few times tbh!
Tbh I've probably seen some ads but thought it was a nature documentary

[Will.]

these all sound like hipster pricks

Lmao :joker::joker:

[Headie]

I'm liking it so far tbh!

[Will.]

Yeah it's quite good

[Shaun]

I need me a randomly dramatic member to introduce themselves and start accusing the others of being fake for no reason for this to be worth watching for more than 2 weeks (is it a weekly episode?)

[Will.]

Yeah looks like it's weekly

[MB.]

They could at least have had the decency to cast someone off TiBB for us to take the piss out of like 10,000 BC

[Will.]

Me to enter next year?

[Shaun]

I missed 10,000BC what was the tea

[Will.]

I missed 10,000BC what was the tea

Jay entered

[T*]

aaand i'm turning off

[MB.]

I missed 10,000BC what was the tea

Some Jay bloke who you couldn't really pass an opinion on because he'd always reply to it

[Black Dagger]

omfg I remember JayFrost on here in 2011, his random feud with DanielLewis <33

[Will.]

I literally don't know anyone's name apart from Raph

[Will.]

I'm one of the goats

[Black Dagger]

bit bored tbh.

[Will.]

It will be a lot more interesting if they start to form there own settlements and break apart.

[Shaun]

omg not a walker already

[Ross.]

is this good

[Shaun]

no not really

i'll wait to see if jasmine burns down half of the island before walking, before deciding though

[Headie]

is this good

I'm enjoying it but it does seem like slow burner tbh

[MB.]

Time to make the same "when's Tribal Council" joke I probably made every week of 10,000 BC and also perhaps once or twice during The Island with Bear Grylls

[Shaun]

drag him Tara!!!!

[Shaun]

"Ricky Martin's just eaten my rice pudding"

ok close this show down it's peaked

[Headie]

"I'm not trying to split the group but I will be building a home only for eight people"

Lmao

[Cal.]

I heard there was a goat death from our girl Greg and I'M NOT happy.

Axe it now.

[Greg!]

The goat death was so horrible :( why didn't they get a vet in to help it

[Samm]

It was okay, I liked Tara and Jasmine

[Drew.]

This was kinda disappointing. We hardly got to see them actually building anything, most of the time all we saw was the finished product. And I'm all for them getting some tools and things to help get them started but they were more or less given everything needed to survive lol. Anton was the only interesting one who wanted to be more creative/knew what he was doing

[LukeB]

Is this worth watching?

[Jack_]

This was slow but it was okay, I found the narrator's voice a little too soothing that it almost made you want to fall asleep

Agree that they do seem to have been given a lot too. So far I way prefer 10,000BC

[zakman440]

Episode 2 on NOW!

[TomC]

This is such a rip off of 10000 BC

[Jack_]

What a bunch of twats they are towards Anton :umm2: they don't own the resources, they were handed them by the producers...people are free to take them wherever they want

welp @ the narrator saying 'there's no sign of life'

And the outsiders dropping the chocolate off was nice but surely now this is airing once people get wind of where they're located people will do this all the time? I'm surprised they didn't put a stop to it

[BBUKAUSFAN]

show giving me bear grylls the island tease.

[Liam-]

Anton and Tara <3

[Jack_]

Catching up on the last episode

A mess at Glenn finding Caroline gutting a lamb 'sexy'

[Jack_]

The Tara hatred is so OTT :umm2: massaging people is still a job y'know

[Jack_]

omg how dare these utter twats drive her to leave

The pussies, dicks and assholes speech tho :love: the new snakes and rats?

[Jack_]

lol not it being called 'series 2'

Perched for the so-called anarchy tho

[Ross.]

I forgot this existed

Is it good or

[Jack_]

It's nothing amazing but it's okay, it has its moments (though they are fleeting)

I'm mainly watching because I like finishing things that I've started, but we'll see how it goes once the new 'series' starts

[Jack_]

A ****ing mess at this supposedly being shown in 'batches' but it's not been on since August and their year is up next month

I can only assume it's been quietly dropped

[Jack_]

Couldn't find a better link unfortunately but

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2657923/channel-4-survival-show-eden-sees-episodes-slashed-as-it-haemorrhages-viewers-and-contestants/

Now it turns out that Channel 4 will only show footage from the camp at the end of this year.

...

More contestants are since believed to have quit, and I’ve learned producers are struggling to find enough interesting footage to fill the time.

A source said: “Eden was definitely an experiment and it hasn’t gone well.

“The Scottish Highlands are not glamorous and it’s a big ask to get people to give up a whole year of their lives. There have been exits after Tara and that has been another setback.

“It was originally planned for there to be regular shows but that’s now changed to wait until it has finished in the late spring and then the episodes will be put together once they have gone through the footage.”

What is the point?

[Jack_]

The participants have returned home

welp if they've had no idea that it hasn't been shown since August

[Samm]

imagine going through a year of that and then coming home realising no one saw them ejfwnwrhb

[reece(:]

Not a year of their lives wasted

[Rob!]

Screaming at them being left there with nobody watching

[MB.]

:joker:

[Jack_]

Five final episodes being stripped across the week beginning 7th August

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-07-05/channel-4s-lost-survival-series-eden-will-return-to-tv-after-all

Some of the footage is going to be a year old, what an absolute mess this show was

[Headie]

Five final episodes being stripped across the week beginning 7th August

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-07-05/channel-4s-lost-survival-series-eden-will-return-to-tv-after-all

Some of the footage is going to be a year old, what an absolute mess this show was

Welp