London 25 June 2007. Talent Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talent Group plc, has been commissioned by BBC to produce a brand new National IQ Test special of the hugely successful Rose D’Or-winning “Test the Nation” interactive format.

Anne Robinson and Danny Wallace will return as hosts for “Test the Nation – National IQ Test 2007” which will broadcast later this year on BBC One. Produced by Talent TV’s Nichola Hegarty, the 1 x 80-minute and 1 x 70-minute Test is a bigger and better IQ test for 2007 and will present a major challenge for the groups and celebrities alike.

Among the studio groups are Reality TV contestants, Removal men, Surgeons, Clairvoyants, people with the last name Robinson and people with the last name Wallace.

Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent Television, says: “The “Test the Nation” IQ Test is always hugely popular with viewers and we are delighted that Anne Robinson will again front the show with co-host Danny Wallace.”

A total of 16 “Test the Nation” shows have broadcast on BBC One to date. Previous Test the Nations have included Know Your English, General Knowledge, IQ Tests, and The 20th Century Test. The programmes all allow viewers to take part on the web, by text message or ‘red button’, providing a truly interactive experience.

Talent TV acquired the UK, Irish and Japanese rights for “Test the Nation” from Dutch creator Eyeworks. Talent Television is currently planning the 5th “Test the Nation” is Japan with co-producers TV Man Union and Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi.

Talent also holds the Irish rights to the format and brokered the first “Test the Nation” deal with Animo Productions in Ireland which was a huge success when it broadcast on RTE last year.

For further information please contact:

Janet Balmforth at Blueprint PR
Tel: +44 (0) 208 868 0511
E Mail: janet@blueprintpr.co.uk

Notes to editors:

Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format creator and producer of innovative television, video and interactive programming. The Company's reputation for prime-time entertainment programming is unrivalled. The “Test the Nation” series for BBC1 is now well established as a scheduling event which combines the excitement of live network television with state-of-the-art interactive television and web technology.

Talent produces a wide range of entertainment and factual programming for a broad spectrum of terrestrial and cabsat broadcasters in the UK, US and worldwide. Current credits include reality documentary “Corkscrewed”, co-produced with LA-based Magic Pictures Inc for Sky One and Fox Reality, and controversial documentaries “The Man With 80 Wives” and “9/11: The Curse of Compensation” for Channel 4. Talent was also a pioneer in reality television with “The Villa”, which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One.

Talent Kids, the children's division, develops high quality, innovative programming for kids. “Best of Friends” is a hit breakthrough reality entertainment format for 6-11 year olds produced for CBBC, now in its third year with over 55 episodes produced, and Talent also works with Cartoon Network producing the live-action sequences for its innovative hit format “Skatoony”, a live-action/cartoon game show now in its second series.