An Inspired ‘Pitch Perfect’ TV Show Is Coming – Get The Details!

“Pitch Perfect” has spawned a TV show on the BBC. Entitled “Pitch Battle,” it comes from the creators of “Dancing With The Stars.” It will air on the BBC every Saturday nights.

Britain’s best a Capella group will be battling it out in “Pitch Battle.” The show will also have rip-offs and mash-ups, as it is in the movie, among the competing groups.

Below are further details about “Pitch Battle” from Variety.

The show is created by Karen Smith’s production company Tuesday’s Child, and commissioned by Charlotte Moore, director, BBC Content, and Kate Phillips, controller, entertainment commissioning.

Smith formerly worked at the BBC, where she was the executive producer for the launch and first five seasons of “Strictly Come Dancing,” which was adapted as “Dancing With the Stars” in the U.S. She later became the BBC’s creative director, entertainment, before joining Lis Murdoch’s Shine TV as director of programs, and rising to become joint managing director.

Smith said: “After a divisive, depressing 2016, we’re bringing some humor and harmony to 2017 in a contemporary new format with story, scale and spelling-binding, hairs-on-the-back-of-your neck performances.”

Phillips said: “There are millions of people in the U.K. of all ages and backgrounds who sing simply for the love of it, for the joy and sense of community it creates. Tuesday’s Child’s excellent new format reflects this with shed loads of sass and spirit.”

The executive producer for Tuesday’s Child is Smith and the BBC commissioning editor is Jo Wallace.

The commission was awarded to Tuesday’s Child following a three-stage pitch process after 12 independent producers submitted proposals.