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Emma Willis transforms in new Channel 4 teaser campaign for The Circle

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Channel 4 has unveiled an innovative trailer for Series 2 of The Circle, featuring presenter Emma Willis as viewers have never seen her before. On air from today (Friday 23 August), the promo shows Emma shapeshifting into an array of guises showing that anyone can be anyone in The Circle. These characters include a ‘more mature’ grey-haired Emma; a ‘daring’ tattooed Emma; and a bearded male Emma. The campaign includes TV, social, outdoor and press.

View the full trail here: https://youtu.be/pNAX7H0sYpY

The ground-breaking game is returning to Channel 4 this autumn with an extended run and weekly live episodes. The live shows will give viewers at home the chance to influence the narrative in The Circle in different dramatic ways via the show’s bespoke app.

The promo, created by Channel 4’s inhouse creative agency 4creative, in partnership with Nexus Studios and directors Smith & Foulkes, sees Emma morph between different characters to illustrate the concept of show – a popularity game where anyone can be anyone. The trailer kicks off an on-screen and off-screen marketing campaign ahead of the all-new series launching in autumn on Channel 4.

The Circle is the popularity game where anyone can be anyone. Players can choose to be whomever they think will make them most popular with other players. They don’t get to know each other face-to-face, meeting each other through the profiles they choose to share through The Circle (a purpose-built, voice activated social media site) and the information they release via chats. Last year, contestant Alex Hobern won £75,000 catfishing as ‘Kate’.   

The players live in separate apartments in a single building and play games and chat with each other through The Circle. They rate each other frequently and unpopular players are blocked. Once blocked, and before leaving the show, the eliminated players will get to meet other players in person for the first time. Ultimately, the most popular player at the end of the series wins a cash prize.

The Circle was commissioned by Channel 4 Deputy Director of Programmes Kelly Webb-Lamb and Factual Entertainment Commissioning Editor Gilly Greenslade.  The series will be made in Greater Manchester by Studio Lambert North and Motion Content Group. Executive producers for Studio Lambert will be: Tim Harcourt, Darrell Olsen, Daisy Lilley, Susy Price and Toni Ireland. Martin Oxley will be executive producer for Motion Content Group.

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Notes to Editors

 

4CREATIVE CREDITS

Campaign Title

Anyone Can Be Anyone

On-Air / Off-Air / Digital / Social

On Air / Off-Air / Social

 

 

CREATIVE

Acting Head of 4creative

Chris Wood

Executive Creative Director

Alice Tonge

Creatives

Jonas Roth (On Air)

Rasmus Smith Bech (On Air)

Jim Chambers (Off Air)

Director

Smith & Foulkes @ Nexus Studios

Designer

Aimi Awang

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

 

Business Director

Jane English

PRODUCTION

 

Head of Production

Clare Brown

Executive Producer

Shananne Lane

Producer (4creative)

Selena Cunningham (On Air)

Shizuka Hata (Off Air)

Producer (Nexus Studios)

Tracey Cooper

Production Manager (Nexus Studios)

Rebecca Archer

Project Manager

Olivia Emmerson

Photographer

Andy Lo Pó

Retouching

Stuart Frost @ Curious

Director of Photography

Simon Richards

Production Company

Nexus Studios

VFX

Nexus Studios

Audio

Factory

DIGITAL

 

Executive Producer

Christos Savvides

Digital Producer

Madeleine Smith

Digital Production Assistant

Jasmine Stradling

Social Video Director

Charles Barclay
Lewis Mengo

 

MARKETING

 

Controller of Marketing & Media

James Walker

Group Marketing Manager

Grace Ayres

Marketing Manager

Sean Boles