Former ABC Exec & Jimmy Kimmel Live! EP Duncan Gray Takes Back Control Of Twenty Six 03 After Scoring BBC Commission
Former ABC exec and Jimmy Kimmel Live! executive producer Duncan Gray has taken full control of prod..
Former ABC exec and Jimmy Kimmel Live! executive producer Duncan Gray has taken full control of production company Twenty Six 03 Entertainment after striking a deal with original investor Cineflix Media.
Twenty Six 03 Entertainment was set up as a joint venture between Gray and Cineflix in 2017 and Gray, who was previously VP, Alternative Series and Specials at ABC Entertainment has now become majority shareholder of the business with Cineflix taking a minority position.
Gray told Deadline that the company, which he runs with managing director Antonia Hurford-Jones, that “Cineflix has helped Twenty Six 03 to get to the stage where being able to take majority control made complete sense for both parties”.
He added that the company is developing a slew of projects across genres and it is understood that the company is close to unveiling a big project in the reality space in the coming weeks.
This comes as the company landed its latest BBC commission – a documentary starring former Love Island contestant Chris Hughes. The doc will launch on youth-skewing network BBC Three, likely early next year
Me, My Brother and Our Balls is the first Twenty Six 03 Entertainment project commissioned under the companys new ownership structure, which sees founder Duncan Gray as majority shareholder.
The one-off doc follows Hughes after he had a testicular examination on live television. Facebook views of the clip total over thirty-five million as Hughes aimed to raise awareness for testicular cancer.
As a consequence of that appearance and inspired by his brother for having had the balls to do it, Chriss older brother Ben checked himself for the first time, found a lump and was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Prior to an operation to have his testicle removed, Ben went to freeze his sperm for potential use after the operation. It was during this process that he discovered his sample didnt contain any sperm at all. Bens cancer diagnosis has brought the fertility issue into focus for both brothers. Chris previously had a health scare due to a problem with his testicles and has subsequently undergone several operations. His last sperm test was six years ago and he is long overdue another test.