BBC Studios announces The Quiz Vault at MIPCOM
October 13, 2026



At MIPCOM in Cannes, BBC Studios unveiled plans to strengthen BBC Studios’ European scripted business through new development investment and expertise, and announced a new quiz show called The Quiz Vault.

To support its growing European scripted ambitions, BBC Studios Global Productions says it is strengthening its scripted development capabilities, drawing on the expertise of international drama producer Ben Donald to help identify and develop new scripted IP across its European production network. Donald will provide executive-producing support, bringing his experience and relationships across European drama to the development of local-language drama, as well as opportunities for collaboration and co-production across markets.


This forms part of BBC Studios Global Productions’ wider strategy to grow its production businesses and develop original IP. As part of that strategy, a central scripted fund has been established to support the development of new IP, including opportunities to option material and build relationships with writers, authors and other creative talent.

Donald has more than 20 years’ experience in television and previously spent 20 years at BBC Studios (then BBC Worldwide), most recently as Executive Producer, International Drama, where he developed and managed international drama co-productions. His work included Death in Paradise, the first Anglo-French scripted co-production, Parade’s End with HBO and ARTE France, Spies of Warsaw, The Passing Bells, The Refugees, Zen, Wolf Hall and Good Omens. More recently, through his production company Cosmopolitan Pictures, Donald has focused on developing and producing European and foreign-language scripted projects, building relationships with creative talent and commissioners across the region. He will continue to lead Cosmopolitan Pictures alongside his work with BBC Studios.

Meanwhile, The Quiz Vault is a new show produced by Strong Watch Studios and hosted by creator and comedian Max Fosh, launching in early 2027 on the new Quiz and Trivia YouTube channel.

Blending a raft of games and quiz-show mechanics with celebrity chat, every episode sees Fosh challenge a guest to a fast-paced quiz marathon where the game changes after every round.

The new Quiz and Trivia channel will bring together archive from some of the world’s most iconic quiz brands, including The Weakest Link and A Question of Sport, alongside Impossible, This is My House and Answer Run, curated collections, play-along clips and original shows.