By John Creamer for TELEVISUAL…

UKTV’s Watch has ordered a 4×60’ series with psychological illusionist Katherine Mills. 

Katherine Mills: Mind Games blends Mills’ skills in ‘mentalism’, together with her love of magic, to perform acts of mind control. The series has been commissioned by Hilary Rosen and is ordered by Watch General Manager Steve North. Objective Productions and Crook Productions will co-produce. 

In each episode Mills meets the British public and performs displays of ‘mind magic’. The show will see her “examine the bond between parents and children; the relationship between twins; the connection between staff in a supermarket and the interaction between friends out to dinner or at the cinema. Katherine takes the everyday world around us and makes it extraordinary.”

The series will air in peak on Watch this autumn while Katherine Mills is currently featuring in CBBC’s Help! My Supply Teacher is Still Magic. 

Watch’s Commissioning Editor Hilary Rosen said: “Objective Productions has a long-standing relationship with UKTV and makes some of the most innovative entertainment programmes on television.  We were blown away by Katherine’s talent and her charm, I expect the Watch audience will be too.” 

General Manager for Watch, Steve North, added: “This is a bold and unique programme for Watch. Katherine Mills is exceptional; her skills in mentalism combined with her background in psychology and experience in magic make for an exciting new entertainment series.”

Executive Producer Matt Crook, added: “I’m excited to bring the fascinating area of mind illusion to Watch. This has been the hardest but most satisfying show I’ve ever been involved in.”

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