TV series

The Big Idea Works

2025 · 1 season

A cheerful, low-stakes look at clever people getting practical help, easy to dip in and out of.

Overview: Sara Davies is meeting people from across the UK who’ve come up with brilliant ideas but need some help getting them made. Can Sara and her team of experts make their ideas work?
How it feels: Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Ambition, work, identity
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
work
identity
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: talk, reality
Created by: Alan Adair
Starring: Sara Davies, Eneni Bambara-Abban, Annie Chapter, Chris Hill, Andy Fordham, Sim Oakley, Felix Rowberry
Length: 1 seasons, 16 episodes, 28 min each
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English