BBC Studios is adapting one of Denmark’s longest-running series in Germany.

Teen show Klassen, which follows everyday dramas for pupils and teachers in a school, will be remade by BBC Studios Germany for the WDR network and BBC Studios is eyeing a potential French version.

Klassen has aired more than 1000 episodes on Danish broadcaster DR and has also been remade in Norway and Sweden.

Eva Holtmann, who runs fiction for BBC Studios Germany, revealed the news at Series Mania and said the show will shoot in the summer. Léa Gimonneau-Sorel, a producer at BBC Studios France, said her department is “interested” in a French version.

Holtmann said BBC Studios Germany is looking for “young fresh talent behind the camera” to be involved with Klassen. The idea came up during an annual BBC Studios scripted exchange with the heads of labels from across the group, she added. “We sat in a room for two days talking about development slates and what could be interesting,” said Holtmann. “We are super happy this worked out and will be on in Germany too.”

Holtmann also confirmed a second season of the German version of hit UK comedy Ghosts, which also airs on WDR. Her team also adapts the UK’s Ladhood in Germany, titled Chabos, which is set in a different time period to the original and for its second season will focus on a female perspective. Holtmann described this as an “inspired by” show rather than a straight adaptation like Ghosts.

Matt Forde, who runs BBC Studios Global Productions, said the scripted exchanges are “not rocket science” but it “depends on the mindset going into them” for ideas.

At one of these exchanges, he said a collaboration was struck between BBC Studios-owned Baby Reindeer maker Clerkenwell Films and BBC Studios in Australia over Netflix surfing drama Breakers, and the latter will now provide production services. “Netflix wanted to have partners in the UK and Australia that they trusted. And we can then make [the show] at an interesting cost,” he said. “We are doing more and more of that.”

Forde recently revealed to us that he is seeking a European IP scout to find new scripted formats. The search for the scout continues and Forde said today he may also look to hire someone to help out on the co-pro side.