Glenn Barden became known in the UK in 2000 for creating the controversial television endurance show Touch the Truck

Touch the Truck

Touch the Truck was a British Channel 5 endurance gameshow which aired in 2001.It was hosted by Dale Winton and involved a group of 20 contestants holding onto a truck with the last person left touching the truck winning it....

 described by the Sunday Times as "the worst tv idea ever".

He started his television career at MTV Europe where he created and designed their primetime comedy and gossip show MTV Hot. The show's attitude and style was later used as the basis of Channel 4's Popworld

Popworld

Popworld was a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4, offering pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from the most recent top artists....

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In 1999 he was series producer of the BBC2 music series Acetate.

In 2000 he produced and directed Hellraisers, a documentary on notable bad boys Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...

, Keith Moon

Keith Moon

Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...

 and Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....

. When broadcast on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 on a Saturday night it attracted over 2 million viewers.

In the same year he formed the independent production company Vashca. Their output includes Bravo series I Predict a Riot and Virgin One's Rageh Omaar's Crime Invasion as well as the documentary The Real Dirk Diggler about the seventies porn star John Holmes.

In 2010 he was the series producer of Celebrity Masterchef 2010.