C21 Media, Richard Middleton 20th January 2016 UK-based distributor Silverlining Rights has added a one-off doc about survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp to its sales slate. The Girl Who Forgave The Nazis (1×60′) was produced by Testimony Films for … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 13th January 2016 UK-based distributor Silverlining Rights has expanded its sales slate after picking up a one-off doc produced for Channel 5 (Channel 5) that explores alcoholism. My Name is… and I’m an Alcoholic is produced … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 14th October, 2015 Silverlining Rights has picked up international distribution rights to a show from UK prodco Knickerbockerglory about doctors. GPs: Behind Closed Doors (40×60’) will start airing on Channel 5 in the UK this evening … Continued
Broadcast, Matthew Campbell 24th September 2015 Pioneer Productions will explore the explosive relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots in a one-off docu-drama for BBC2. The 60-minute Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary will use dramatic reconstruction to bring … Continued
C21 Media, Clive Whittingham,24th September 2015 BBC2 in the UK has commissioned a one-off factual drama about the lives of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Tinopolis-owned UK prodco Pioneer Productions is working on Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 27th August 2015 National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has linked up with Channel 5 (C5) in the UK and Smithsonian Channel on a two-hour special exploring some of the largest creatures ever to have lived on … Continued
Broadcast, Matthew Campelli 21st August 2015 Ben Fogle will front an ambitious ‘whale-fall’ experiment for ITV which will lure large sea creatures – including sharks – to the carcass of a whale. The natural history series, produced by Sussex-based indie … Continued
The Guardian, Press Association 21st August 2015 Adventurer Ben Fogle has embarked on an expedition to hunt for great white sharks in UK waters, using the carcass of a 30ft whale as bait. The investigation will reveal the hidden creatures … Continued
The Times (London), Gabriel Tate 19th August 2015 ★★★★☆ The producers of Terror on Everest: Surviving the Nepal Earthquake, meanwhile, Could Do Better. Even with extraordinary raw material, they couldn’t resist slathering a hyperbolic voice-over and soundtrack on top; what … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 18th August 2015 ABC in Australia and networks across Europe have picked up a documentary about a little-known hero of the 9/11 attacks in the US. 9/11: The Lost Hero has been produced by UK-based Testimony … Continued
Realscreen, Daniele Alcinii 14th August, 2015 The Testimony Films-produced doc reveals a firsthand account from Jason Thomas (pictured), a former Marine Corps sergeant, on the events surrounding his rescue of two New York City police officers – Will Jimeno and … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 13th August, 2015 A UK broadcaster has picked up Smithsonian Channel’s one-hour doc about the earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 8,000 people in April. Channel 4 has acquired rights to Nepal Quake: Terror on … Continued
Mail Online 5th June, 2015 It’s now a given that most every natural disaster, even in a location as remote as Nepal, will be captured by gripping amateur video. The challenge for the Smithsonian Channel was taking this material and … Continued
ABC.net 4th June, 2015 On Saturday 25th April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake devastated Nepal, killing more than eight thousand people and leaving over a million homeless. As the quake struck, climbers on Mount Everest were caught in a massive … Continued
C21 Media, Richard Middleton 2nd June, 2015 Smithsonian Channel in the US has ordered a one-off documentary about the earthquakes that struck Nepal in April from a fledgling UK production outfit. Nepal Quake: Terror on Everest (1×60′) tells the story … Continued
TV By the Numbers, Amanda Kondolojy 1st June, 2015 SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ REVEALS HARROWING ACCOUNTS OF EARTHQUAKES AND AVALANCHE IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT EVEREST NEPAL QUAKE: TERROR ON EVEREST PREMIERING SUNDAY, MONDAY JUNE 8 AT 9 PM ET/PT New York, June … Continued
Broadcast Now – Matthew Campelli 30 March 2015 Channel 4 has ordered a fast-turnaround documentary about the safety of flying following last week’s Germanwings air disaster. ITN Productions’ How Safe Are Our Planes? is an hour-long film which will investigate … Continued
The Daily Fray, JOHN HOWELL, 9th November 2014 Madison Stewart wanted to get one thing straight before production began on “Shark Girl,” a film that depicts global misunderstanding and a man-made attack against sharks. “I made them put it in the contract … Continued
C21Media, Richard Middleton 22nd October, 2014 Discovery Networks Western Europe has ordered an eight-part factual show for its Animal Planet channel in the UK from indie Blink Films. Meet the Orangutans (8×30) reveals the comical and sometimes tragic stories of … Continued
BroadcastNow 18 July 2014 Channel 4 has commissioned a fast-turnaround Dispatches investigating the tragedy of the Malaysia-bound flight shot down in Ukraine. Murder In The Sky – Flight MH17 will TX on Monday night (21 July) in the broadcaster’s 8pm … Continued
Channel 4 Press Release 13 JUN 2014 On Friday 23 May, British born Elliot Rodger killed six students, injured thirteen, caused carnage across nine locations in Santa Barbara before turning the gun on himself. Online he had posted his troubled … Continued
Smithsonian Newsdesk 7th May 2014 Madison Stewart is an inspiring young woman with a passion to protect the creatures most people fear: sharks. Known to many simply as “shark girl,” she’s been diving with sharks since the age of 12. … Continued
Realscreen, Kevin Ritchie 3rd April, 2014 U.S. cable networks Smithsonian Channel and Discovery en Español are to air one-off specials about the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mystery. Smithsonian Channel will air Malaysia 370: The Plane That Vanished on April 6 … Continued
C21Media, Nico Franks 3rd April, 2014 Discovery Networks International (DNI) and Smithsonian Channel in the US have both commissioned one-hour investigations into the disappearance of Flight 370. DNI has ordered Flight 370: The Missing Links, which attempts to gather the … Continued
C21Media, Clive Whittingham 22nd January, 2014 Discovery Networks International (DNI), Discovery Canada and PBS have commissioned a four-part series on the relationships forged between humans and animals. My Wild Affair (4×60’) is being produced by Blink Films and Newroad Media … Continued
Realscreen, Kelly Anderson January 21, 2014 Discovery Networks International, Discovery Canada and PBS will air a four-part series on the friendships between animals and humans, from UK prodco Blink Films and Canada’s Newroad Media. My Wild Affair is a 4 x 60-minute … Continued
The Examiner 17th December, 2013 How Sherlock Changed the World In today’s world, we’ve been so inundated with coroner-related dramas, especially the Law & Order and CSI TV series that we think evidence over interrogation. The PBS two-hour documentary “How Sherlock … Continued
Newsday, VERNE GAY December 16, 2013 THE SHOW: “How Sherlock Changed the World” WHEN | WHERE: Tuesday night at 9 on WNET/13 WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The name is Holmes — Sherlock Holmes — and before launching a thousand movies, books … Continued
Radio Times 12th December 2013 Marina Chapman says she was raised in the jungle by monkeys. National Geographic have decided to test her claims… Marina Chapman clutches her tall glass of coffee with both hands, one on top of the … Continued
C21 Media 16 May 2013 Channel 5 (C5) in the UK has ordered a fast-turnaround doc about the three women imprisoned in a cellar in suburban Cleveland, which is being coproduced with Investigation Discovery (ID) in the US. Ohio Slave … Continued
Realscreen 16 May 2013 U.S. net Investigation Discovery (ID) and British broadcaster Channel 5 (C5) are co-producing a quick turnaround doc on the Cleveland kidnappings, made by ITN Productions and set to air in the UK next Wednesday (May 22). … Continued
C21Media, Nico Franks 26th February, 2013 A US broadcaster has picked up natural history special Shark Girl from its Australian distributor. Smithsonian Channel has acquired the 57-minute film, which tells the story of Madi Stewart, who left school at 14 … Continued
C21Media, Nico Franks 15th January 2013 PBS has ordered an “intimate portrait” of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking as well as a documentary on Sherlock Holmes. A Brief History of Mine (working title) doc features exclusive access to Hawking’s life story, … Continued
