London/ Cannes – Drive, the production-funding and distribution agency led by Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett announces that it has secured a raft of international broadcast partners for the major new documentary film The Day the Dinosaurs Died.
The film is produced by Barcroft Productions for the BBC in association with NOVA/WGBH, France 5/ France Télévisions, ZDF, BBC Worldwide, NHK and ABC Australia. The Day the Dinosaurs Died is a major scientific documentary event which will uncover the story of one of the most dramatic days in our planet’s history – the day that killed the dinosaurs.
Barcroft Productions gained exclusive access to an expedition that has been drilling down into the impact crater in the Gulf of Mexico created by the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago – recovering strange and often beautiful fragments of the earth from the moments after the impact.
The story of what happened in the moments after the impact has always fascinated experts. And now, the international production takes viewers on an adventure around the world and back in time as the film retells – in CGI and live action footage – the extraordinary story of what happened to the earth in the seconds and hours after the impact. The Day the Dinosaurs Died will reveal what was happening to the dinosaurs before the asteroid struck and how the impact event triggered a worldwide catastrophe that killed off dinosaurs across the planet and wiped out 75% of all life on Earth. BBC Worldwide will distribute the special in territories outside the UK, North America, France, Japan, Australia and Germany.
Since its inception 4 years ago, Drive has become a leader in securing sales, funding and providing consultancy for a portfolio of production company clients including Raw TV, Barcroft Productions, October Films, Blink, yap films and Lightbox. Recent deals negotiated by Drive include the sales of First Contact; Lost Tribe of the Amazon and Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue to Netflix, The World’s Deadliest Weather to BBC Worldwide and Super Scary Plane Landings to multiple broadcasters.
