Fremantle and France TV has announced a presale of An Hour on Earth (working title), a premium four-part series that captures the most critical moments in the day when the natural world bursts into life. Using pioneering seamless filming techniques, each episode explores the fleeting “magic hours” when conditions are just right and animals spring into action. From the rush hour just after dawn in the Kalahari as desert creatures race to beat the rising heat, to the hour after rainfall in the … [Read more...] about Fremantle Lands France TV Presale for An Hour on Earth (working title)
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All3Media International checks in with Curve Media’s Chess Masters
All3Media International has announced it will represent Curve Media’s Chess Masters. Commissioned by BBC Two, this brand-new factual entertainment format will pit 16 passionate players from all backgrounds and parts of the UK against one another. As well as unpicking and exploring their psychological gameplay, we’ll discover the often emotional backstories and reasons for playing as they compete with one another in a series of face to face rapid or blitz games. Each game will take place in the … [Read more...] about All3Media International checks in with Curve Media’s Chess Masters
All3Media International signs new deal for Pompeii: The New Dig as PBS boards Lion Television project
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has signed a key deal for Lion Television’s upcoming premium factual series Pompeii: The New Dig, as PBS joins the project, commissioned by BBC Two, as co-producer with Arte France and acquires broadcast rights for the US and Canada. From the renowned creators of Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb and Saving Venice, Pompeii: The New Dig follows the biggest excavation of Pompeii in a generation. The 3 x 1 hour series, which will broadcast in … [Read more...] about All3Media International signs new deal for Pompeii: The New Dig as PBS boards Lion Television project
All3Media International inks premium factual content deal for Chinese Audience with bilibili
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has signed a deal with Chinese streaming service bilibili for 80+ hours of factual content including premium documentaries, factual entertainment and reality competition series. Following its recent acclaimed launch on BBC Two, the deal will see 72 Films’ premium factual documentary, Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius land in China. This gripping and visceral three part documentary series depicts the life of the world’s most famous playwright … [Read more...] about All3Media International inks premium factual content deal for Chinese Audience with bilibili
Fremantle and WhyNow Productions partner on Coco Chanel
Fremantle have acquired the global distribution rights to Coco Chanel, the truly radical story of a woman who turned fashion on its head. The feature documentary from WhyNow Productions, founded by Gabriel Jagger, details how Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, the original influencer, started her own couture business at the turn of the 20th century and changed how women dressed for the modern world. Coco Chanel will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer as part of the flagship Arena … [Read more...] about Fremantle and WhyNow Productions partner on Coco Chanel
The BBC acquires the critically acclaimed modern-day love story Colin from Accounts
The BBC has acquired the critically acclaimed Australian romantic comedy Colin from Accounts, coming to BBC Two and iPlayer later this year. Created, written by and starring Patrick Brammall (Offspring, Glitch) and Harriet Dyer (The Invisible Man, No Activity), the eight-part series centres on Ashley and Gordon; two single(ish), complex humans who are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog. Colin from Accounts is about flawed, funny people choosing each other and … [Read more...] about The BBC acquires the critically acclaimed modern-day love story Colin from Accounts
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