UK broadcaster Channel 4, Love Nature and Scottish prodco Maramedia have shared their wildlife and natural history programming plans and demands in a keynote panel at Sunnyside of the Doc in La Rochelle, France, this morning. The talk, moderated remotely by Wildscreen CEO Laura Marshall, saw Alison Barrat, SVP of production and development for Love […]
The BBC is looking for contemporary cultural history content, particularly for its BBC2 channel, as well as co-pros for increased scale, the UK pubcaster’s arts boss has told TBI here at Sunnyside of the Doc in France. Mark Bell, the long-serving BBC Arts commissioning editor, said that he is looking for both series and singles, […]
France Télévisions and some of the fellow pubcasters that make up the Global Doc commissioning group have launched a major call for ambitious science documentaries as they seek new projects to back. Global Doc was launched by France Télévisions at Sunnyside of the Doc three years ago and is based on the model of the pubcaster alliance in […]
France Télévisions has linked up with French prodcos Federation Entertainment and So In Love on a five-part docuseries exploring the sudden disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in 2014. MH370 (5 X 45 minutes), which is being co-developed with the French pubcaster, will feature interviews with investigators and includes eyewitness accounts to delve into the […]
Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature, PBS in the US and Sky Nature in the UK are preparing to air a forthcoming one-hour special about a pair of Osprey, which has recently wrapped production. Osprey (1 x 60 minutes, working title) follows a life-long couple as they reunite having traveled separately from South America to the US to raise […]
France’s ZED snags Arte trio Paris-based distributor & producer ZED is launching three new science projects with a special focus on environmental issues, as the online version of factual conference Sunnyside kicks off this week. Genius Plants (2 x 52 minutes) has been shot in 4K by Thierry Berrod and is produced by Mona Lisa […]
