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Factual
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Arrow splits into two sister labels
Factual indie Arrow is to split its business into two sister labels focused on separate…
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Nat Geo greenlights The Bible From Space from All3’s Caravan
National Geographic has commissioned two-part documentary special The Bible From Space, from UK indie Caravan….
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Expectation nabs Maverick TV exec to head factual development
Expectation Factual has appointed Maverick TV’s Emily Dollman to a newly-created head of development role….
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C4 greenlights Training Teachers to Kill from Sundog
Channel 4 (C4) Factual has commissioned 60-minute doc Training Teachers to Kill from Sundog Pictures. The…
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Netflix takes Murder Mountain from Lightbox
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox is producing a new six-part documentary series for Netflix that…
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CBS All Access orders play-along true crime drama
CBS streamer CBS All Access has made a straight-to-series order for Interrogation, a true-crime drama…
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BBC Studios hires Twenty Twenty exec for unscripted development
BBC Studios has appointed Twenty Twenty’s Martha Housden and The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan…
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C4 orders Generation Porn from Story Films
Channel 4 (C4) has ordered landmark documentary trilogy Generation Porn from Story Films, which will explore…
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UKTV pre-buys Woodcut and Forces TV’s Royals on the Frontline
Woodcut Media and Forces TV Productions have teamed for the first time on three-part documentary…
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A+E Networks to launch week-long Crime + Investigation event
A+E Networks is to launch Twisted Faith, its first primetime week-long programming event for Crime…
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Channel 5 commissions obs doc series Code Zero
Channel 5 has commissioned Zinc Media’s Reef Television to produce Code Zero: Police Under Attack (working…
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Nat Geo goes to North Korea with Michael Palin
National Geographic has acquired ITN Productions’ one-off documentary North Korea From The Inside With Michael…
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History to premiere Watergate doc this autumn
History is set to premiere its original documentary Watergate, from Academy Award-winning director Charles Ferguson,…
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ZDF to remake No More Boys and Girls for Germany
ZDF is set to remake BBC Two’s No More Boys and Girls for a German…
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HBO teams with Axio for limited doc series
US premium cable network HBO is teaming up with political media company Axio to produce…
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Viceland greenlights US drug crisis doc
Viceland has greenlit a documentary reality series, American Junkie, following America’s current drug crisis. The…
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Netflix celebrates Quincy Jones in new doc
The life of legendary US music producer, arranger, composer and songwriter Quincy Jones will be…
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Sonar partners with Felipe Esparza for comedy-travel series
Sonar Entertainment is developing a new comedy-travel series with comedia Felipe Esparza based on making…
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BBC Two orders first VR property show
BBC Two has commissioned Remarkable Television to make Watch This Space, a virtual reality property…
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Netflix picks up Emporium’s World’s Toughest Prisons
Netflix has ordered Emporium Productions Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, due to premiere this month….
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HBO greenlights diversity doc from Whitney prodco
HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, the winning project from the Feature Documentary Initiative created…
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A&E Network unveils launch date for David Cassidy doc
A&E Network is to premiere its original ‘Biography’ documentary special David Cassidy: The Last Session…
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AMC Int’l inks distribution deal with VR studio
AMC Networks International Southern Europe has made a deal with Rooftop Immersive Studio to aggregate…
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Ray Winstone visits Sicily in factual TV debut
British actor Ray Winstone is to front his first ever factual TV series Ray Winstone’s…
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eOne snaps up global rights to Nevins-directed Barbie doc
Entertainment One (eOne) and streaming platform Hulu have announced a deal for the Andrea Nevins-directed…
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Jay-Z to produce Meek Mill doc at Amazon
Amazon is set to feature a six-part documentary series that follows rapper Meek Mill as…
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Netflix teams with Canada’s Hot Docs for funding initiative
Netflix and Canada’s documentary festival and conference, Hot Docs, are unveiling a five-year funding and…
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HBO picks up Obama doc The Final Year
HBO has picked up exclusive rights to The Final Year, which follows former President Obama’s…
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Kew preps Cannes non-fiction slate with Dames doc
Kew Media Group has acquired worldwide sales rights to six documentaries ahead of the Cannes…
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BBC & Discovery set for Offspring Films doc
A BBC and Discovery copro, hailing from Bristol-based Offspring Films, is set to air on…