Sky Crime in the UK has picked up Cineflix true crime docuseries The Torso Killer Confessions. The series, which will be titled as The Torso Killer in the UK, will debut on 3 September, with the acquisition coming just days after the two-part special launched on A&E in the US. Featuring never-before-heard audio, exclusive footage […]
Sky buys double Espresso Sky Crime and Sky Arts in the UK have picked up rights to documentary duo Monster In The Shadows (3 x 52 minutes) and On Broadway (1 x 82 minutes) from Espresso Media International. Sky Crime will broadcast Monster In The Shadows in April, following its debut on NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the […]
Sky Crime in the UK is preparing to air Murdered At First Sight from producer Woodcut Media. The 10 x 60-minute show tells the first-hand stories of some of the most complex and hard-to-solve cases of stranger murders, where no disgruntled partners or jealous relatives are involved. The series will debut on Sky Crime in […]
Drive strikes global sales for Diana doc Channel Nine in Australia, Reelz in the US, TV2 in Norway, Servus TV in Austria, RLT Netherlands and TVNOW in Germany have acquired two-part ITV documentary The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess, following deals with UK-based distributor Drive. The 2 x 60-minute programme was produced by Minnow […]
Sky Crime in the UK, AMC-owned streamer Acorn TV in the US and Seven Network in Australia have picked up rights to The Real Manhunter, a 10-part docuseries that tells the story behind recent ITV drama Manhunt. The show is from Abacus Media Rights (AMR) and UK producer Revelation Films, with Metropolitan Police detective Colin Sutton – who features […]
Both Netflix and the UK’s Sky have commissioned separate documentary projects about the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. The projects were both announced on Monday and are both being made in collaboration with the victim’s family. The as yet-unnamed Netflix project is a three-part series being made by Lightbox due to debut next […]
Oz medical series ‘Emergency’ in multiple sales TV4 in Sweden, Mediaworks’ Three in New Zealand, RTL Netherlands and RTB in Brunei have acquired Australian medical obs-doc series Emergency following deals with distributor Fred Media, with further agreements in the works in Europe and North America. The 10 x 60-minute series, which was produced by WTFN […]
British pay TV channel Sky Crime, part of the Comcast-owned Sky Group, has commissioned the London-based prodco Woodcut Media to produce a three-part true crime documentary based upon the crimes of murderer Beverley Allitt. The 3 x 60-minute series, The Beverley Allitt Tapes will delve into how, in 1993, a seemingly shy and unassuming nurse […]
Netflix and UK network Sky Crime have picked up a Texas-based three-part documentary that follows the release of a self-confessed murderer who spent 30 years on death row. The show, from US- and UK-based Znak & Co, will be titled A Killer Uncaged for Sky Crime and will fall under the I Am A Killer […]
Will Hanrahan, founder and creative director of UK-based FirstLook TV, reflects on the launch of the new Sky Crime channel but urges producers to innovate to avoid becoming complacent. Walk into any bookstore and you are at once surrounded by shelves. Each week another one seems to arrive or be repositioned. A constant is the […]
