European pay-TV giant Sky has ordered Tell Them You Love Me, a documentary feature about the affair between a married female professor and a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy. Produced by Louis Theroux’s production company, Mindhouse, the film will launch on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW in November 2023. It is co-produced with Topic […]
Sky is adding to its unscripted slate with a dozen new originals, including a feature doc about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a crime series exploring drug gangs in Ireland. Zuckerberg: King Of The Metaverse (w/t) combines rarely seen archive footage and exclusive interviews to reveal more about the social media titan, with the show […]
Sky sets Juan Carlos doc Sky Documentaries has ordered a four-part series exploring the rise and fall of former Spanish king, Juan Carlos I. The as-yet untitled show will track his fall from being a Spanish hero, after allegations surrounding his financial arrangements led to his abdication in 2014. The series is produced by Christian […]
Sky has launched its first documentary shorts fund, which will offer £500,000 ($625,000) to fund programming from underrepresented communities. The scheme, which is a partnership between Sky Documentaries and APX Content Ventures (part of French ad and PR firm Publicis Media), will provide funding for “several documentary shorts” that have a runtime of 10-30 minutes. The […]
Sky in Germany has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will provide the pay TV operator with 150 hours of programming to act as the “backbone” for its Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries channels in the country. The deal, described as a “long-term partnership”, will see Sky Deutschland become the pay TV home […]
‘Survivor’ format lands double CEE deal United Media-owned Nova TV in Croatia and Nova S in Serbia have picked up a new local adaptation of the Banijay adventure reality format Survivor, while TV Markíza in Slovakia and TV Nova in the Czech Republic have also acquired a separate new version of the format. Acun Medya […]
HBO Max has struck a pre-sale deal for UK factual fashion series Kingdom Of Dreams, for Europe, Latin America and Asia. The 4 x 60-minute series, which is produced by London-based Misfits Entertainment, in collaboration with international distributor Fremantle, as a Sky Original, is also headed to Crave in Canada and will debut this year. […]
Grace Chapman, series director at UK factual prodco Arrow Pictures, reveals how docuseries Positive delves into the arrival of HIV/AIDS in Britain in the 1980s and explores its subsequent impact on society over the following four decades. In December 1981, The Lancet reported that a gay man had died from Pneumocystis pneumonia in the Royal Brompton Hospital. The […]
Sky-owned British pay-TV channel Sky Documentaries has commissioned a football-focused feature length documentary about the rapid rise and fall of the European Super League (ESL) earlier this year. Debuting as a Sky Original, the 1 x 90-minute programme is being produced by Fulwell 73, in association with Sky Studios, and will air on Sky Documentaries […]
UK-based pay TV operator Sky has commissioned five new shows for its documentary-focused channel, including a three-parter about Mother Teresa, The series and specials will be available via Sky Documentaries, which launched a year ago in the UK, and via Sky’s streaming service NOW. Mother Teresa: For The Love Of God? is a 3 x 60-minute docuseries that is […]
