Paramount-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a feature-length documentary around the life and murder of the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, who suffered one of the biggest falls from grace ever seen in the British aristocracy. Produced by Spun Gold TV, The Earl, His Lover, The Escort And Her Brother (1 x 90-minutes) includes the first […]
Discovery+ and sibling US cablenet TLC have ordered a new dating show from UK-based Spun Gold TV and Entertainment One (eOne). MILF Manor (10 x 60 minutes) will take eight women aged 40 to 60 from cities across the US to “a paradise destination” in Mexico, where eight men aged half their age are looking […]
C4 orders Spun Gold show Channel 4 in the UK has ordered a three-parter from domestic prodco Spun Gold TV that examines the current standing of the British Royal Family as it steps up its succession planning. The Real Windsors (3 x 60 minutes) looks back at how The Queen’s vision helped to ensure the […]
ITV in the UK has ordered a one-off documentary that promises exclusive access to The Duchess of Cornwall in her role as Guest Editor of Country Life magazine to mark her 75th birthday. Camilla’s Country Life is a 1 x 60-minute show from UK-based Spun Gold TV, with director Michael Waldman (Inside The Foreign Office) attached. […]
eOne to adapt Trivial Pursuit gameshow Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) has partnered with LeVar Burton Entertainment (LBE) to adapt Hasbro’s trivia game Trivial Pursuit into a gameshow format. Actor, author and TV host Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation) will present the show as well as executive produce, alongside Tara Long and Geno McDermott from […]
Rocket takes ‘Essex Lorry Killers’ doc Rocket Rights has acquired international distribution rights to one-off British documentary Hunting The Essex Lorry Killers. Produced by UK-based Expectation for BBC Two, the film tracks the investigation into the death of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in the back of a lorry in October 2019 whilst being trafficked […]
BBC heads ‘Inside Dubai’ UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Inside Dubai: Playground Of The Rich, a new three-part factual series from Spun Gold TV, for its BBC2 channel. The 3 x 60-minute series goes behind the scenes of the fast-growing city which now counts 52,000 millionaires and billionaires among its three million inhabitants. A tax […]
Broadcasters and platforms around the world have struck pre-sale deals with UK distributor and production funding broker Silverlining Rights for the upcoming ITV docuseries Diana’s Decades. Silverlining has revealed that is has secured a substantial proportion of the production budget at development stage through pre-sales to broadcasters including Network 10 in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand, SVT […]
Netflix orders Mike Myers series Netflix has commissioned The Pentaverate, a new limited series created by and starring Canadian-American actor Mike Myers in seven different roles. Few details have yet been revealed about the series, but it will tell the story of a secret society who have been working to influence world events since 1347. […]
Channel 4 orders hotel docuseries UK comcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new three-part factual series from London-based Spun Gold TV that goes behind the scenes at some of the country’s top hotels. The 3 x 60-minute series, which has the working title of Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels, follows staff at London’s Corinthia and The […]
