The History Channel


Sky History & The History Channel order WW2 doc ‘U-Boat War Gamers’

A+E Networks UK and ZDF Studios have partnered on U-Boat War Gamers (working title), to premiere in the UK on Sky History in February 2023, and on The History Channel in Eastern Europe, Poland, Nordics, Middle East, South Africa, Italy and Germany next year. Produced by UK indie World Media Rights for ZDF in Germany […]

History Channel expands ‘Alone’ franchise with two spin-off shows

The History Channel is expanding its survival reality franchise Alone, with orders for two new spin-off shows – Alone: The Skills Challenge and Alone: Frozen. Both shows will be produced by ITV America label Leftfield Pictures, with the 12-part Alone: The Skills Challenge, which launches 4 August, following three former Alone participants as they compete […]

A+E Networks Int’l scores History format trio in Nordics & Lat Am

US-based A+E Networks International has secured multiple format commissions for three shows on its pay-TV network The History Channel across the Nordics and Latin America. Survival competition series Alone, which has an eighth season set to debut on The History Channel in the US next month, recently premiered its first season on Discovery+ Sweden as Ensam […]

News brief: History Channel Oz ignites Flame

Foxtel’s thematic net The History Channel in Australia has acquired more than 25 hours of unscripted programming from compatriot Flame Distribution. The channel has acquired new releases Defenders of the Sky, from the UK’s Woodcut Media; Celtic coproduction After Braveheart; and The Man Who Shot the Great War, from Northern Ireland indie Doubleband. History Channel […]

AMC-CBS venture captures Tricon’s Killer

The AMC Networks and CBS channels joint venture in the UK and EMEA is among buyers of Tricon Films & Television programming such as To Catch a Killer. One of the CBS Studios International- and AMC Networks International – Zone-owned channels, CBS Reality, has bought the 8x60mins Killer along with the 7x60mins I Didn’t Do […]

Networks clamber up Berlin Wall

Various broadcasters have acquired Sky Vision’s documentary Berlin Wall: The Night the Iron Curtain Closed. The show is scheduled to deliver on November 9, the 25th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Germany after the Second World War. NTV in Germany, Planete Cable in France, AMC Networks International […]

Discovery Channel gets 3.4 million for Klondike

The Discovery Channel’s first scripted miniseries, Klondike, has delivered solid debut ratings of 3.4 million viewers. The three-part Gold Rush drama premiered on Monday on US cable, and stars Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), Abbie Cornish (Limitless), Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Lie to Me) and Sam Shephard (August: Osage County) as fortune hunters in the […]