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ZDF orders antiques format

All3Media’s Tower Productions is making a German version of antiques format For What It’s Worth. The show was created by Tuesday’s Child and went out on BBC One in the UK. It has been greenlit by pubcaster ZDF in Germany. A 20-episode first season will run on the ZDFneo digital channel in early in 2017. […]

ZDF gets to work on Reformation drama

German pubcaster ZDF has commissioned a two-part miniseries about revolutionary priest Martin Luther to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Heaven and Hell – Martin Luther (WT) will run to two 120-minute episodes, with shooting in Prague already underway. FremantleMedia-owned UFA Fiction is attached to produce, with Uwe Janson directing. Stefan Dähnert and […]

ZDF digital boss takes on docs prodco

Carim Aadam has taken over management of the German broadcaster’s factual prodco doc.station. He replaces veteran producer Hartmut Klenke, who is retiring. Aadam will run doc.station and retain his current responsibilities as head of ZDF Digital Production. He will be the sole doc.station managing director when Klenke exits at the start of next year. ‘In […]

New German VOD net buys NRK drama

A new German VOD platform, Canal+’s SVOD service in France and Channel 4’s Walter Presents have bought an NRK drama about three young women struggling to live adult lives. The deals are the first three distributor About Premium Content has secured for Nordic drama Young and Promising, and highlight the growing buying status of on-demand […]

ZDF orders Professor T drama remake

German broadcaster ZDF has ordered a German version of Professor T., the Belgian cop drama. The scripted format deal means the series will get remade for the second time, with filming just wrapped on a French version for commercial free-TV broadcaster TF1. ZDF’s version of Professor T. will be made by German producer Rowboat Film, […]

Jasper James’ Screen Glue strikes ZDF deal

Jasper James’ indie prodco Screen Glue has inked a three documentary deal with ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF. The UK indie has a first-look deal with distributor DRG, as first reported by TBI, but this agreement builds on a pre-existing deal with ZDFE. Under the terms of the deal ZDFE will […]

Globosat, RTVE, TVN locate Bin Laden doc

A trio of broadcasters has acquired a ZDF documentary profiling notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden. Globosat in Brazil, RTVE in Spain and TVN in Poland are the first buyers of Osama bin Laden – Up Close and Personal from ZDF’s sales arm, ZDF Enterprises. The doc uses recently releases documents to paint a picture of […]

Netflix orders trio of originals, Stranger Things II

Streaming service Netflix has ordered a pair of tween-skewed scripted series, on of which comes from CBBC, a Bill Nye talk show and a second season of summer hit Stranger Things. The tween series are an untitled Horse Mystery project and one based on Jill Murphy’s The Worst Witch novels, both of which are billed […]

ZDFE bags BBC copro doc rights

Mainz-based ZDF Enterprises has taken international distribution rights for The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice, a three-part BBC coproduced documentary. The 3x50mins series comes from Gruppe 5 and is for BBC, ZDF, Arte and ZDFE. A presenter-free version will be completed before MIPCOM in October (the original has two presenters). The series looks at the life […]

France TV delves into science, history with ZDF

France Télévisions has acquired a package of docs from ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF. The French pubcaster has bought ancient history show Apocalypse Neanderthal and climate doc How Climate Made History. Both factual projects are two parters and produced by Berlin and Washington-based Story House Productions. France Télévisions has also taken […]

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