The Factual Specialists Programme Catalogue 2020
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International International International International the factual specialists programme catalogue 2020 tvfinternational.com 1 v about us With a rich and respected catalogue selected from the output of the world’s leading producers and commissioners, TVF International offers a boutique programming service that meets the needs of channels and on-demand platforms in over 190 countries worldwide. With a global team, that speaks over 15 languages, TVF International brings the best of the world’s documentaries and factual programming to the international market. Consult your TVF International sales executive to find out what we can do for you. our senior team Harriet Armston-Clarke Director [email protected] Will Stapley Head of Acquisitions [email protected] Lindsey Ayotte Head of Sales [email protected] Julian Chou-Lambert Acquisitions Manager [email protected] Catriona McNeish Head of APAC [email protected] Oliver Clayton Senior Sales Executive [email protected] Samuel Joyce Senior Sales Executive [email protected] Katie Bench Sales Executive [email protected] Serafina Pang Sales Executive [email protected] Izabela Sokolowska Head of Programme Servicing & Reversioning [email protected] Patrick Lavin Programme Servicing Executive [email protected] Alex Shawcross Head of Business Affairs [email protected] tvfinternational.com 2 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY 2 HISTORY 11 WORLD AFFAIRS 26 LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT 41 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE 55 SPECIAL FORCES 66 CRIME 69 RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY 75 ARTS 81 SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT 94 SPACE 109 WILDLIFE 113 TRAVEL & ADVENTURE 123 FOOD 139 HEALTH & FAMILY 147 SEX & RELATIONSHIPS 164 INDEX 171 tvfinternational.com 1 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY Peer to Peer, Series 1-4 Format: 43 x 24/48 (HD) Broadcaster: Bloomberg TV What makes a great leader and how is leadership developed? David Rubenstein is back in conversation with the world’s most influential leaders to uncover their path to success. Episodes feature Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, billionaire business mogul Richard Branson and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. tvfinternational.com 2 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY Inside Windsor Castle Inside Buckingham Palace Format: 4 x 44 (HD) Format: 2 x 46 (HD) Broadcaster: Channel 5, Smithsonian Channel Broadcaster: Channel 5, Smithsonian Channel What secrets lie behind the walls of Windsor Behind the pomp and ceremony of Buckingham Castle, the iconic Royal Family home? For nearly Palace lies a closed and secretive world. Featuring a thousand years, the castle has seen controversy, stunning re-enactments and never-before-seen battles and countless family occasions. Through documents revealing the building’s many secrets, dramatic reconstructions, exclusive interviews and this show unveils the turbulent history of the archive footage, we uncover the fascinating real palace through the good times and the bad, from stories behind Britain’s most famous family. publicity triumphs to unspeakable scandals. Harry: Warrior Prince Diana: The New Evidence Format: 1 x 60 (HD) Format: 1 x 50 Broadcaster: Forces TV There are still questions about the terrible crash that As Prince Harry settles down to married life, this film killed Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and the driver looks at the making of a Warrior Prince. With unique Henri Paul. With new previously unseen evidence interviews with Harry and those close to him and and access to CCTV footage, censored documents access to key moments in his military service, we and eye-witness accounts, this film re-examines learn how overcoming his mental health struggles the evidence in order to find the truth behind inspired him to create the Invictus Games and go the extraordinary conspiracy theories. Featuring from wayward prince to Britain’s most loved royal. interviews with Princes William and Harry. Diana: The Night She Died Diana: The Inquest Format: 1 x 52 Format: 1 x 47 Broadcaster: Channel 5 Broadcaster: Channel 5 An intriguing documentary about the failings This is a remarkable documentary investigating of the official investigation into the 1997 car crash the mysterious inquest into the deaths of Princess which killed Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed. It features their driver Henri Paul. Demonstrating how much previously unseen CCTV footage from the of the evidence needed to establish the truth has cameras at the Ritz Hotel where Diana and Dodi been covered up, this film is compulsory viewing spent a significant part of their last hours in the for conspiracy theorists. Imperial Suite, the grandest the hotel has to offer. tvfinternational.com 3 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY The Making of a Queen The Queen: A Monarch for All Seasons Format: 1 x 48 Broadcaster: Channel 5 Format: 1 x 54 Featuring rare and previously unseen archive She was born a princess, but never expected footage, this is an exclusive look at a defining to be Queen. This social record explores the period in the Queen’s life – from the moment her unprecedented archive history of the great events father the King died on February 6th 1952, to the in the Queen’s public life, set against the joys, day of her Coronation on June 2nd 1953, when sorrows, trials and passions of her private life up the shy 25-year-old was suddenly thrust into the to the present day. In the 21st century, the Queen limelight and crowned Queen of England. remains the calm centre of a tempestuous age. William & Kate: A Royal Love Story Keeping It in the Royal Family Format: 1 x 44 (HD) Format: 1 x 50 (HD) Broadcaster: TLC Broadcaster: ARTE, ZDF The definitive account of the love story between Ever wondered just how closely linked Europe’s Prince William and the girl who became his Queen. Royal dynasties are? This documentary investigates Unveiling William and Kate’s intriguing royal the roots of the British Royal Family, unveiling the courtship and discovering the real Kate Middleton fascinating legacy of Leopold I of Belgium who with impressive access, exclusive photographic masterminded marriage policies between all the material and captivating archive footage, this major European monarchies, from Norway and programme reveals where it all began. Sweden to Portugal, Greece and Bulgaria. William & Kate: A Royal Love Story tvfinternational.com 4 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY Royal Paintbox Charles at 60 Format: 1 x 51 / 1 x 71 (HD) Format: 1 x 52 Broadcaster: ITV No heir to the British throne has ever spent For the first time on film, The Prince of Wales more years in waiting than Prince Charles. It has reveals an extraordinary treasure trove of rarely seen been a long, sometimes painful journey for this artworks by members of the Royal Family, past and king-in-waiting, a dedicated prince and complex present. With exclusive access and featuring the man, who – rare among royals – has become spectacular royal landscapes of Balmoral, Highgrove wiser and happier with age. Through extensive and Windsor Castle, come along as he explores a archival footage, we follow his extraordinary life, in colourful palette of intimate family memory. scrupulous and occasionally shocking detail. The Madness of Prince Charles The House of Windsor: A Royal Dynasty Format: 1 x 47 Broadcaster: ITV Format: 3 x 52 Against the background of Prince Charles’ From abdication to Afghanistan, from fairytale wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles, The Madness princesses to terrorist attacks, this is the real story of Prince Charles examines the current heir to the of the Windsors. The series chronicles nearly a throne’s difficult relationships with women, family century of royal triumphs and misfortunes, from and the public, and takes an intriguing look at his the reign of the first Windsors, George V and controversial ideas, particularly on architecture, Queen Mary, to the long rule of Queen Elizabeth II medicine and religion. and her expanding House of Windsor. The Queen’s Mother in Law The Queen Mother: A Woman of Her Century Format: 1 x 48 (HD) Broadcaster: Channel 4 Format: 1 x 52 The Queen is famous across the world, but few have The extraordinary life of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, heard of her mother-in-law, Princess Alice. This is known around the world as the Queen Mother, the incredible story of Prince Philip’s mother who spanned the 20th century. When she died in 2002 fled revolution in Greece, suffered a breakdown, was she was 102 years of age. This unique film reveals experimented on by Sigmund Freud, hid Jews from how this distinguished and devoted monarch, the the Nazis, gave her possessions to help the poor, mother of Queen Elizabeth, was once named by and even founded her own religious order. Hitler as ‘the most dangerous woman in Europe’. tvfinternational.com 5 CELEBRITY & BIOGRAPHY Princess Margaret: Edward VIII: The King Who Her Real Life Story Threw Away His Crown Format: 1 x 52 Format: 1 x 52 Princess Margaret was born into a life of Edward was the King of England with the charm privilege. Yet scandal, misfortune and controversy of a Hollywood movie star. When he fell in love surrounded her, and it is often said that she lived with divorced American socialite, Wallis Simpson, in the shadow of her sister, Queen Elizabeth. it led in December 1936 to a crucial decision that Princess Margaret: Her Real Life Story is an shocked the world. Featuring remarkable archive intimate biography exploring the truth behind the footage from the time, this is the intriguing real least understood of the 20th century royals. story of a throne abandoned for love. Constantine: A King’s Story What Makes Jeffrey Tick? Format: 1 x 48 Format: 1 x 52 Broadcaster: Channel 5 Broadcaster: Channel 5 When the Olympics returned to Greece, it also Jeffrey Archer’s novels are published in 118 marked a big year for King Constantine who re- languages and have made millions.