portfolio 2020 scripted formats ACCUSED 04 ACKLEY BRIDGE 05 ALMIGHTY JOHNSONS, THE 06 BACK TO LIFE 07 BLOOD 08 BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES, THE 09 CHEAT 10 DARK MONEY 11 DAY AND NIGHT 12 DIARY OF AN UBER DRIVER 13 EDUCATORS 14 HEART OVER HEELS 15 INFORMER 16 INNOCENT 17 LIAR 18 MISSING, THE 19 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES 20 NATIONAL TREASURE 21 OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE 22 PLAYING FOR KEEPS 23 RED ROCK 24 SKINS 25 STEP DAVE 26 2 3 Accused Ackley Bridge Innocent, guilty or somewhere Two tribes, one school in between? Ackley Bridge is a Yorkshire mill town, home to Intriguing drama Accused centres on six largely divided white and Asian populations. Like holding cells of a high court. In each cell sits a the communities, the school systems have also person standing trial, accused of committing become segregated. However as two formerly a crime and now awaiting the verdict. At the isolated comprehensives are merged into a start of each episode, an officer calls out a brand new academy, Ackley Bridge College, name – and in one of the cells, the accused the lives and cultures of each are set to collide. stands. They are told the jury is returning. Lessons are about to be learnt in and out of the Their cell door is opened and they begin the classroom, even if education isn’t the first thing long walk to the dock. As they pass through on the agenda... the gates, we begin to tell the story of their crime – in flashbacks. In the courtroom, we DURATION see a cast of characters and we discover how 60 min, 31 scripts available these people fit into the story of the crime. Weaving tales of fascinating hypothetical Originally produced by scenarios, Accused is a gripping blend of The Forge for Channel 4, UK true-to-life situations, moral dilemmas and intriguing characters. DURATION 60 min, Highlights 10 scripts available UK season 2 saw 21% Originally produced by audience growth from RSJ Films for BBC One, UK season 1 to average Highlights 5.3 million viewers and UK season 3 ranks as a 20% share, winning Channel 4’s highest its timeslot against rated drama in 2019 all competition for Adults 16-34 4 5 The Almighty Johnsons Back to Life It’s not easy growing up to be Gods Freed from prison, sentenced to small-town life The Johnsons are four ordinary Kiwi brothers who have inherited the powers of the Norse Back to Life is written by Daisy Haggard Gods. But the Norse Gods lived a long time (Episodes, Uncle) and former Perrier winner ago, and over many generations, their powers Laura Solon. Haggard plays Miri, who has have become diluted. So the Johnsons aren’t just been released from a decade in prison like those flashy cartoon superheroes, they following a terrible crime. Now in her late are typical Kiwi blokes who don’t much like thirties, with no job, no friends and no choice to stand out from the crowd. These everyday but to move back in with her parents, Miri is Gods also have everyday struggles – striving desperate to move on, put the past behind her to love stroppy women, overcoming sibling and get back to her life; but, in a small town rivalry and fulfilling your God-like destiny, all where her crime is the most dramatic thing while still finding the time to enjoy a few beers that has ever happened, will anyone let her? with your mates. DURATION DURATION 30 min, 60 min, 12 scripts available 36 scripts available Originally produced by Originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three, UK in association South Pacific Pictures for TV3, New Zealand with all3media international Produced in Russia by Non-Stop Production Highlights UK season 1 grew its audience Highlights by 45% from premiere to finale Finalist for Best Writing for for Adults 19-21 and won Television at the New York its timeslot against all rivals Festivals Television & Film amongst Men 4+ and Teens Awards 2012 13-19 6 7 blood The Brokenwood Mysteries Families are bound by blood. Population 4,850 and declining… And by secrets... On the face of it, Brokenwood is another quiet Blood is a thriller about family, memory, and country town like any other; the kind you might the impact the past can have on the present. find just a few hours’ drive from any city. The Cat Hogan is an isolated woman on the run people are nice and there’s a strong sense from her past; the sudden ‘accidental’ death of community and provinciality. It has a golf of her mother, Mary, draws her back to the club, a mother’s club and regular wine shows, family she has spent the last ten years trying everything you would expect... including to avoid. However much she wants to believe buried secrets, treacherous lies and murder. her death was innocent, her suspicions start Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd and to mount against her father when she begins partner DC Kristin Sims watch over the town, to notice discrepancies in his stories. Set over investigating the mystifying, inventive and the week following Mary’s death, Cat tries macabre crimes that befall it. Look beneath the to uncover the truth, looking to the past to peaceful veneer, and you’ll see that murder is understand the present. curiously at home in Brokenwood. DURATION DURATION 60 min, 120 min, 12 scripts available 24 scripts available Originally produced by Originally produced by Series 1: A Company Pictures Production, produced South Pacific Pictures for Prime, New Zealand in association with Virgin Media Television, Element Pictures and all3media international Series 2: A West Road Pictures Production in association Highlights with Virgin Media Television, Element Pictures and Highlights New Zealand season 6 averaged all3media international Ireland season 2 improved 149,000 viewers and a its popularity across its run, 13.9% share to beat the audience growing its audience by of season 5 and outperform 21% from premiere to finale Prime’s slot average share by 91% 8 9 cheat Dark Money Two women, one truth What’s the price of silence? Cheat is a gripping psychological thriller Dark Money follows a young British boy riding from award-winning Two Brothers Pictures. the wave of success for his role in a Hollywood At the heart of the drama is the dangerous blockbuster, when it soon becomes apparent relationship between university professor he’s suffered abuse on set by the renowned Leah and her student Rose, and a seemingly producer. On discovering the devastating open and shut case of academic deceptionthat news, his parents accept a substantial pay-off quickly spirals out of control – triggering a to keep silent rather than press charges. Not devastating sequence of events that threaten wanting to hurt their family further with the to engulf them both. With two fiercely hell of publicity, they think this will allow them intelligent minds unwilling to back down at its all to move on. They were wrong. Whilst the centre, Cheat will keep audiences guessing as it pay-off outwardly transforms their lifestyle, explores just how far we’re prepared to stand the hurt and betrayal cannot be erased and the up for what we believe, and at what cost. family begins to crack. Dark Money confronts the conflict between the price of silence and DURATION a parent’s responsibility to their son, and 60 min, between the film studio’s responsibility to 4 scripts available its crew and a young boy who put his trust in Originally produced by them. And ultimately if justice can play a role. Two Brothers Pictures for ITV, UK in association with all3media international DURATION 60 min, 4 scripts available Highlights Originally produced by The Forge for BBC One, UK in association with UK season 1 secured 7.2 million all3media international viewers and a 26.4% share, winning its timeslot against all rivals and ranking ITV’s fifth highest rated title in 2019 10 11 Day and Night Diary of an Uber driver The scripted reality phenomenon with 100 billion stars in the universe, over three million fans on Facebook Ben just needs five This constructed reality success centres Diary of an Uber Driver is a character-driven warm around eight young diverse characters living drama drawn from true stories. Part traditional in a trendy urban apartment, all united in narrative and part anthology television, each their love of their city and a desire to make episode follows the journey of our hero, Uber their mark on it. driver Ben, as he uses what he learns from his Each episode spans 24 hours as the group fall passengers to piece together his place in the in and out of love, face dilemmas and struggle world. Can he figure out how to be a good man to pay rent. Featuring amateur actors, real in a life that’s not quite what he expected, while locations and multiple story arcs. helping others get to where they’re going, all in time for the birth of his first child? DURATION The passenger characters appear in standalone 60 min, episodes, but their effect on Ben ripples over 2,400 scripts available throughout the series. Some passengers’ lives Originally produced by we will learn about in more detail and some Filmpool for RTL II, Germany will be brief interactions, moments in time that speak to the overarching theme of an episode. Produced in Eleven territories including France, Hungary and Slovakia DURATION 60 min, 6 scripts available Highlights Originally produced by Over 1,900 episodes produced Highlights Revlover Films for ABC, Australia in association with in Hungary all3media international and Create NSW Australia season 1 attracted Over 650 episodes produced 316,000 viewers with a Produced in in Bulgaria 10.1% share, exceeding ABC’s Germany by Bon Voyage for Joyn Germany Over 300 episodes produced slot by 26% overall, and doubled in Ukraine it for young adults (16-24) 12 13 Educators Heart over Heels Trying to survive until the bell rings Trust is a dangerous game Educators is a cleverly crafted improvised Heart Over Heels follows the life of single comedy series featuring some of New Zealand’s mother Kathi and her chaotic family.