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Press Kit 3 X 1 Hour Popular Science Documentaries Press Kit 3 x 1 hour Popular Science Documentaries Series Producer: Peter Rees Episode Directors: Ili Baré, Anna Bateman & Peter Rees Executive Producers: Sonya Pemberton & Michael Cordell ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd ABN 17153091019 MelBourne: 15 Norma Barnett Lane, Port MelBourne VIC 3207 T: +61 3 9646 6678 Sydney: 16-18 Meagher St, Chippendale NSW 2008 T: +61 2 9217 2200 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED Press Kit CONTENTS Tales of the Unexpected – Synopsis I. Series synopsis - one line II. Series synopsis - one paragraph III. Episode synopses – one line & one paragraph Media Release Series Producer’s Statement and Biography Executive Producer’s Statement and Biography Contacts Episode 1 – The Secret Life of Breasts I. Director’s Statement II. The characters III. The experts IV. Credits Episode 2 –Secrets of The Hand I. Director’s Statement II. The characters III. The experts IV. Credits Episode 3 - Who’s Your Daddy? I. Director’s Statement II. The characters III. The experts IV. Credits ©2013 Genepool Productions www.genepoolproductions.com ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SERIES SYNOPSIS: one line Palm-reading doctors, the evolutionary Benefits of cheating, and toxic Breasts – Tales of the Unexpected is an exciting new series of documentaries that shines its light into some of the stranger corners of science. SERIES SYNOPSIS: one paragraph Tales Of The Unexpected is a new strand of provocative, confronting and thoroughly entertaining science documentaries. Each episode reveals a fascinating, sometimes awkward, and frequently unsettling world where peculiar ideas are put to the test. Come with us to where nothing is quite as it seems, where diseases are diagnosed by palm- readers, where paternity uncertainty drives the mating game, and where Breasts are a toxic health hazard. ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED EPISODE SYNOPSES Episode 1 - The Secret Life of Breasts One line Laying breasts bare in the name of science. One paragraph New science is revealing breasts in a way that we’ve never seen them before. For years we’ve been seeking perfection. Gradually we are Beginning to understand the wondrous biochemistry and evolution of the breast. But now some scientists believe breasts may be a hidden toxic waste ground, living time-bombs that might endanger not only their owners – but also those who suckle at them. Putting actual Breast tissue - and Breast milk - to the test we investigate if these wonderful life-giving organs are under threat from the modern world, and, if so, what we can do to save them. Episode 2 – Secrets of The Hand One line The real science of palm reading. One paragraph For thousands of years, in fairgrounds and temples, palm readers have claimed our hands encode valuable information. Is this just superstition? Or is there, Buried Beneath the theatre and the cliches, a core of solid scientific evidence for palm-reading’s predictive powers? Can our hands really tell us anything about our past, our present, or our future? For the first time on television, palm- reading is put to the test. ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED Episode 3 – Who’s Your Daddy? One line Now there’s nowhere to hide your genes. One paragraph One in three children, claim many taBloids, may not Be Biologically related to the man they call Dad. Could this really be true? This program conducts the first ever purpose-designed paternity poll, asking some truly awkward questions. Comparing rates of paternity uncertainty in Australia and the Untied States, we ask what is the real rate of ‘non-paternity’, and might there Be Biological survival Benefits for children Born outside marriage? Following parents and children as they seek to uncover the truth, we discover how, today, there’s nowhere to hide your genes. ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT MEDIA RELEASE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED: NEW SCIENCE DOCS WILL SHOCK AND SURPRISE Palm-reading doctors, the evolutionary benefits of cheating, and toxic breasts – Tales of the Unexpected is an exciting new series of documentaries that shines its light into some of the stranger corners of science. Tales of the Unexpected – the reference to Roald Dahl is deliberate – brings together an extraordinary team of scientists, writers, directors and producers to create three fascinating hour-long documentaries guaranteed to set the water cooler corner abuzz. Each documentary sets out to investigate a contentious area of science, through a combination of real-life stories, expert research, and unique experiments. The result is a trio of very different programs that provide remarkable insights into the lives of everyday people as they discover what hard evidence can tell them about their hopes and their fears. Are your breasts trying to kill you? That’s the startling question at the centre of the first episode of Tales of the Unexpected, The Secret Life of Breasts. The program investigates recent claims that human breasts function as storehouses for toxic chemicals, such as pesticides, flame retardants and plasticisers. Is the claim true, and, if so, how does it affect our health – and the health of breast-feeding babies? With preventative mastectomies becoming more common following the example set by Angelina Jolie, we meet an Australian woman undergoing the radical procedure. In a world first, she donates her breast tissue for a ‘living autopsy’, to discover just which toxins, if any, it contains. Meanwhile, breast-feeding mothers have their milk tested to determine just what their newborns are swallowing. The results will astound and disturb in equal measure. The Secret Life of Breasts also investigates other disturbing evidence – children growing breasts, men growing breasts – and asks: are breasts our bellwether organs? And do we ignore their health at our peril? Episode Two, Secrets of the Hand, looks at the fairground fakir’s favourite, palm-reading. It asks: is there genuine science hidden beneath the fortune-teller’s patter? The answer will surprise you. For the first time ever, the program tests the powers of observation and diagnosis of an international collection of doctors, geneticists, anatomists, and palm-readers. Do the lines and shapes of the human hand encode genetic information, signal illness, and perhaps even foretell mortality? Tales of the Unexpected: Secrets of the Hand will challenge the superstitious and the skeptics alike. ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT Episode Three, Who’s Your Daddy? sets a course straight for the heart of the profoundly uncomfortable subject of disputed paternity, and asks: does evolution favour bastards? The program drills down into the persistent tabloid claim that as many as one-in-three kids are not genetically related to the man they call father. It follows the sometimes heart-wrenching journeys of men, women and children as they use powerful new forms of genetic testing to answer critical questions about their origins. Gathering new evidence from DNA analysis and the world’s first women-only anonymised survey of sexual habits, Who’s Your Daddy? uncovers as never before the real rate of cuckoldry in western society, and asks the dangerous question: are we genetically programmed to cheat? Tales of the Unexpected is the product of a remarkable collaboration between some of Australia’s finest and most distinguished science television talents. Series producer Peter Rees has spent 20 years making incredible television. He is best known as the man who created the most successful science series in history: Mythbusters. Executive producer Sonya Pemberton is one of the world’s most distinguished makers of science documentaries. Her most recent program, Jabbed – Love, Fear and Vaccines, broke all broadcaster records when it aired on SBS in 2013. Her 2011 documentary, Immortal, won many international awards, including the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Science Programming. The other executive producer, Michael Cordell, heads up Australia’s largest independently owned television production house, Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder (CJZ). As well as award-winning science programs, CJZ makes internationally recognised shows across all genres, including documentary, reality, comedy, and drama. Tales of the Unexpected also boasts the talents of several of Australia’s most accomplished writers, directors, camera operators, editors and composers. A fresh new approach to science television, Tales of the Unexpected presents compelling and entertaining viewing for young and old. In Australia the series will air on SBS-TV, while in the US it will be shown on the prestigious Smithsonian Network. Roald Dahl would have loved it. ©2013 Genepool Productions Pty Ltd Tales of the Unexpected PRESS KIT SERIES PRODUCER’S STATEMENT Tales of the Unexpected was designed as a destination strand for remarkable - and often strange - stories of science. Each episode is a self-contained popular documentary, framed around pivotal moments of scientific surprise. The effect is to keep you on your toes, focusing attention, triggering debate. Real and powerful human stories lie at the core of each hour: remarkable narratives are the primary emotional drivers. The science is topical and far-reaching, thoroughly researched and clearly presented. Pseudo- science is busted, even as the windier shores are explored. The underlying context is to see scientific enquiry in process, and to encourage rational, critical thought. Key aspects of the central premise are put to the test in each episode. This experiential element is a hallmark of the strand, and a legacy of my experience as creator of the hit science series, Mythbusters. Tales of the Unexpected has been a curious challenge – blending popular science with sensitive and complex subjects is no easy task! We’ve made some interesting discoveries and hopefully opened curious areas for debate and conversation.
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