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P Assion Distribution Spring 2020 • New Programming SPRING 2020 • NEW PROGRAMMING PASSION DISTRIBUTION PASSION PART OF THE TINOPOLIS GROUP Passion Distribution Ltd. No.1 Smiths Square 77-85 Fulham Palace Road London W6 8JA T. +44 (0)207 981 9801 E. [email protected] www.passiondistribution.com WELCOME It’s my immense pleasure to introduce Passion’s latest line up of programmes and formats available for Spring 2020. Exploring hidden worlds, tackling challenging topics and celebrating the limitless array of human stories is in Passion’s DNA. Working with some of the best producers in the world, we strive to bring you bold, ambitious, insightful and captivating content; And I am sure you’ll agree, this line up certainly meets the brief! It also fulfils our ongoing goal to provide you with programmes that are both ambitious and entertaining. From Firecracker Films comes another standout social experiment that achieves a fine balance between purpose and mischief. The Great British Urine Test will definitely get the nation talking! As you’d expect, we are also bringing you the latest series of global phenomenon WELCOME RuPaul’s Drag Race, along with its natural companions Untucked and Werq The World. This summer, RuPaul’s trusted sidekick Michelle Visage debuts her own BBC show, Get Off Your Ass in which she will be joined by celebrity friends to dish out candid advice to dilemma-stricken fans. With her wit, warmth and unique brand of advice, no one is better placed than Michelle Visage to get everyone off their ass and back on track! Headlining our documentary offering is our latest collaboration with Pioneer Productions’ #Trump: How Social Media Changed the Presidency, which provides remarkable insight from White House insiders and expert commentators into Trump’s Twitter politics. Love him or loathe him, President Trump has harnessed the power of social media like no other world leader! Prepare for non-stop tension from new exciting crime & investigation series’ such as Frontline Police 24/7 and Inside the Police Force, which tell the real dramatic stories of policing both in the UK and around the world. We’re also lifting the lid on the world-class luxury hotel QE2, uncovering the state of our oceans in a landmark special, Ocean Autopsy, and unveiling the much- anticipated new series from Dynamo. We look forward to discussing all of the above with you and so much more! Emmanuelle Namiech CEO 3 ENTERTAINMENT DOCUMENTARY SERIES LIFESTYLE Dynamo: Beyond Belief 8 Help! My House Is Haunted 2 27 Epidemic: The Great Plague 48 Twice The Life For Half The Price 80 RuPaul’s Drag Race 10 Girls On Girls 28 Future Warfare 50 Where To I Do? 82 RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked 10 My Lesbian Virgin Diary 29 Secret Wars Uncovered 52 Outrageous Weddings 83 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 10 Mums Make Porn 30 The Architecture The Railways Built 54 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 84 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 12 The Sex Clinic 31 Bridging The Expanse 56 Find It, Fix It, Drive It 84 Canada’s Drag Race 13 Heroes And Survivors: Defying Death 32 QE2: A Slice Of Britain In Dubai 58 Junk And Disorderly 85 RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race 13 SOS: How To Survive 32 Secrets Of Royal Travel 60 CRIME & INVESTIGATION ENTERTAINMENT Werq The World 14 Weather Gone Viral 33 History Hunters 61 Michelle Visage: Get Off Your Ass 15 Weather Top Tens 33 Handmade In Africa 62 Frontline Police 24/7 88 Paradise Hotel 16 Big Ben: Saving The World’s Most Famous Clock 64 Inside The Police Force 90 Grime And Punishment 65 All New Cold Justice 92 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT DOCUMENTARY Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 66 All New Traffic Cops 93 Britain’s Loudest Snorers 20 #Trump: How Social Media Changed The Presidency 36 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure 68 The Great British Urine Test 21 Harry & Meghan: An African Journey 38 Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure 68 Emma Willis: Delivering Babies 22 Harry & Meghan: A Royal Crisis? 39 Unreported World 69 The Customer Is Always Right 24 Ocean Autopsy 40 The Motorway 70 Corner Shop Cook-Off 24 Pompeii: After The Eruption 42 Fare Dodgers 71 Save Well, Spend Better 25 When The Gypsies Came To Town 44 World’s Most Expensive Cruise 72 My Family Secrets Revealed 26 Help! My Pets Hate Me 45 My House And Other Animals 74 The Dog Rescuers 75 Danceworks 76 4 5 ENTERTAINMENT Dynamo: Beyond Belief 8 Canada’s Drag Race 13 RuPaul’s Drag Race 10 RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race 13 RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked 10 Werq The World 14 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 10 Michelle Visage: Get Off Your Ass 15 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 12 Paradise Hotel 16 6 7 DYNAMO: BEYOND BELIEF NEW 3 x 60’ Producer: Phil McIntyre Entertainments, Inner Circle Films and Motion Content Group Commissioning Channel: Sky One ENTERTAINMENT Beyond Belief is a three-part magic special that combines jaw-dropping magic with the story of Dynamo’s road to recovery after the career threatening onslaught of chronic arthritis. Throughout the three episodes, stunning moments of magic are intertwined with Dynamo’s brutally honest back story narrative. The gripping series slowly reveals Dynamo’s journey from the start of his illness, through to the height of his hospitalisation where he created over 200 new magic ideas sketched from his hospital bed, and finally to his return to health. From the neon lights of Tokyo to the Day of the Dead festival in San Miguel De Allende, Dynamo visits extraordinary and dramatic places all over the world. He performs a spine tingling encounter with a Geisha in one of Tokyo’s royal tea rooms, makes vodka shots turn to ice in the heart of Moscow’s underworld and embarks on a daring adventure in one of Mexico’s notorious Barrios. 8 9 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE New season Format also available performers. RuPaul delivers a dazzling and hilarious Season 12: 14 x 90’ performance as judge, mentor and diva inspiration Total available: 116 x 30’, 107 x 60’ and 52 x 90’ with an amazing line up of guest judges and guest stars. “Gentlemen start your engines... May the best Producer: World of Wonder woman win!” Commissioning Channel: Logo and VH1 RuPaul’s Drag Race has won 13 Emmy’s including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality- Critically acclaimed series RuPaul’s Drag Race is dripping Competition Program in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. with charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Also available: RuPaul, the world’s most famous drag queen, continues RuPaul’s Drag Race – Season 1-11: 107 x 60’ and 38 x 90’ her legendary search for America’s Next Drag Superstar RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked – Season 2-11: 114 x 30’ from a group of 14 gorgeous and outrageous drag RuPaul’s Drag Race – Specials: 2 x 30’ RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UNTUCKED (S12) New season The fights. The secrets. The shade! Go backstage with ENTERTAINMENT 12 x 30’ the contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race and see what Total available: 114 x 30’ happens off the runway each episode. Producer: World of Wonder Commissioning Channel: VH1 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS New season Format also available Also available: Season 5: 8 x 90’ RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars – Season 1: 6 x 60’ Total available: 6 x 30’, 20 x 60’ and 20 x 90’ RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars Untucked: 6 x 30’ RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars – Season 2: 6 x 60’ and 2 x 90’ Producer: World of Wonder RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars Season 2 “Reunion”: 1 x 60’ Commissioning Channel: Logo and VH1 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 3 “Exclusive Queen Ruveal“: 1 x 60’ RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars – Season 3: 8 x 60’ The hit series RuPaul’s Drag Race has brought worldwide (or 3 x 90’ and 5 x 60’) fame to a league of extraordinary drag queens. RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars – Season 4: 10 x 90’ Now, fan favourites from past seasons return to the competition in the special series RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. The challenges are super-sized, as the queens do whatever it takes to win a place in the Drag Race Hall Of Fame. 10 11 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK CANADA’S DRAG RACE RUPAUL’S CELEBRITY NEW DRAG RACE New season NEW Now RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search 10 x 60’ Series 2: 10 x 60’ of a British queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, Producer: World of Wonder 4 x 90’ Total available: 18 x 60’ nerve and talent in all the land. In a series of challenges, which of the queens will impress Ru to survive another Commissioning Channel: Crave Producer: World of Wonder Producer: World of Wonder week? Who will sashay away? And who will be crowned UK’s Drag Race superstar? Commissioning Channel: VH1 Commissioning Channel: BBC Three In the very first Canadian adaptation of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Crave’s Canada’s Drag Race combines elements For a decade, RuPaul’s Drag Race has entertained fans of the classic fan-favourite, with a healthy serving of This special season of RuPaul’s Drag Race features around the world and introduced us to more than a Canadian maple shade and likely, some Canadian bacon. three stars undergoing drag transformations with the hundred drag queens with talents such as singing, support of alums Alyssa Edwards, Asia O’Hara, Bob dancing, acting, design, and so much more.
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