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WELCOME and latest line up of programmes to introduce Passion’s my immense pleasure It’s Spring 2020. formats available for celebrating the limitless tackling challenging topics and Exploring hidden worlds, DNA. is in Passion’s array of human stories you bold, producers in the world, we strive to bring with some of the best Working content; And I am sure you’ll agree, this line ambitious, insightful and captivating our ongoing goal to provide you with up certainly meets the brief! It also fulfils and entertaining. programmes that are both ambitious standout social experiment that achieves From Firecracker Films comes another will mischief. The Great British Urine Test a fine balance between purpose and definitely get the nation talking! you the latest series of global phenomenonAs you’d expect, we are also bringing . World The Untucked and Werq Drag Race, along with its natural companions RuPaul’s Get trusted sidekick Michelle Visage debuts her own BBC show, RuPaul’s This summer, friends to dish out candid advice Ass in which she will be joined by celebrity Your Off warmth and unique brand of advice, no one isto dilemma-stricken fans. With her wit, their ass and back on track! get everyone off better placed than Michelle Visage to is our latest collaboration with Pioneer Headlining our documentary offering the Presidency, which provides How Social Media Changed Productions’ #Trump: insiders and expert commentators into remarkable insight from White House has harnessed the loathe him, President Trump politics. Love him or Twitter Trump’s leader! power of social media like no other world exciting crime & investigation series’ such as Prepare for non-stop tension from new 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. hotel QE2, uncovering the state also lifting the lid on the world-class luxury We’re of our oceans in a landmark special, Ocean Autopsy, and unveiling the much- anticipated new series from Dynamo. you and so much more! look forward to discussing all of the above with We Emmanuelle Namiech CEO 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
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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. the Drag Queen, Kim Chi, Monet X Change, Monique Heart, Nina West, Trinity the Tuck, Trixie Mattel, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. ENTERTAINMENT
12 13 WERQ THE WORLD MICHELLE VISAGE: New season
This docu-series follows ten of the most famous drag GET OFF YOUR ASS Season 2: 10 x 30’ queens in the world as they bring their jaw-dropping NEW Total available: 21 x 30’ performances to ravenous fans across Europe. A brand new chat show where Michelle Visage and Producer: World of Wonder Featuring the following drag queens: Aquaria, Valentina, 8 x 30’ celebrity guests help people with real-life problems with Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Violet Chachki, Detox, Kennedy Commissioning Channel: WOW Presents Plus Producer: World of Wonder real talk. In each episode, Michelle invites them to join Davenport, Sharon Needles, Alyssa Edwards, Shangela. her at Club Visage where she shares her wisdom and Commissioning Channel: BBC Three dishes out her unique brand of advice. Werq The World is an unprecedented backstage pass and intimate insight into the global phenomenon of drag. ENTERTAINMENT
14 15 PARADISE HOTEL Format
Having first aired on FOX in 2003, Paradise Hotel has 60 minutes become an international hit, produced around the world Scheduling: Primetime in more than 12 countries, and has never been off air in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. 2019 saw Paradise Hotel Originating territory: US rebooted in the US, by FOX, for a brand new series. Broadcaster: Fox and My Network
Producer: Mentorn Media
Paradise Hotel sees 11 sexy singles pair up and compete for a life changing cash prize in a luxurious hotel on a tropical resort. Surrounded by sun, fun and romance, the singles vote off one of their fellow residents to make room for a new guest each episode. In a new twist, viewers can play along at home, using social media to influence what happens on screen, including helping to decide who stays and who goes.
Local versions available: ENTERTAINMENT German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, US
16 17 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Britain’s Loudest Snorers 20 Girls On Girls 28
The Great British Urine Test 21 My Lesbian Virgin Diary 29
Emma Willis: Delivering Babies 22 Mums Make Porn 30
The Customer Is Always Right 24 The Sex Clinic 31
Corner Shop Cook-Off 24 Heroes And Survivors: Defying Death 32
Save Well, Spend Better 25 SOS: How To Survive 32
My Family Secrets Revealed 26 Weather Gone Viral 33
Help! My House Is Haunted 2 27 Weather Top Tens 33
18 19 BRITAIN’S LOUDEST SNORERS THE GREAT BRITISH URINE TEST NEW Format also available
For this new special, thousands of snorers across the UK 1 x 60’ or 1 x 90’ were nominated by their partners; and we’ve narrowed Producer: Firecracker Films it down to five of the loudest and most disruptive snorer’s in the country. They are brought to a tailor- Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 made snore camp to spend the night and be analysed by experts including Dr Christian. A staggering 90% of people in the UK live with a snoring partner. Now TV’s favourite Doctor, Christian Packed with fascinating practical tips on how to get a Jessen is going to help find a cure! good night’s sleep, the show also delves into the lives of the snorers, and the suffering partners, with plenty Whilst some snorers barely reach 70 decibels (the level of fun along the way. of a vacuum cleaner), there’s a growing number who are hitting the heady heights of 100 decibels plus – we’re talking snores that are louder than a pneumatic drill or equivalent to a low flying jet plane.
In fact, snoring is one of the leading causes of relationship problems. FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEW Format also available
Using ground-breaking science, the humble urine 1 x 90’ sample acts as a lie detector to reveal exactly what Producer: Firecracker Films people have been eating, how much they’ve been drinking and even the levels of pollution they’re Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 absorbing. Dr Christian and Dr Amir provide intervention programmes to try to improve the health Every day, we flush away over 100 million litres of of the those with the most alarming results. urine. But did you know that your pee could be the key to keeping you healthy? And that it could be an early Whilst across the UK, the ’pee pod’ results give the warning system for chronic illness? big picture on which city does the most drugs, has the healthiest (and unhealthiest) diet and which city drinks In this 90 minute special, Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Amir the most booze. With unique stunts testing myths and Khan team up to test the nation’s health by testing their curious uses for urine along the way, this is the biggest urine, and the results are extraordinary. urine test the UK has ever seen.
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EMMA WILLIS: DELIVERING BABIES New season Format also available
finish her training, in a bid to become a fully-qualified Special Births: 2 x 60’ maternity care assistant, who could work in any Season 2: 9 x 60’ hospital in Britain. Total available: 17 x 60’ Over the course of 16 weeks Emma continues to work Producer: Firecracker Films as Maternity Care Assistant, supporting the charismatic midwife team on the busy maternity unit at the Commissioning Channel: W (UKTV) Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex.
Last year, TV presenter and mother of three, Emma Special Births (2 x 60’) Willis spent 10 weeks working on the frontline of a Across two heart-warming episodes, Emma meets the maternity unit. mums, dads and babies six months after the filming of the second series and discovers how each family’s Now, in a new nine-part documentary series for W, journey has unfolded and how they’ve adapted to the she’s been given the chance to return to the hospital to challenge of caring for a precious new-born.
22 23 THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT SAVE WELL, SPEND BETTER
NEW Format also available
Series 2: 15 x 60’ (30 minute durations also available)
Total available: 30 x 60’
Producer: Firecracker Films
Commissioning Channel: BBC One
In each episode of this series, we meet three aspiring entrepreneurs as they try to make a success of their inventions.
They are making everything from pet accessories to health and beauty products, home and garden tools and children’s gadgets.
The budding entrepreneurs test their products on a cast of returning customers, who unbox and deliver their honest, funny and sometimes brutal assessments
before scoring each product. As the customer is always FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT right, they select the winning product.
CORNER SHOP COOK-OFF
Format also available
6 x 60’ NEW Format also available Producer: Mentorn Scotland The experts can offer them a way out but the 6 x 30’ Commissioning Channel: BBC Scotland participants will have to be honest. With themselves… Producer: Firecracker Films and their loved ones. Corner Shop Cook Off is the ultimate culinary show with a twist. Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 Across each episode, secrets are revealed and shocking truths are uncovered. But help, advice, and clear Presented by celebrity Clare Grogan, each episode will Save Well, Spend Better is a brand new, prime time solutions are also provided. This is a money and feature a professional chef going head to head with factual entertainment format that tackles two of life’s relationship advice service like no other. our resident chef (MasterChef winner Gary Maclean) biggest concerns – relationships and money. to create three courses using only ingredients bought Set in a specially constructed ‘money hub’, rigged with from a featured corner shop. For many people, money is a taboo subject. We just cameras, we meet everyone from people struggling don’t want to talk about it, especially with our loved with their pensions and debt, to secret spending and All they have to do is make a unique starter, main and ones. Money problems are often lied about, or brushed relationships on the brink of breaking point. The team dessert, and each course will be judged by regulars of under the carpet. Out of sight out of mind. of seen-it-all-before money and relationship experts help the shop and local community residents. whoever walks through the doors, whatever their concern. In this show we meet couples and families, business Each week the cooking roadshow will turn up to a partners and friends who are in danger of letting Warm in tone and packed with practical advice, each different corner shop, travelling all over Scotland. money ruin their lives – and their relationships. episode features two stories and bundles of crucial information, help and advice for visitors and viewers alike.
24 25 MY FAMILY SECRETS REVEALED HELP! MY HOUSE IS HAUNTED 2 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Format also available Format also available
15 x 60’ 12 x 60’
Producer: Big Mountain Productions Producer: back2back Productions
Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 Commissioning Channel: Really
My Family Secrets Revealed is an innovative series that Help! My House is Haunted 2 brings together three of offers the public a chance to connect directly with their the world’s leading paranormal investigators: British family history for the first time. ghost hunter and paranormal consultant Barri Ghai; American medium and paranormal expert Chris Fleming My Family Secrets Revealed opens its doors to a broad and paranormal researcher and historian Jayne Harris. cross section of society and helps them to unearth family secrets or achievements, reunite them with lost branches In 12 revealing, spooky and sometimes shocking of their family tree, or search for hidden treasure buried investigations, the team travel across the UK helping deep in their family’s past. families reclaim their homes from unwelcome spirits.
A team of genealogical and historical experts pour over Through intensively researching the history of the electoral, birth and death records, analyse DNA and build homes and the areas around them and interviewing family trees to reveal fascinating stories, prove exciting those affected by the paranormal entities, Barri, Chris connections (sometimes even a celebrity connection!) and and Jayne attempt to trigger any entities… before solve family puzzles about long lost relatives. embarking on an all-night investigation. The team challenge spirits to come forward, collect evidence Although people often seek answers to specific questions, and finally, help both spirits and homeowners by the experts’ extensive research often takes things in a confronting unanswered questions, cleansing the very different direction, revealing astonishing tales of home and helping spirits to cross over. scandal, forbidden love, heroes in the family, and at times, heartbreaking loss. In their search for the truth, everyone involved should expect the unexpected!
26 27 GIRLS ON GIRLS MY LESBIAN VIRGIN DIARY FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Format also available NEW
questions about her faith cause tensions, she threatens Each of them wants to find out what it might be like 5 x 30’ 1 x 60’ to leave the group. to have sex with another woman. They’re discovering Producer: Little Gem Producer: Lambent Productions the gay scene for the first time, keeping daily diaries, EPISODE 3 – This week the girls are in Nottingham with recording the highs, and the lows. Commissioning Channel: BBC Three Jo, where they also welcome the fifth woman to the Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 group. And mum of three Beth enjoys Jo’s life, as a single From online dating to sex workshops, lesbian club nights Five women who’ve never met, show each other their and free woman. The diaries of three young women reveal what it’s to speed-dating, will they find what they’re looking for? Will they kiss a girl? And will they like it? very different lives over 48 hours. What unites them? EPISODE 4 – This week the girls are with Beth who lives like to explore a different side of their sexuality for What divides them? And what do they really think of for her kids. Working mum Chian challenges her for the very first time. Following the intimate journeys of three young women, each other? putting her career on hold to cater for her husband and More women are having a same sex experience than this is a sex-positive celebration of young lives as they EPISODE 1 – The girls spend their first weekend in family first. ever before. This film discovers what it’s like if it’s your venture out into the lesbian world for the very first time. Brighton with nurse and stripper Ellen who challenges EPISODE 5 – In their final week, the group are in Essex first time. Three young people are at a turning point. their views of the sex industry. with working mum Chian who reveals a part of her Lily wants to explore a different side of her sexuality; Lucia’s keen to try a same-sex relationship, but isn’t EPISODE 2 – Yemeni Scouser Amina, hosts the girls in past that explains why work and independence is so quite sure what the next steps are and Emily is realizing Liverpool. She takes them to her local mosque but when important to her. that her attraction to women is very real.
28 29 MUMS MAKE PORN THE SEX CLINIC New season Format also available
From STI tests to sex tips and advice; lumps and bumps Season 2: 8 x 60’ down below to psychosexual problems, the team of Total available: 14 x 60’ seen-it-all-before sexual experts will help whoever walks through the doors, whatever their concern. Warm, Producer: Firecracker Films irreverent and humorous in tone, each episode will Commissioning Channel: E4 feature several stories and will deliver crucial information, help and advice for visitors and viewers alike.
Entertaining and informative The Sex Clinic returns The core team of experts will once again be supported to E4 to shine a light on young people’s sexual health by a cohort of specialists. They’ll be able to see the by lifting the lid on their sex lives. Set in a specially funny side of our patients’ exploits, but they won’t constructed clinic this is a sexual health service like judge. Whether it’s a porn star worried about herpes, no other, where nothing is off limits. or a transgender man suffering pain in his newly constructed penis – our team is on hand to help. FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Format also available
Understandably, mums (and dads) are worried about 3 x 60’ the impact this easily accessible pornography is having Producer: Firecracker Films on their teenage children, especially with some of it promoting unrealistic and often damaging views about Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 sex. But what is the solution? If parents can’t prevent their kids from seeing this material, can they help Mischief with a purpose! This provocative series does produce the content and represent sex in a better way? exactly that. A group of five charismatic mothers with In this three part series for Channel 4, a group of five teenage children are given the tools to create their ordinary mums of teenage children research and explore very own porn film, and showcase their version of the world of modern pornography. They then produce happy, healthy sex. their very own porn film with the help of industry Porn used to be hidden away on the top shelf, but now experts. The mums write, cast, direct and edit the film, it’s all over the internet, and on children’s tablets and building to a final screening for an invited audience. smartphones. 80% of teenagers say they have seen Their mission is to create a film which not only porn online, often accidentally. Worryingly, researchers works as pornography but one that creates a debate have found that most porn includes scenes of physical and promotes healthy attitudes towards sex and aggression, mostly towards women. relationships for the next generation.
30 31 HEROES AND WEATHER GONE VIRAL
SURVIVORS: Season 5: 8 x 60’ DEFYING DEATH Total available: 39 x 60’ Producer: The Weather Channel and Peacock Productions Season 2: 8 x 60’ Commissioning Channel: The Weather Channel Total available: 16 x 60’
Producer: The Weather Channel Weather Gone Viral is an exciting series which reveals some of the most memorable on-air moments in the Commissioning Channel: The Weather Channel world of weather.
Extremely bad weather can bring out the very best From whirling tornadoes, to torrential rains, to in people. harrowing hurricanes, Weather Gone Viral gives viewers unprecedented access to some of the most Sometimes, the heroic hand of a stranger may be the insane meteorological moments from around the difference between life and death, and in extreme world. As ordinary days turn into chaotic calamities, situations, it can simply be the superhuman spirit that viral videos capture the outrageous moments as they keeps someone alive. All of these stories of bravery, explode on camera. defiance and heroic acts come from people confronted with extreme and death-defying situations. From skiers buried Also available: alive in snow, to towns hit by a flash flood and unexpected Weather Gone Viral – Season 1: 8 x 60’ tornadoes, these are tales of survival against the odds. Weather Gone Viral – Season 2: 8 x 60’
Weather Gone Viral – Season 3: 7 x 60’ FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT Episodes include Wildfire & White Water, Severe Weather Gone Viral – Season 4: 8 x 60’ Weather Survivors, Wild Winters & Fighting Floods and Inside the Death Zone. SOS: HOW TO SURVIVE WEATHER TOP TENS
Season 2: 8 x 60’ Season 3: 6 x 60’
Total available: 14 x 60’ Total available: 21 x 60’
Producer: The Weather Channel Producer: The Weather Channel
Commissioning Channel: The Weather Channel Commissioning Channel: The Weather Channel
SOS: How To Survive is a series driven by gripping true Weather is the greatest force on Earth, and each week stories and centered with life-or-death lessons from we countdown the incredible ways it impacts our popular survival expert, Creek Stewart. lives. From savage cyclones to fierce firestorms, Top Ten season 3 ranks the best, worst and every type of These stories are powerful, evocative, surprising and weather event in between. are some of the most dramatic true tales of survival in recent history. Based on these true-life stories, Creek Episodes include: Top Ten Severe Outbreaks, Top Ten teaches us the skills of how to survive. Worst Hurricanes of the 2000s, Top Ten Worst Winter Storms, Top Ten Worst Weather Years, Top Ten Worst Episodes include: Lost in the Mountain, Trapped in Wildfires, Top Ten Weather What Ifs. a Blizzard, Desert Heat, An Injury in the Wilderness, Storm Surge and Deadly Cold. Also available: Weather Top Tens – Season 1: 8 x 60’ Also available: Weather Top Tens – Season 2: 7 x 60’ SOS: How To Survive – Season 1: 6 x 60’
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#Trump: How Social Media Changed The Presidency 36 Pompeii: After The Eruption 42
Harry & Meghan: An African Journey 38 When The Gypsies Came To Town 44
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Crisis? 39 Help! My Pets Hate Me 45
Ocean Autopsy 40
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#TRUMP: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED THE PRESIDENCY NEW
communication takes place in the US. It’s the story of 1 x 60’ a social medium platform and the first social media Producer: Pioneer Productions president, as we see how both Twitter and Trump have grown their brands at the same speed over the course of the last decade. In the 1930s, FDR used a new medium called radio to talk to the American people. For JFK it was television. For Each tweet is a window into the context of our times, and Donald J. Trump, the new medium is Twitter. Even Trump the mind of Donald J. Trump. In chronological order, they admits he wouldn’t have won the election without it. take us on a journey into some of the most important stories, events and issues of the modern world – an Now, ten years since his first tweet, this fast-paced election result that polarized a country, the first ever one-hour special uses evocative archive and a cast of meeting of a US president with a North Korean leader, charismatic political experts, social media commentators immigration, and climate change. and fun on-screen infographics to unpick how, in just 140 characters, Twitter has changed the way political
36 37 DOCUMENTARY
HARRY & MEGHAN: HARRY & MEGHAN: AN AFRICAN JOURNEY A ROYAL CRISIS? NEW NEW
He speaks to them about the causes and issues they But as the couple announced their plan to withdraw 1 x 60’ 1 x 60’ care most about and explores some of the pressures from their lives as senior royals in an unprecedented Producer: ITN Productions and challenges they face living as a young family in Producer: ITN Productions and shocking statement that blindsided the family and the glare of the world’s media. sent the media into meltdown, ITV asks why this has Commissioning Channel: ITV Commissioning Channel: ITV happened and what’s next for the couple and their Harry & Meghan: An African Journey provides a vivid ambition to become new ‘progressive’, financially insight into how they see their roles as modern Royals When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex took baby son The love story of Meghan Markle & Prince Harry had, independent, private citizens and how this sits with their on the international stage and how they balance their Archie on their recent Royal tour of southern Africa, from the start, been one that promised to reshape and place in the royal family. public duties with their private family life. ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby was with them modernise the British monarchy. Royal Editor Chris Ship looks back at their love story, throughout. Bradby, who has made two other films The cracks began to show as their unease and the prescient Bradby documentary that foreshadowed with Harry in Africa, gained exclusive and intimate unhappiness in their roles became increasingly evident, this decision and the extent of the repercussions for the access to the world’s most talked-about couple. culminating in a no holds barred interview for ITV with House of Windsor in the months to come. Tom Bradby last autumn.
38 39 OCEAN AUTOPSY NEW
1 x 90’ or 2 x 60’
Producer: Pioneer Productions
Commissioning Channel: BBC Four
In unprecedented ways humans are changing our seas and the life within. Ocean Autopsy takes us on a journey to carry out an ‘autopsy’ on the ocean itself, where leading oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski, along with zoologist Dr George McGavin, will reveal the startling changes it’s undergoing.
Two thirds of our planet is covered in water split into five distinct oceans, but in reality, they are part of one huge global water system. This system has been instrumental in shaping our destiny for millions of years. But now, in the 21s century, it’s humankind that DOCUMENTARY is shaping the destiny of our oceans. The ocean bed, currents, marine life, even the water itself is transformed by what humans are putting into our oceans.
Throughout the film, Helen and George will look at the water’s toxicity due to industrial chemicals and will investigate a plague of microplastics saturating the water. They’ll discover how this human-wrought change is in turn impacting our own health, and they’ll perform an autopsy on a porpoise to witness the devastating impact these changes are having on marine life at the top of the food chain.
But all is not lost. Along the way Helen and George follow some surprising signs of hope, including re-wilded salt marshes, flooded to counter rising seas, and biodiversity hotspots at the base of wind farms. Both these enterprises show humanity working with nature and point towards a way forward for securing the health of our oceans.
40 41 ALSO AVAILABLE: THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII POMPEII: AFTER of the doomed city of Pompeii – counting down 3 x 60’ day-by-day to the eruption itself. Spanning the entire Producer: Voltage TV ruined city and the surrounding areas, they follow new THE ERUPTION digs, stepping into the best preserved Roman sites, Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 This is the untold story of the aftermath of the following the human remains as they are analysed, 1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’ eruption, from the immediate reaction of the Roman and visiting the volcano itself. 2000 years ago the entire Roman city of Pompeii was Producer: Voltage TV Empire to residents returning to gather much missed buried alive in a huge volcanic eruption. personal belongings. The sites around Pompeii also Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 offer up thousands of secrets about Roman life, from The Last Days Of Pompeii is the three part documentary 18th century archaeologists discovering the chilling series which presents the final days of life in Pompeii Last year Channel 5 was granted exclusive access to the remnants of bodies to 21st century archaeologists re- and explains how new archaeological digs and ancient city of Pompeii to uncover new evidence about its evaluating the month of the eruption. technologies are revealing previously unknown secrets dramatic demise in 79AD. This year archaeologist Raksha about the people hidden beneath the ash. Dave returns, this time with historian Dan Snow, because Across this eye-opening special, Dan and Raksha the destruction of Pompeii is only part of the story. will piece together the definitive account of what Historian Dr Bettany Hughes (Genius of the Modern happened in the weeks, years and centuries after the World, Britain’s Secret History), Archaeologist Raksha The volcano also wiped out the nearby town of disaster – revealing how the eruption transformed Dave (Time Team) and John Sergeant (Britain’s Secret Herculaneum and the glamorous seaside villas of some this sleepy section of coast into the most famous Treasures) explore what life was like in the final hours of the Roman empire’s richest residents, devastating an archaeological site on the planet. area of 50 square miles. And whereas this destruction is where most accounts finish, it’s where ours begins. DOCUMENTARY
42 43 WHEN THE GYPSIES HELP! MY PET HATES ME CAME TO TOWN DOCUMENTARY
NEW Format also available Also known as The Town That Gypsies Took Over or not. It’s not a surprise that sooner or later they’ll want 1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’ 1 x 60’ to seek their revenge. Whether it’s turning the tables Producer: Firecracker Films Producer: Middlechild Productions and pulling us on leads instead of the other way round, or strategically placing themselves as the perfect trip Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 hazard, it’s becoming increasingly evident that our pets are a shady bunch of trouble makers. When The Gypsies Came to Town is an observational As a nation of pet lovers it’s hard to see our beloved documentary filming Britain’s oldest and most furry friends as anything other than perfect companions In the documentary we meet the pets and their owners exclusive Gypsy and Traveller gathering, the world- who adore us unconditionally. But there’s increasing to establish whether our beloved pets are feline felons famous Appleby Horse Fair. evidence to suggest that our pets may secretly be and criminal canines, from Boss the dog, a repeat plotting our downfall. offender from West Yorkshire who keeps dragging Over 10,000 Gypsies and Travellers, thousands of his owners off their feet and into the mud, to Caesar, caravans, several hundred horse-drawn vehicles and This lighthearted look into the undiscovered side of pets the crafty canine from New Jersey who caused his more than 30,000 tourists descend upon the sleepy town reveals evidence to suggest that our favourite fluffy human companion to faceplant down a flight of steps of Appleby in Cumbria every year. Told from the point of sidekicks really do have it in for us. After all, we drag to Charlie, Cowboy and Scooter from New Mexico view of Gypsies, Travellers, local residents and the police, them round on leads, make them visit the vet, put them and three puppy perpetrators who stand accused of this documentary delves deep into the inner workings of in kennels and put them in the bath whether they like it shooting their owner while out hunting. this unique festival steeped in ancient traditions.
44 45 DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Epidemic: The Great Plague 48 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 66
Future Warfare 50 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure 68
Secret Wars Uncovered 52 Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure 68
The Architecture The Railways Built 54 Unreported World 69
Bridging The Expanse 56 The Motorway 70
QE2: A Slice Of Britain In Dubai 58 Fare Dodgers 71
Secrets Of Royal Travel 60 World’s Most Expensive Cruise 72
History Hunters 61 My House And Other Animals 74
Handmade In Africa 62 The Dog Rescuers 75
Big Ben: Saving The World’s Most Famous Clock 64 Danceworks 76
Grime And Punishment 65
46 47 DOCUMENTARY SERIES
EPIDEMIC: THE GREAT PLAGUE NEW
new evidence which fundamentally transforms our 3 x 60’ understanding of how the disease spread. Producer: Voltage TV and Motion Content Group Through heart breaking human stories, brand new Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 science and experimental history, this series sheds new light on the infamous epidemic.
Between 1665 and 1666 The Great Plague claimed Medic Dr Xand van Tulleken, archaeologist Raksha the lives of 1 in 4 London residents, leading to a Dave and journalist John Sergeant unpack the story of death toll of 200,000. the plague, day by day, week by week and month by In this timeline driven, presenter-led 3-part series, month. Xand is our guide to the outbreak in London, we explore the story of the plague in the UK, using while Raksha undertakes the experiments and John explores the remedies.
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FUTURE WARFARE NEW
is behind the Internet, GPS and even microwave ovens 4 x 60’ and duct tape. But warfare takes technology further – Producer: Wildbear Entertainment from self-targeting smart guns to antimatter weaponry, lethal autonomous robots to the real-world threats of cyberspace. Understanding this military future is essential War never stops evolving. for understanding the potential future of all of our lives. The battlefields of the First World War were vastly Across four episodes we look at the game changers in different to the battlefields of today. The sprawls of military capabilities that are resetting the character of trenches and tangles of barbed wire have given way to current and future warfare, which will thrust our world highly mobile and ever-changing theatres of battle. into a new era. Using historical context to set up the Yet the future of warfare still lies beyond these precursors to current military technological trends, expert battlefields to the uncharted reaches of outer space, interviews, file footage and cutting-edge CGI with original and even to the digital realm… filming, the series will reveal the future of warfare. Technological advancements in the military have paved the way for changes in our day-to-day lives; military invention
50 51 DOCUMENTARY SERIES
SECRET WARS UNCOVERED NEW
on the mysterious histories of these battles, formerly 10 x 60’ shrouded in secrecy and misinformation. Producer: CIC Media Through powerful archive footage and animated Commissioning Channel: History (UKTV) graphics, the series investigates the advanced weaponry and undercover strategies that assisted these Secret Wars Uncovered reveals the shocking facts secret operations. Our expert hisotirans also get to the behind battles that have been hidden from the root of the origins of these wars. wider world. Fought for dubious political intent Spanning the globe, we cover conflicts from Crimea, or for outright illegal motives, these are the most Yemen, Somalia, Laos, Central America and many controversial and covered up conflicts fought by major more. All these conflicts have taken place within living powers since the end of WWII. memory, but in all cases, the extent of the conflict has This new series digs deep into the archives, speaking to remained hidden – until now. the experts and war correspondents who can shed light
52 53 THE ARCHITECTURE THE RAILWAYS BUILT a traveller would see when they arrived in a new city, so 10 x 60’ Europe’s capitals and its new industrial metropolises all Producer: Brown Bob Productions vied to create impressive symbols of national wealth.
Commissioning Channel: Yesterday (UKTV) The Architecture the Railways Built showcases stunning railway architecture from across the UK and Europe. Throughout the 19th Century, railway stations were From grand stations to signal boxes, viaducts to railway built as majestic palaces, reflecting the huge amount of villages and everything in between. Presenter and money to be made from rail passengers. railway aficionado, Tim Dunn uncovers the stories behind the structures, meets people with a passion for Iconic bridges and viaducts were built to span valleys. design, and gets hands on with the architecture New engineering had to be invented, built with state of himself, whenever he can. the art materials. Railway architecture was the first thing DOCUMENTARY SERIES
54 55 BRIDGING THE EXPANSE
Bridges also go beyond the physical. Where a bridge 6 x 60’ spans, stories are endless and are often as awe-inspiring Producer: Wild Bear Entertainment as the bridge itself – stories of loss and triumph, war and peace, power and empire… even love and heartache. As meeting points for lovers and armies, saints and sinners, Bridging The Expanse celebrates the world’s most bridges have provided a picturesque backdrop to some iconic bridges, exploring feats of engineering that of humanity’s most iconic historical moments. have endured social and cultural legacies. Bridging The Expanse pays tribute to our many bridges, The bridge encapsulates humanity’s will to conquer focusing on a particular type in each episode. Through the elements. From the first log thrust over a divide, interviews with experts, a mixture of restored archival bridges have united us, facilitated our need to explore and new footage, and explanatory 3D animation, it and proven our mastery of physics. illustrates the technical achievements of erecting the Now, leviathan steel structures cross open seas and world’s most fascinating bridges and the fascinating mountainous chasms, standing defiantly all over the social and cultural legacy that goes with them. world. A brilliant testament to what it means to be human, bridges are a captivating mix of engineering prowess, artistic precision and architectural ambition, radiating out from every beam, truss and arch. DOCUMENTARY SERIES
56 57 QE2: A SLICE OF BRITAIN IN DUBAI NEW
The QE2 is the Middle East’s first floating hotel. The 3 x 60’ 70,000-tonne vessel has 13 floors, 224 refurbished suites, Producer: Spun Gold and Motion Content Group and a 481 seat theatre. What’s more, at over 50 years old it’s been around longer than Dubai itself. Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 The world’s largest liner for 35 years, it travelled This unmissable observational documentary series further than any ship in history with 2.5 million former gives exclusive access onboard the world’s most occupants including Elton John, Mick Jagger, Nelson famous ship, recently transformed into Dubai’s most Mandela, David Bowie and of course The Queen herself. extraordinary hotel in one of the grandest acts of This revealing series tells the story of the multi-national recycling of the modern day. team of staff as they endeavour to deliver the best of British in one of the world’s most glitziest holiday destinations.
The QE2 survived a 29m tsunami, delivered soldiers to the Falklands and rescued 500 passengers from a burning French cruise ship, remaining all the while a byword for high-class luxury. But will Dubai prove its biggest challenge yet? DOCUMENTARY SERIES
58 59 HISTORY HUNTERS
SECRETS OF ROYAL TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Also known as Secrets of the Royal Train and Secrets of the Royal Plane
2 x 60’
Producer: Lambent Productions
Commissioning Channel: Channel 5
The British Royal Family are the most well-travelled Six years ago, War & Son were operating out of a monarchy in history. The Queen has been around the 6 x 60’ garage, and mainly working online; but business world 42 times, accumulating over 1 million air miles. is booming – and they’ve now got a shop in This series tells the inside story of the monarchy on the Producer: Brown Bob Productions Herefordshire packed with incredible items. move, taking us inside some of the most famous and Commissioning Channel: Yesterday (UKTV) yet secretive transport in the world. Dave and Steve travel the country to source items from fairs, auctions, house calls, and online. But it’s the stories The conveyance of royalty, whether to Balmoral In a quaint English market town, father and son, Dave that they can uncover behind these items that make or Buffalo, by steam or by jet, has always had its and Steve Nuwar run a military antiques business – them so appealing to collectors from around the world. own mysterious traditions and protocols. These two a treasure trove where you can buy a little piece of programmes open the door to the private world of the history. Their shop is packed with fascinating items, We follow the deeply personal and historical stories Royal Train and the Royal Flight. With exclusive insight from pieces that tell the stories of our past, to unique behind each item, through the authentic War & Son from the people tasked with looking after the Queen personal collections, steeped in stories of bravery. process – purchase, research, finding a buyer and and her family as they travel Britain and the globe, The military antiques world has changed considerably regularly getting side-tracked by the eccentric world remarkable archive and unexpected stories offer a rare in recent years. It’s more popular than ever before, of Dave and Steve along the way. insight into the Royals. and collectors are going to great lengths to find Join us as we climb on board the ‘palace on wheels’ what they want. and take to the skies for the five star luxury of the Queens Flight.
60 61 HANDMADE IN AFRICA NEW
Handmade in Africa prioritises intimate access, 3 x 30’ celebrating the beautiful detail within each object, the Producer: ClearStory techniques employed by each craftsperson, and draws viewers into the life of one primary artist (or one small Commissioning Channel: BBC Four family group) while also giving a sense of the community and village life going on around them. This documentary series offers three in-depth portraits of contemporary African creative life, from three very These are fly-on-the-wall films in the truest sense, and different parts of the continent. In Senegal, a kora allow the audience to gain a unique perspective not musical instrument is crafted from scratch; in Ethiopia, just on the artworks and objects, but on the lives of the the Dorze weave a traditional house; and in Kenya, a people who make them. Maasai bead-maker crafts a wedding necklace.
Each episode sees the creation of a single, traditional artwork or object from scratch. The episode then ends with the object being displayed, worn, or used. But this linear structure is simply a medium to explore what the object really means, and its broader cultural context.
We discover the artist’s biography, their inspirations and
calling. We come to understand the materials they use, DOCUMENTARY SERIES how, and where they are sourced, and explore what these objects mean to the communities these artists live in.
62 63 BIG BEN: SAVING THE WORLD’S GRIME AND PUNISHMENT MOST FAMOUS CLOCK NEW A country the size of the UK produces enough to fill a Series 2 : 20 x 60’ large concert venue every hour, and not all of this trash Total available: 26 x 60’ is responsibly dealt with. Businesses and individuals are illegally chucking out everything from old furniture to Producer: Lambent Productions toxic waste on streets or country lanes. Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 This new series follows the people who have to deal with the sharp end of our trash mountains, horrible Every person throws away their own body weight in trash hotels and revolting restaurants. every 7 weeks, and over the course of a year, we each are ultimately responsible for about 5 tons of refuse. Full of surprising stories that test the mettle of our officers, this is a war on dirt seen through the eyes of those extraordinary people dealing with it every day.
It’s a dirty job – and these are the people doing it. DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Dating from the mid-19th Century, the clock tower is 2 x 60’ + 1 x 60’ coming soon undergoing a major four year restoration project that Producer: ITN Productions will see the famous bell silenced. Over a series of films, we go inside this huge project, as the tower and clock Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 is taken apart piece by piece, repaired and put back together again. The greatest clock tower in the world is undergoing the most extraordinary and extensive renovation in its history. This is a once in a lifetime chance to see inside this marvel of Victorian engineering, charting the extraordinary Big Ben is not only the most iconic landmark on craftsmanship of the people painstakingly bringing one London’s skyline, it is also a timeless piece of architecture of the world’s most famous landmarks back to life for that symbolises the United Kingdom’s democratic future generations. heritage. It is also one of the top five selfie locations in the world, despite very few people actually getting the The second film in the series follows the work taking chance to see inside the famous clock tower. place across 2018. It includes some fantastic and unexpected revelations about the past.
64 65 DOCUMENTARY SERIES
STACEY DOOLEY SLEEPS OVER New season Format also available
Stacey moves into a household, getting up close and 6 x 60’ personal, gaining privileged access, going to work and Producer: Firecracker Films sharing family meals to experience the household’s routines and rituals first hand. Commissioning Channel: W (UKTV) Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over shines a light on the kinds In this immersive documentary series, celebrated of families and relationships we’ve never seen up journalist Stacey Dooley MBE explores modern life by close before. The series covers universal themes of spending 72-hours in the company of a wide range modern relationships and family life, with the families of extraordinary characters and families including providing a unique lens into each topic. Polyamorists, Mormons and an MMA teen cage fighter.
66 67 MIRIAM’S DEATHLY ADVENTURE UNREPORTED WORLD
2 x 60’
Producer: Wild Pictures
Commissioning Channel: BBC Two
In this thought provoking and entertaining new documentary series, actress Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of ageing and death and tackle our greatest taboo – our own mortality.
With her unique mix of charm, cheek and intellectual curiosity, Miriam travels through the UK, Europe and America, taking an unflinching look at different approaches and attitudes to dealing with death.
For example in episode 1 Miriam checks in to Wren Hall, a dementia care home, to see what getting old might actually look like and heads to America to meet people who believe that soon we’ll not only be able to ‘cure ageing’ but with radical medical and
technological advances we could actually ‘defeat’ DOCUMENTARY SERIES death enabling us to live forever.
MIRIAM’S BIG FAT ADVENTURE
2 x 60’
Producer: Wild Pictures
Commissioning Channel: BBC Two New season
As Channel 4’s flagship current affairs strand, In this exciting new series, Harry Potter actress Miriam Season 38: 5 x 30’ Unreported World is consistently ahead of the pack, Margolyes takes a chastening look at the UK’s growing Season 39: 7 x 30’ unearthing stories and traveling to emerging hot problem of obesity. Total available: 267 x 30’ spots before the rest of the world’s news teams catch Miriam’s weight has overshadowed her whole life and up. Speaking to the people directly affected by issues, Producer: Quicksilver Media she’s not alone. Britain is one of the most obese countries the series shows the audience a world less visited by in Western Europe with more than half the population Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 cameras and reporting. predicted to be obese by 2050. To understand why we’re Reporter-led, immediate, accessible and with an all getting bigger, Miriam confronts her own obsession Unreported World’s reporters travel to some of the emphasis on telling stories with strong human interest, with food and meets people trying to conquer theirs. She most dangerous and neglected parts of the globe Unreported World is television reporting at its best meets proud plus size dancers challenging the pressures offering the viewer an unrivalled insight into the daily of social media; hangs out with super heavyweights reality for those whose lives are rarely glimpsed by the Also available: recovering from extreme irreversible weight loss surgery; global news machine. Unreported World – Season 1-37: 255 x 30’ and attends the Man vs Fat football nationwide league, set up to allow overweight men to come together, tackle their personal issues and lose weight.
68 69 THE MOTORWAY DOCUMENTARY SERIES
NEW This four part documentary series, goes behind the scenes FARE DODGERS 4 x 60’ with the hidden army of traffic controllers, patrol officers, Producer: Fearless Television engineers and maintenance teams who work tirelessly NEW around the clock to keep the M1 and Britain moving. That equates to £200,000 a day in lost revenue on the Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 4 x 60’ Viewers will be introduced to the eyes and ears of Tube alone and an estimated overall loss to TfL of £116 Producer: Middlechild Productions million a year. Currently about 25,000 fare dodgers are Millions use the UK’s 2500 miles of motorway every the motorway via the high-tech control centres, while prosecuted, which represents a success rate of just over day. Britain’s first intercity motorway, the M1 stretches out on the road, 200 Traffic Officers deal with 2400 Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 35 per cent. 200 miles from London to the North of England and is a incidents a day. From multiple vehicle pile ups to routine vital artery – for business, for getting people to work, breakdowns, runaway pigs and family picnics on the Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law is a compelling This series, which tracks several different types of fare and keeping us connected to family and friends. But it hard shoulder – all put lives at risk and jeopardise the behind-the-scenes look at Transport for London’s dodgers, shows us not only the shocking scale of the is also one of the deadliest, with the highest number of smooth running of Britain’s motorways – ensuring enforcement officers and undercover investigators. criminality that operates daily on TfL, but what these vehicle crashes of any of the UK’s motorways. officers never know what they’ll have to deal with next. revenue inspectors, revealed here as unsung heroes, Transport for London calculates that 11 million people Love it or hate it, after this series you’ll never look at have to put up with. use the bus or Tube in London every day, of which some the M1 in the same way again. 70,000 dodge paying their fares.
70 71 WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE CRUISE NEW
Christmas special: 1 x 60’ DOCUMENTARY SERIES Series 2: 3 x 60’
Total available: 8 x 60’
Producer: ITN Productions
Commissioning Channel: Channel 5
This series offers exclusive access and behind-the-scenes insight aboard the most luxurious ship ever built.
The show will explore life on-board Seven Seas Explorer and share exactly what it’s like to set sail with Regent Seven Seas Cruises, where suites cost up to £8,000 per night and the walls are lined with art worth up to £5 million, including pieces by Pablo Picasso.
The Seven Seas Explorer was built in 2016 and was christened by the Princess of Monaco. With a capacity for 750 passengers and adorned with huge amounts of Italian Carrara marble and stone, she is said to be one of the most luxurious ships ever built. Gold leaf and Czech crystal were also used in the construction of the ship by shipbuilder, Fincantieri of Italy, adding to the opulence of the ship’s interior.
72 73 MY HOUSE AND THE DOG RESCUERS NEW
OTHER ANIMALS Comedian and dog lover Alan Davies follows the 16 x 60’ familiar faces of the RSPCA’s finest, as they continue Producer: Middlechild Productions and their crusade against cruelty and neglect of dogs. Motion Content Group With dramatic rescues, inspirational rehabilitations and heart-warming re-homings, viewers will see the journeys Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 of a variety of four-legged friends who have been mistreated. From two abandoned day-old puppies, to a With nearly a quarter of British households owning a dog, shar-pei in need of eye surgery, no rescue is the same. they are the nation’s favourite pet – but this isn’t always The series also reveals the heroes who work on our reflected in the way some are treated. This documentary behalf, new ways to bond with man’s best friend, and series follows the RSPCA officers who, committed to the the life of a rescue pup from birth, through walkies, rescue and welfare of man’s best friend, are tasked with and all the way to adulthood. investigating reports of cruelty and neglect. DOCUMENTARY SERIES
They are unexpected and unassuming experts with 2 x 60’ a passion and understanding for wildlife, who have Producer: Lambent Productions learnt everything they know by just doing it. And in their houses, it’s the animals who rule the roost. Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 The remarkable stories include Jenny, who has been In ordinary houses on ordinary streets, in towns, cities rehabilitating bats in her home for 40 years; Laura who and the countryside, an army of extraordinary people shares her house with over 30 dogs; Roy and Chris who have opened their homes and their hearts to all kinds care for as many as 100 ferrets, while 75 year old Joan of creatures great and small. houses 700 hedgehogs every year as she takes in the injured and nurses them to health. Following heart-warming and dramatic stories of animal rehabilitation, this series travels the length and breadth of Britain to discover its wildlife heroes – the people who look after animals 24/7, when there is nowhere else for them to go.
74 75 DANCEWORKS NEW
From a former Royal Ballet principal planning to fight 8 x 30’ her body back to fitness to perform a lyrical and elegant Producer: ClearStory and Sadler’s Wells ballet classic, to an audacious and highly theatrical choreographer attempting to win over family audiences Commissioning Channel: BBC Four for the first time with his themes of acceptance, Danceworks gives viewers exclusive access to the creation Produced in partnership with the world-leading dance and performance of extraordinary new dance works. company Sadler’s Wells, this series of observational Featured artists include: Zenaida Yanowsky, Dickson Mbi, films gives viewers a unique insight into the world of Shobana Jeyasingh, Carlos Pons Guerra, María Pagés, contemporary and classical dance today. Sharon Eyal, Ballet Black & Mthuthuzeli November, Each film takes us behind the scenes with an Gorka Marquez and Karen Hauer. extraordinary dancer, from different countries, diverse backgrounds and styles. We follow their process as they create new work and explore ideas and themes that inspire them through dance pieces, which are showcased in extended sequences within the films. DOCUMENTARY SERIES
76 77 LIFESTYLE
Twice The Life For Half The Price 80 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 84
Where To I Do? 82 Find It, Fix It, Drive It 84
Outrageous Weddings 83 Junk And Disorderly 85
78 79 TWICE THE LIFE FOR HALF THE PRICE Format also available
6 x 60’
Producer: Raise the Roof and Motion Content Group
Commissioning Channel: Channel 5
In this brand-new inspirational series, presenter and LIFESTYLE country girl Kate Humble will join a family who are looking to change their lives in a big way. They’re all desperate to leave the rat race behind and radically transform their quality of life.
Whether that is getting a house by the sea, or a cottage in a beautiful country village; can they sell off their cramped city pad or expensive suburban semi, pay off their mortgage and clear their debts?
It’s not just about the money though – it’s about lifestyle. More time with the family, reading the kids their bedtime stories and having the space, and time, to do the things they love. This show is all about the people who want to work to live – rather than live to work.
Kate made the move herself a few years ago from central London to a farm in the Welsh countryside, so she’s well placed to offer advice and tips on how they can achieve their goal and join them as they settle into their new way of life.
At the end of three months, Kate will find out if risking it all has paid off and if each family is happy that they made the move. Whether they’re moving from Tooting to the Isle of Skye or Birmingham to St Ives, they’re all looking to get Twice The Life for Half the Price.
80 81 WHERE TO I DO? OUTRAGEOUS WEDDINGS In this jaw-dropping ‘part doc/part clip show’ series, 8 x 60’ professional wedding footage supplied by the bride Producer: back2back Productions and groom is combined with astonishing content shot by eager guests. This includes everything from lost Commissioning Channel: Seven Network grooms and vomiting vicars, to hilarious bridesmaid dress mishaps, best man speeches gone wrong, proposal Hilarious drunken uncles, collapsing bandstands, calamities and country weddings invaded by cows. Swarovski crystal cakes and food fights; from the funny to the inconsolably catastrophic... this is The show also features outrageous weddings that push Outrageous Weddings! the boundaries of budgets and taste – from cakes that cost thousands to wedding dresses that have to be seen With an event as tightly orchestrated as a wedding, to be believed and $12,000 party bags. Tears, laughter, with months of preparation and loads of money spent, fights and pranks – all of it caught on camera. something is always bound to go awry. LIFESTYLE
New season Format also available
Whether it is a medieval castle, a dog friendly venue, Season 3: 8 x 30’ a summer camp locaton with a boho vibe, a rustic Total available: 24 x 30’ country barn, or a chic rooftop bar, Tommy presents the best options in order to help the couple lock down this Producer: Bell Media and Motion Content Group key detail for their dream day. Commissioning Channel: Gusto Each space is then brought to life in a state-of-the-art glossy 3D graphic that Tommy reveals to the couple to The ultimate property makeover meets wedding series help them decide, but everyone else will have to wait that focuses on the three most important wedding until the wedding day for the big reveal. decisions couples make: location, location, location! Also available: Hosted by design and property expert Tommy Smythe Where To I Do? – Season 1: 8 x 30’ (The Marilyn Denis Show, The Search for Canada’s Where To I Do? – Season 2: 8 x 30’ Next Designer, Sarah’s House), Where To I Do? takes engaged couples on a tour of three completely unique spaces, where their fantasy wedding could take place.
82 83 FIND IT, FIX IT, FLOG IT JUNK AND DISORDERLY New season Format also available Format also available
In this RTS Award-winning show, the team is joined by automotive goods trying to make a quick buck. Some Season 3: 25 x 60’ 10 x 60’ British designer and upcycler Max McMurdo and his have even been known to sell the van they turned up Total available: 95 x 60’ trusted lieutenants, Phil and Chris. They bring their own Producer: HCA Entertainment in if the price is right. brand of creative thinking and elbow grease to upcycle Producer: HCA Entertainment/Yeti Commissioning Channel: ITV4 Lifelong friends, Henry and Sam, scour the country’s sheds, and transform some fascinating unloved treasures. auctions, reclamation yards and mate’s houses, buying up Commissioning Channel: Channel 4 From converting a fire extinguisher into a trendy In this new series for ITV, presenter Henry Cole teams the very best automotive deals on offer. The aim will be to lamp, to transforming old cattle feeders into garden up again with engineering genius Sam Lovegrove to make as much money as possible when they sell their finds Barns and sheds hold a valuable and neglected furniture, our experts are back to turn stuff that’s old make some cash out of vintage vehicles, spare parts at the autojumble at the end of the episode. treasure trove just waiting to be discovered. Their into stuff you can fold… money! and automotive memorabilia. This time they take on owners may or may not even remember they have The big question is whether they will make any money. the burgeoning Auto Jumble scene in the UK. these possessions but one thing is for sure – they Also available: Can Henry and Sam compete or will they blow all their have no idea of their true value today. Season 1: 20 x 60’ Come rain or shine, fog, hurricane or snow, every profit on motorbikes, cars, tin signs, petrol pumps and Season 2: 50 x 60’ weekend in the UK the most enthusiastic autojumblers anything else mechanical they lay their eyes on that In Find It, Fix It, Flog It, presenters Henry Cole and Simon from all over the World pitch their plots and trade their they actually want to keep for themselves… O’Brien travel around Britain in search of unwanted possessions they can transform into desirable and valuable new items, raising money for their owners.
For Henry and his mechanic, the engineering legend that is Allen Millyard, it is all about restoring retro relics and vintage classics, whilst upcycling genius Simon and his restorer, Gemma, love turning everyday LIFESTYLE objects into fantastic furniture.
FIND IT, FIX IT, DRIVE IT Format also available
help but pick up other items to restore too. The boys 10 x 60’ then embark on the restoration, taking time to reflect Producer: HCA Entertainment/Yeti on the history of the vehicle while immersing themselves in the banter and eccentricity that are expected from Commissioning Channel: More4 these two veterans of vintage vehicle restoration.
Automotive restorers Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove The challenges include traversing the undulating hills set out to locate, buy, restore and ultimately use an of Wales on a Russian Military sidecar, thrashing round iconic vehicle for a challenge that it was originally the banking at the legendary Brooklands race track designed for. in their 1928 Wolseley racer, or riding the American dream on their 70’s chopper. From a WWII sidecar outfit to a 1946 American pick up, a vintage race transporter, a 70’s chopper, a 50’s tractor, Each episode of Find It, Fix It, Drive It is self-contained, and a 1928 boat tail Wolseley racer, the selection of offering an in depth, often satirical journey into the vehicles is certainly eclectic. Each episode starts with fascinating world of discovering, restoring and most a good rummage around a shed or two to find the importantly using some of our iconic vintage vehicles. chosen vehicle. Along the way, Henry and Sam cannot
84 85 CRIME & INVESTIGATION
Frontline Police 24/7 88 All New Cold Justice 92
Inside The Police Force 90 All New Traffic Cops 93
86 87 FRONTLINE POLICE 24/7 NEW
Using footage from bodycams, force helicopters and 12 x 60’ CCTV – the series gives a unique first-hand perspective Producer: Workerbee TV of the dangers they face, and the tactics they deploy to keep order. This is an adrenaline fuelled journey across Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 the globe, taking us into real policing situations and on the frontline of the fight against crime. Tackling armed Frontline Police 24/7 tells the real dramatic stories of what suspects, wanted fugitives, drug dealers and robbers – this police officers have to face, every day, around the world. series takes you closer to the action than ever before – and reveals just how brave law enforcement officers can be. CRIME & INVESTIGATION
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The series follows the different layers of the force as
4 x 60’ CRIME & INVESTIGATION in-the-moment decisions are made and the police react. Producer: Mentorn Media The station is home to over 180 officers who look after a city of nearly two hundred thousand but they are the Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 country’s least funded force.
This new four part series goes deep inside Lincolnshire’s Inside the Police Force goes behind the station doors, busiest police station – West Parade. from the custody suite and the over stretched response officers to the control room and the investigation teams.
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detectives, put their vast knowledge and experience NEW Season 2a: 10 x 60’ to work, helping local law-enforcement officers and Season 2b: 8 x 60’ Also available: families of violent-crime victims get to the truth. Season 8a: 12 x 60’ Season 2c: 8 x 60’ Traffic Cops – Season 1-13 (BBC version): 53 x 30’ and 43 x 60’ With a fresh set of eyes on old evidence, superior Total available: 53 x 30 & 76 x 60’ All New Traffic Cops – Season 1: 7 x 60’ Total available: 36 x 60’ interrogation skills and access to advanced DNA All New Traffic Cops – Season 2: 6 x 60’ Producer: Mentorn Media Producer: Magical Elves and Wolf Reality technology and lab testing, Siegler is determined to All New Traffic Cops – Season 3: 7 x 60’ bring about a legal and emotional resolution. Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 All New Traffic Cops – Season 4: 7 x 60’ Commissioning Channel: Oxygen All New Traffic Cops – Season 4 Christmas Special: 1 x 60’ Taking on a different unsolved crime each episode, they All New Traffic Cops – Season 5: 6 x 60’ carefully re-examine evidence, question suspects and All New Traffic Cops follows the police units at the From Executive Producer Dick Wolf, this crime reality All New Traffic Cops – Season 6: 12 x 60’ witnesses, and chase down leads in order to solve cases frontline in the fight against crime and disorder, investigation series follows former prosecutor Kelly All New Traffic Cops – Season 7: 5 x 60’ catching those using the streets to break the law. Siegler and a team of crime scene investigators and that would have otherwise remained cold indefinitely. detectives as they crack cold cases. Also available: With hazardous high speed chases and drugged drivers, the traffic cops’ pursuit skills are tested to the max Kelly Siegler, a Texas prosecutor for over 20 years All New Cold Justice – Season 1: 10 x 60’ every day, tackling cases such as a convicted drug dealer who has successfully tried over 68 murder cases, and Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (produced for TNT): 10 x 60’ leading officers on a 140 miles per hour chase down one her team of crime scene investigators and trained the UK’s busiest motorways.
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