CATALOGUE 2017 Flame Media is a content production and distribution company specialising in high-end factual entertainment and documentary programming. Flame represents 3,000 hours of content across a wide variety of factual genre created by over 140 independent producers from around the world. Since its establishment in 2010, Flame has developed a reputation for being responsive, flexible, professional and proactive in our dealings with producers and buyers alike. With an experienced and successful sales, acquisitions, technical, contracting and accounting team located across our offices in Sydney, London, Greece, Singapore and New York, Flame is truly a global presence. Our sales and acquisitions team in any of our offices are always delighted to speak to you about your content needs. Best wishes, John Caldon Managing Director Contents In Production 4 Lifestyle & Reality 6 Crime & Justice 15 Health & Medical 18 Science & Technology 22 Nature & Wildlife 25 Documentary 29 History 34 Food 45 Travel & Adventure 55 Sport 59 Arts 62 Drama Series 66 Feature Films 67 Index 70 Contacts 72 In Production Fat Dog Fit Frank Lloyd Wright: The Golf Courses of 8 x 30 min, HD The Man Who Built America Great Britain & Ireland Fat Dog Fit is a dog-umentary series that 1 x 60 min, HD 4 x 60 min, HD will follow a pack of portly poodles, rotund The Man Who Built America is the definitive For golf lovers and history buffs alike The Golf Rottweilers, and stoutly shepherds along with documentary about Frank Lloyd Wright - one Courses of Great Britain & Ireland will showcase their over-feeding owners as they embark on of the greatest architects the world has ever the best courses of England, Scotland, Wales and a three month challenge to lose weight and seen. Exploring his extraordinary life, works Ireland. Charles Darwin’s grandson, Bernard reboot their lifestyle. Think The Dog Whisperer and legacy, this film unpacks eight of his Darwin, elevated sports journalism to an art meets The Biggest Loser. most famous buildings - showing how his form not seen before. Based on his historic book, Tell Tale Productions revolutionary ideas transformed architecture The Golf Courses of the British Isles, this series in America and around the world. Meeting will bring the courses he describes vividly to life, architects like Norman Foster and Richard enhanced by interviews with champions past Rogers, famous fans including Brad Pitt, and present. and those who live and work in his beautiful Landmark Media Productions, Title Entertainment & Big Baby Productions buildings, this cinematic and breath-taking documentary shows Frank Lloyd Wright to be America’s national architect - a poet of concrete, glass and steel. Wildflame Productions for BBC Available July 2017 4 IN PRODUCTION IN The Kingdom: How Fungi Scrap Kings Waste Nation Made Our World 8 x 60 min, HD 1 x 75 min | 1 x 60 min, HD 1 x 52 min, HD Brighton based indie Back2Back are going to Ronni Kahn used to be a collaborator in Australia’s be blowing up buildings and bridges over the annual $10 billion food waste bill. Then she Mysterious deaths lead to a startling discovery coming few months as they go into production abandoned capitalism for social activism. Now – harmless soil dwelling fungi have evolved into on Scrap Kings. This explosive series follows she’s taking on government and big business to killers. Untreated they kill 100% of their victims the work of demolition, salvage and waste expose an inconvenient truth: that four million but, paradoxically, fungi might also become management experts as they blast, crush and tonnes of food is discarded annually while two our saviours. Securing exclusive access to film smash their way through a variety of structures million Aussies suffer from food insecurity. Waste some startling experiments currently underway which have had their day….and once they’re Nation captures Ronni lobbying at Parliament in one of the most exciting new fields of science, down the real work begins…From tower blocks House and the United Nations; delivering rescued The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World is to ships, bridges to Victorian mansions… Every food and rifling through supermarket bins; a fascinating exploration of a spectacular yet inch of material is removed as everything has witnessing technological breakthroughs; rubbing little known world that can change our lives and value if you know where to take it and, crucially, shoulders with British royalty; establishing her future for the better. when to sell it. charity in Bangkok, London and Jo’burg; and Smith & Nasht Production & Real to Reel Productions Inc Available March 2018 Back2Back Productions for Quest UK and Viasat World uniting with Jamie Oliver ... It is one woman’s Available end of 2017 crusade to end food waste. Mint Pictures Available October 2017 5 NEW Outback Truckers Series 5: 13 x 60 min, HD Also available in HD: Series 1: 5 x 60 min Lifestyle Series 2: 13 x 60 min Series 3: 13 x 60 min Series 4: 13 x 60 min Epic roads, monster loads and more dirt madness, Outback Truckers is back for another classic season. Australia is a land & Reality of extremes and the Outback Truckers face those extremes on every job they do. Tropical storms can turn a dry dirt road into a massive bog in hours, desert heat can cook a man and his engine in minutes, and long distances challenge a driver’s concentration and stamina. There’s all this and more….bushfires, bad drivers, closed roads, unstable loads, police checks, curfews, deadlines and the ever present money pressures. Prospero Productions Pty Ltd for Discovery Channel / 2013-2017 6 NEW TITLES Keeping the Castle The Most Dangerous 1 x 60 min, HD Job in the World Owning a castle in idyllic countryside may seem 2 x 60 min, HD like a fairy-tale to many but, for father and son Bull riding is not just about skill… It’s all about the Earl of Erne and Viscount Crichton, it’s a very conquering fear. These two documentary modern story of struggling finances and family specials give a dramatic insight into the responsibility. Their family home of Crom Castle violent world of professional bull riding in Northern Ireland has been the ancestral LIFESTYLE & REALITY featuring over 20 of the world’s best bull seat of the Crichton’s for more than 400 years. riders from 7 countries competing in the Keeping the Castle follows how father and Asia Pacific series. In compelling, sometimes son face the ever-increasing challenge of frightening scenes, those pro cowboys relive maintaining their family home and heritage. dramatic incidents in their careers. Green Inc Film & Television Ltd for BBC One NI/ 2013 RJMedia/ 2016 – 2017 Minding our Manors 1 x 30 min, HD Student Swap As a follow-up to Keeping the Castle, Viscount Crichton sets out to explore the challenges 8 x 30 min, HD faced by modern aristocracy as they endeavour In an education exchange program four to maintain and fund their historical homes. teenage students from China travel to Australia Green Inc Film & Television Ltd for BBC One NI/ 2016 and spend time in a Sydney High School while four teenage students from Australia travel to China and spend time in a Beijing High School. The program documents the students’ new Life Inside the Markets school life, new home life and explores the Series 2: 12 x 30 min, HD cultural differences with a new group of friends. Series 1: 12 x 30 min, HD Wildbear Entertainment for CCTV2 China & SBS TV Australia / 2016 Meet all the wonderful hard working men & women of Sydney Markets - the largest fruit, veg & flower wholesale market in the Southern Hemisphere. The series showcases the market’s characters and chaos, a nocturnal world where deals are done, millionaires made and fresh produce finds its way to plates across Australia and the world. Hark Attack Pty Ltd for TEN Network and 7 Network Australia/ 2015 - 2017 7 RETURNING SERIES Get Growing- Rare Breed: A Farming Year Series 5: 10 x 30 min, HD Series 5: 12 x 30 min, HD Also available: Also available in HD: Series 1-2: 20 x 30 min, SD Series 1: 12 x 30 min Series 3-4: 20 x 30 min, HD Series 2: 12 x 30 min Series 3: 12 x 30 min Popular gardening guru Lynda Hallinan and Series 4: 12 x 30 min DIY expert and professional landscape designer Justin Newcombe are back to inspire you to turn Hugely popular Rare Breed: A Farming Year is your outdoor living spaces into something special back with a brand new 5th series introducing for friends and family to enjoy over summer! new farms and new families from across Northern Ireland and Ireland. From carrots to Top Shelf Productions for Choice TV, New Zealand/ 2010 - 2017 cattle and blackcurrants to goats this 12-part documentary captures the reality of farming life for 16 families across the agricultural year. Hotel Fixer Crawford McCann for ITV/ TV3 (Virgin Media)/ 2012 – 2017 Series 9: 8 x 30 min, HD Also available: Series 1-4 32 x 30min, SD Series 5-8 32 x 30min, HD Run for Your Life Series 2: 4 x 30 min, HD This season, hotel experts Francis and John Also available Brennan take on another diverse portfolio of Series 1: 4 x 30 min, HD struggling hospitality businesses and once again have an exciting range of projects to Welsh rugby legend Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas tackle. They’ll be giving business makeovers to a returns for a second series, and this time he’s selection of B&B’s, guesthouses and small hotels supersizing his ambitions.