Passion Spring 2021 Catalogue
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WELCOME I am incredibly proud and pleased to introduce Passion’s latest line up of content for our Spring pop-up market. As ever, we remain focused and dedicated to offering you high quality programming with broad appeal and points of difference. Extraordinary human stories, premium crime documentaries, aspirational lifestyle and great entertainment take a place of pride in our slate. This year, for the first time in a little while, we’re also incredibly proud to bring you an exciting new drama! From the producers of Hinterland, new drama bregus/fragile is a must-watch psychological thriller series which reveals how fragile the seemingly perfectly ordinary life of a group of friends unravels when tragedy strikes. Real human tragedy is also the theme of our Untold Stories, a collection of premium true crime documentaries that deliver the definitive story of some of the most notorious crimes of recent times. WELCOME Our new single documentary Jihadi Smartphone is a remarkable, personal record of how three young men became radicalised and ultimately, how their actions were a one-way journey to certain death. On a lighter note, the brand new lifestyle series Lap of Luxury features the most beautiful rural retreats set in spectacular scenery across Australia and New Zealand. Steeped in history, natural beauty and architectural magnificence, each lodge has a fascinating story of its own. Here Come the Gypsies is a new documentary series that lifts the lid on this incredible community’s unique traditions and codes and provides a fascinating insight into their constant battle to keep their culture alive. We are also delighted to bring you additional series of some of our existing franchises, including two new series of Architecture the Railways Built, the revealing documentary series which marvels at the rich history and exquisite architecture of Europe’s railway buildings. There is plenty more for you to discover and acquire, so dive in! As always, we’re keen to discuss these titles and many more and look forward to continuing our collaboration with you. Emmanuelle Namiech CEO 3 DRAMA DOCUMENTARY SERIES DOCUMENTARY ENTERTAINMENT bregus/fragile 8 Here Come The Gypsies 34 Storming The Capitol: The Inside Story 54 RuPaul’s Drag Race 80 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 36 Jihadi Smartphone (w/t) 56 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 80 CRIME & INVESTIGATION The Architecture The Railways Built 38 Australia: 1000 Years Of History 58 RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked 80 Untold: The Wests 14 Big Ben: Rebirth Of The World’s Most Famous Clock 39 America: 1000 Years Of History 59 RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under 82 Untold: The Disappearance Of Shannon Matthews 16 Beyond Our Earth 40 Russia: 1000 Years Of History 59 RuPaul’s Drag Race España 84 Untold: The Killing Of James Bulger 17 Future Warfare 42 China: 1000 Years Of History 60 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 86 Untold: The Railway Murders 18 Cold War: The Tech Race 43 Scotland: 1000 Years Of History 61 RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race 86 Murder In A Small Town 20 Danube: Against The Flow 44 Ireland: 1000 Years Of History 61 Canada’s Drag Race 87 ENTERTAINMENT All New Cold Justice 22 Walking Hadrian’s Wall With Robson Green 45 21st Century Mythologies 62 Master Minds (AKA Best Trivia Show Ever) 88 All New Traffic Cops 23 Epidemic: The Great Plague 46 Nuremberg: Nazis On Trial 63 America Says 89 Inside The Police Force 24 The Dog Rescuers 48 Common Knowledge 89 Frontline Police 24/7 25 How To Build A City 49 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT Emogenius 90 Unreported World 50 Secrets Of The Transport Museum 66 Catch 21 91 LIFESTYLE South Korea: The Country That Beat The Virus 51 Surviving The Stone Age 68 Get A Clue 91 Lap Of Luxury: Ultimate Escapes Down Under 28 #BumpBirthBaby 70 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble 30 Emma Willis: Delivering Babies 71 Twice The Life For Half The Price 30 Help! My House Is Haunted 72 Weather Gone Viral 74 Weather Top Tens S3 75 Top 100 Weather Moments 75 Chef Vs Cornershop 76 4 5 DRAMA bregus/fragile 8 6 7 bregus/fragile NEW 6 x 60’ Producer: Fiction Factory Films Commissioning Channel: S4C Successful heart surgeon Ellie Bateman seemingly has the perfect life – a loving husband a beautiful daughter DRAMA and a close knit group of friends who mean the world to her and her to them. They have what they need and know who they are until an unforeseeable tragedy changes the life that they know beyond all recognition. Desperate to forget, Ellie survives the only way she knows how – She runs, far from the comfort of her loved ones and finds herself lost in a life she no longer recognises. A life that no longer has meaning. Will she ever find her way back? Is that even what she wants? Or will she choose to lose herself in a perfect storm beyond her control? Inspired by true events, bregus is a character psychological thriller about a woman, her marriage, her friends and how seismic change shatters their illusions of who and what they all are as people. 8 9 CRIME & INVESTIGATION Untold: The Wests 14 All New Cold Justice 22 Untold: The Disappearance Of Shannon Matthews 16 All New Traffic Cops 23 Untold: The Killing Of James Bulger 17 Inside The Police Force 24 Untold: The Railway Murders 18 Frontline Police 24/7 25 Murder In A Small Town 20 10 11 UNTOLD From ITN Productions comes a series of landmark crime documentaries exploring some of the most notorious crime cases of recent years. CRIME & INVESTIGATION Told by those who lived it, some speaking for the very first time, each documentary features exclusive witness testimonies, rarely seen archive and first-hand accounts from the police and community involved. Cinematic in scope and featuring first person narratives from those involved in cases, these are the definitive films of crimes that continue to shock and fascinate. Documentaries include: Untold: The Disappearance of Shannon Matthews (3 x 60’) Untold: The Wests (3 x 60’) Untold: The Killing of James Bulger (3 x 60’) Untold: The Railway Murders (3 x 60’) 12 13 UNTOLD: THE WESTS NEW Police recordings, and new interviews with lawyers and 3 x 60’ police reveal a killer who continued to crave control, Producer: ITN Productions and protect a murderous wife – who would ultimately be the only one to face justice for the killings. Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 As victim after victim is uncovered by investigators, we The murders of twelve young women by Fred and hear their stories; families, surviving victims and key Rosemary West are among Britain’s most infamous crimes. witnesses come forward to reveal the real people behind the grisly headlines, and details of the lives that were Their killing spree went undiscovered for years, as an tragically cut short. apparently normal life continued at 25 Cromwell Street, in Gloucester. These films will explain how and why these women were killed. And who their killers really were. Featuring exclusive witness testimony and rarely seen archive, this definitive documentary series will reveal the Told by those who lived it, some speaking for the first true horror of what took place behind closed doors at time, this is the definitive, untold story of how Fred that notorious address. and Rosemary West became Britain’s most notorious killer couple. Unearthed home videos expose the veneer of a happy family that disguised the house of horror’s SCREENER murderous secrets. CRIME & INVESTIGATION 14 15 UNTOLD: THE KILLING OF JAMES BULGER CRIME & INVESTIGATION NEW In this brand new documentary series, ITN Productions 3 x 60’ and Channel 5 tell the definitive story of the case, Producer: ITN Productions examining in forensic detail what happened on that UNTOLD: THE DISAPPEARANCE tragic day, how the young killers were caught and the Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 legacy of a trial that still divides opinion to this day. OF SHANNON MATTHEWS The abduction, torture and murder of James Bulger by In a worldwide exclusive, James Bulger’s three brothers Robert Thomson and Jon Venables stunned the entire reveal how the crime continues to affect their family NEW country and has seeped into the public consciousness while their mother Denise recalls the devastating events Her disappearance a total mystery that triggers the like no other crime. leading up to and following the abduction in never 3 x 60’ biggest investigation in the region since the hunt for before heard detail. the Yorkshire Ripper. This is a tragic tale of deception, At 15:42 on the 12th February 1993, a CCTV camera Producer: ITN Productions With chilling insights from the detectives who investigated betrayal and dark secrets. captured footage of two young boys leading a two Commissioning Channel: Channel 5 year-old child away from the Strand shopping centre the murder, the professionals who worked with the killers, This series tells the story of the extraordinary kidnap of in Bootle, Merseyside. 48 hours later, the toddler’s and politicians who dealt with the legacy of the case, this nine-year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008. mutilated body was found on a railway track almost 3 landmark series asks how this crime happened and why, Nine months after the disappearance of Madeleine miles away from the scene of the abduction. almost 30 years later, the name ‘James Bulger’ still sends McCann, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews goes missing. SCREENER shock waves through the country. SCREENER 16 17 CRIME & INVESTIGATION UNTOLD: THE RAILWAY MURDERS NEW It took another fourteen years for the police to close the 3 x 60’ case on the so-called ‘Railway Killers’.