Spun Gold To “Reimagine” BAFTA Coverage
Next 12 months’s BAFTA TV and Film Awards might be “significantly expanded and reimagined” as a brand new manufacturing firm, Spun Gold TV, takes the reins. Co-producing alongside BAFTA, Spun Gold has changed earlier producers Done + Dusted and Whizz Kid following a young course of to make the protection for the subsequent two years. BAFTA stated Spun Gold will work with the physique to “reimagine and significantly expand the production and format of both events.” Ceremonies might be broadcast as per typical on BBC One and happen reside at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Inside Dubai producer Spun Gold has made the likes of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations for ITV and the identical community’s Real Full Monty concert events. BBC Entertainment Director Kalpna Patel-Knight praised the corporate’s “first-class reputation in making high quality, innovative and engaging content.” Elsewhere, UK PR agency Premier will lead the Film Awards PR marketing campaign, whereas EE stays a sponsor.
Sky Greenlights World Cup Hat-Trick
Sky has greenlit a hat trick of World Cup documentaries because the Qatar occasion attracts close to. The pay-TV large has ordered Italia 90: Four Weeks that Changed the World, Hurst: The First and Only and Brazil 2002. Each will cowl a unique period of World Cup historical past, with the likes of the Hurst doc England’s solely ever World Cup victory in 1966 and Brazil 2002 analyzing one of many South American nation’s biggest World Cup victories. Sky stated the docs will present “unique unseen footage.” The match kicks off on 20 November.
More ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ For Prime Video
Prime Video has greenlit a 3rd season of widespread UK collection Clarkson’s Farm. Jeremy Clarkson’s documentary, during which the Grand Tour host runs a farm known as Diddly Squat within the Cotswolds with a number of others, has entered manufacturing on collection three forward of season two airing subsequent 12 months. Clarkson and his fellow farmhands Jeremy, Lisa, Kaleb and Gerald will proceed grappling with animals, crops and the native council as he diversifies his operations with a restaurant. The present is usually talked up by Amazon as one among its hottest UK originals. Expectation will proceed to supply, with Peter Fincham and long-time Clarkson collaborator Andy Wilman govt producing.
Federation Studios’ Mercer Productions Making Bhutan Doc For Arte
Shooting is full on Bhutan: Following within the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard, a 52-minute doc from Federation Studios-owned Mercer Productions. A 28-day shoot started on September 16 in Bhutan, with Jérôme Cecil Auffret the director. He is co-writing with Caroline Halley. The movie follows Buddhist monk and photographer Matthieu Picard as he returns to the Asian nation within the Himalayas the place he spent a decade after seven years away, revisiting breathtaking landscapes and experiencing native traditions. “From inaccessible monasteries to mountain nomads, and from rituals to wildlife and impassable cols, the photographer’s red robe is our door opener to this country’s innermost secrets,” stated Auffret, an International Emmy winner. The doc marks one of many first for Mercer, which Thorunn Anspach and Olivier Brémond launched in 2020 beneath the wing of Federation. Federation will distribute internationally.
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