Drive has acquired a documentary series about the wife of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar for global distribution. Tata – Escobar’s Widow features intimate interviews with Victoria Eugenia Henao (nicknamed ‘Tata’ by Escobar) as she breaks her silence of 25 years and reveals the truth about...
BBC Earth and Discovery Italy are among the international broadcasters to have picked up a factual series on extreme weather conditions from UK-based funding and distribution outfit Drive. The World’s Deadliest Weather is produced by UK indie Back2Back and the third 13×60’ season has also been...
Fifty-six years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains one of Hollywood’s most intriguing and glamorous figures. Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary Marilyn Monroe for Sale, airing Dec. 23, goes inside the icon’s private world and personal possessions, looking back on Julien’s 2016 auction of her most personal...
Realscreen’s Trailblazers: TCB Media Rights In an industry that seems to be changing on a daily basis, it’s hard to keep track of those changes, and the creative and strategic minds behind them. But we managed to catch up with several such individuals and companies for...
This PBS documentary recounts the story of the ill-fated cruiser and a recent expedition that uncovered the wreckage. (extract) It seems a pretty good bet that if people are familiar with the tale of the USS Indianapolis they’ve also seen “Jaws.” During the famous, half-drunken soliloquy by...
Weeks after unveiling its long-gestating, multi-million-dollar collaboration with David Attenborough, Netflix made another strong statement in the factual space at this week’s World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) where new recruit Sara Edelson – Los Angeles-based manager for original docs – eschewed the...
A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found lying on its side off the Bulgarian coast. The 23m (75ft) wreck, found in the Black Sea by an Anglo-Bulgarian team, is being hailed as officially the world's oldest known intact shipwreck. The researchers...
A naval observational docuseries and a documentary on The Queen are among the programmes making up London-based production funding agency and distributor Drive’s Mipcom slate. Warship: Life at Sea (4×60’) explores everyday life onboard Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan, one of the most advance warships in...
Drive has landed the international rights to “Queen of the World,” the upcoming ITV documentary about Queen Elizabeth’s role on the world stage. The two-parter will look at the Commonwealth – the international group of nations that were formerly part of the British Empire – and...