26th March 2018
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ITV Gets on Harry and Meghan Bandwagon, Orders ‘Invitation to a Royal Wedding’ (EXCLUSIVE)
ITV will send an “Invitation to a Royal Wedding” to British viewers ahead of the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a one-off documentary about the hugely anticipated nuptials at Windsor Castle in May. Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster has commissioned the program from Oxford...
Putin doc added to Drive slate
Drive, the London-based production funding and distribution business, has added a host of factual titles from UK producers to its sales slate ahead of MipTV next month.Shows from Oxford Films, October Films, Ad Hoc Films and Bedlam have been added to the catalogue at Drive,...
C21 feature: Digging up funds
Coproductions are increasingly common in factual series, forcing producers to become deal makers and accountants. Clive Whittingham explores clever deals and how they affect the creative process. Coproductions, long the standard in scripted, once accounted for only a fraction of factual projects. Feature docs with a...
18th January 2018
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C21: Drive revs up int’l factual sales
US cablenet Smithsonian Channel and Australian pubcaster SBS are among the broadcasters to have acquired factual programming from UK production-funding and distribution outfit Drive. Eight Days that Made Rome (8×60’) has been picked up by Smithsonian for North America, SBS TV for Australia and Viasat World...
12th January 2018
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Body Cam Cops premiered
In this new series back2back has uncovered some of the most powerful, shocking and extraordinary footage ever filmed by cops on the front-line as they investigate crimes and catch criminals in the act across the world - from Santiago to Seattle, Northampton to Malaga.Policing in...
12th December 2017
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Drive sells content to global broadcasters
UK prodco-funding and distribution agency Drive has made a raft of international sales from its broadcast partners on a range of factual content.Smithsonian Channel has acquired 8 Days that Made Rome (8×60) for North America. Produced by October Films and Krempelwood for Channel 5, this...
Drive shortlisted for this year’s Broadcast Awards
Drive has been shortlisted for this year's Broadcast Awards for International Programme Sales for the programme Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy. We share the nomination with 4 very large and established companies and are proud to be the only independent Distributor in the...
‘The world never had this many sexpots’: Top UK historian sets up TV company to counter misleading portrayals of women
One of Britain’s leading historians has helped to set up a TV company as part of an attempt to “write women back into history” and counter the “super-sexualised” portrayal of heroines of the past.