All the latest news from the global content industry on Thursday, 17 September

 

Diana docuseries to be sold by Cineflix

Cineflix Rights has acquired Love Monday TV’s three-part docuseries Diana Unheard for global distribution.

The 3 x 60-minute show is being coproduced for three as-uet undisclosed partners in the US, UK, and Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales’ death.

It draws on hours of never-before-heard, intimate audio recordings in a bid to reframe the princess’s role and life.

Cineflix will launch the show to international buyers at Mipcom later this month.

 

Romania remakes Turkish hit

Eccho Rights and Romanian broadcaster Pro TV have extended their scripted-format partnership with the latter remaking Turkish drama Kaçak.

Known locally as Fără Urmă (aka Without a Trace), the series will air on Pro TV and streaming platform Voyo, and marks the third Turkish drama format Eccho Rights has licensed to the broadcaster following remakes of Ezel and Insider (İçerde).

The latter, which became Clanul (aka The Clan), was so popular it spawned its own spin-off, Tătuțu (aka Our Father).

Produced by Süreç Film for ATV, the original Kaçak ran across two seasons in Türkiye. It follows a policeman who kills the son of a ruthless mafia boss and is forced to build a new identity in a quiet town until an act of heroism exposes him.

 

UK’s Strictly rejigs top team 

BBC Studios has rejigged Strictly’s senior leadership team in preparation for the revamped series, with exec producer Sarah James stepping into an expanded role, Broadcast can reveal.

James, who has led the BBCS-produced juggernaut since 2019, has been promoted to senior executive producer, taking responsibility for the entire UK brand, including the flagship BBC1 Saturday and Sunday night live shows, BBC2 companion show It Takes Two and the burgeoning digital content around the show.

Current series editor Nicola Fitzgerald has been appointed as exec producer, while her fellow series editor Jack Gledhill has been named as performance executive producer on the main BBC1 show. Both will report to James.

BBCS has also brought in Rhean Archibald as exec producer of It Takes Two, while head of operations at the Brit Awards Toby Leveson will also join the team to lead the digital offering as digital series producer. Read more

 

 

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