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FeaturesHot Picks: Whizz Kids: On the Fast Track to F1
The increasingly global nature of Formula 1 motor racing bodes well for Cineflix Rights’ latest documentary offering.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Inside The Freemasons
This observational documentary from Emporium Productions lifts the lid on the Freemasons, the secretive 300-year-old society that is notoriously guarded and seldom shares details of its machinations and rituals.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Planet Earth II
The BBC has amassed an impressive roster of international co-producers for its latest natural history epic, which is a follow-up to its landmark 2006 series Planet Earth.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Mars
National Geographic Channel’s popular Killing… franchise helped establish the broadcaster as a drama player, but six-part global event series Mars is being pitched as one giant leap for the brand.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Level
Seven years in the making, this six-part serialised crime thriller set on the south coast of England is Holy Flying Circus indie Hillbilly’s fi rst major series commission.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Prime Suspect: Tennison
Scheduled to air later this year to celebrate Prime Suspect’s 25th anniversary, this prequel to ITV’s iconic, long-running crime drama exhumes the formidable character of DSI Jane Tennison and reunites her with modern audiences.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Same Sky
Deutschland 83 was the highest-rated foreign-language drama to have aired on British television when it recorded a consolidated audience of 2.4 million in January 2016, beating the likes of Les Revenants (The Returned) and Forbrydelsen (The Killing).
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dr Frank N Furter and pals are heading to Mipcom as a reboot of camp musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show will have its world premiere at the event.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Taboo
Tom Hardy has executive produced and plays the lead in this dark period drama about rogue adventurer James Keziah Delaney, who returns from Africa to avenge his father’s death.
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FeaturesHot Picks: National Treasure
This Operation Yewtree-inspired four-part drama plunges headfirst into one of the darkest chapters of the UK’s recent history.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Halycon
Class divide, glamour and a carpe diem attitude created by the overhanging spectre of war forge the foundations of ITV’s upcoming eight-part drama The Halcyon.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Riviera
Riviera is a 10-part thriller starring Julia Stiles as the resourceful wife of a billionaire who has to navigate the opulent and morally ambiguous world of the ultra-rich after her husband’s death.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Witness For The Prosecution
The Witness For The Prosecution is a gripping adaptation of Agatha Christie’s short story about a wife’s attempt to rescue her husband from a murder charge by becoming an unreliable witness.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Switch
While Deal Or No Deal is a gameshow without questions, Belgian format Switch is a gameshow without keeping score.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Look Me In The Eye
The trend for social experiment formats shows no sign of slowing down with a raft of new titles in the genre launching at Mipcom.
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FeaturesHot Picks: That Awkward Game Show
Parents and their adult children will end up learning shocking secrets about each other in this gameshow from US cable network Spike TV.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Kicking & Screaming
US network Fox welcomes reluctant outdoorsmen to the jungle in this reality competition series from Lionsgate and Wipeout and Fear Factor producer Matt Kunitz of Pulse Creative.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Big Music Quiz
The musical gameshow genre is booming as global broadcasters search for a hit on the scale of Don’t Forget The Lyrics.
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FeaturesHot Picks: 5 Golden Rings
Possessed, the ITV-backed indie set up by Pointless co-creator Glenn Hugill, has teamed up with John de Mol’s production group Talpa Media to develop his next quiz show format: 5 Golden Rings.
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FeaturesHot Picks: All Against 1
If its performance in Denmark is any indication, audiences are going to love this Zodiak-distributed interactive entertainment format.