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THE TELCO REPORT
International Television Program Magazine Published Since 1969 Volume LII, No. 02 January 20-25, 2020
Eclipse from GoQuest Media
Welcome to NATPE 2020
THE TELCO REPORT Volume LII, No. 02, January 20-25, 2020
International Television Program Magazine Published since 1969
Forward & Intelligence
DRAMAS FROM GOQUEST
GoQuest Media Ventures is coming to NATPE Miami with an impressive list
of dramas, including the romance/thriller Eclipse, which follows a man
whose love for his high school crush becomes a dangerous obsession (8 x
45 ). A dramatic romance, Rain Flower is an adolescent tale of two step-
siblings who fall in deep and passionate love with each other. Will they be able
to curb this irresistible feeling or will they pursue the forbidden path? (8 x 45 ).
Secrets follows mysterious events and destiny lead the two childhood lov-
ers, Mykola and Katya to reunite. Knowing Katya's missing father can be the
murderer of Mykola's mother, will the two lovers separate? (95 x 45 )
CONTACT: GoQuest Media Ventures, Mumbai, India. Tel. 91-22-495-591-00. Email:
contact@goquestmedia.com Web: www.goquestmedia.com
EXTREME MAKEOVER REBOOT
Scripps Networks has announced that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,
the world s biggest, most transformative, inspirational and aspirational home
show ever, will premiere with ten new episodes on HGTV on February 16 and
audiences will be hooked. The special event will kick off a year of HGTV pro-
gramming that will include new series from the network s biggest stars, new
experts with innovative approaches to buying, selling and renovating homes,
surprising celebrity faces, as well as compelling, emotional, relatable and in-
spiring stories about families at home. The high-profile reboot of Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition, which comes with the network s signature spin,
will be hosted by award-winning actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson from ABC s
Modern Family who brings his optimism, humor, energy and giving spirit to
the series. The reboot will feature three new designers Breegan Jane, Carrie
Locklyn and Darren Keefe follows the team and thousands of volunteers as
they complete stunning home overhauls for ten deserving families (10 x 60 ).
CONTACT: Scripps Networks, Knoxville, TN, USA. Tel. 1-865-694-2700. Fax 1-865-
690-9964. Web: www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com
FEY, POEHLER TO HOST GOLDEN GLOBES
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced that award-
winning comedy icons Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are returning to the Golden
Globes as co-hosts for the 2021 telecast. The date of next year s Golden
Globes will be announced at a later time.
CONTACT: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, West Hollywood, CA, USA. Tel.
1-310-657-1731. Email: Ggoeckner@hfpa.org Web: www.goldenglobes.com
CONSTANTIN MEDIEN AG NOW SPORT 1
Sports media company Constantin Medien AG has changed its company
name to Sport1 Medien AG. The Management Board of Sport1 Medien AG
will continue to consist of Olaf Schroeder as CEO and Dr Matthias
Kirschenhofer as Chief Officer Legal and Finance. SPORT1 MEDIEN Group
covers entire value chain in sports, its subsidiaries Sport1 GmbH, Magic
Sports Media GmbH, Match IQ GmbH, PLAZAMEDIA GmbH and LEITMO-
TIF Creators GmbH and Sport1 Medien AG.
CONTACT: Sport 1 Medien AG, Ismaning, Germany. Tel. 49-0-89-99-500-0. Email:
info@sport1-medien.de Web: www.sport1-medien.de
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Forward & Intelligence (continued)
HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY
The Discovery Channel (and Discovery GO) will debut a new documentary,
Who Will Write Our History? on January 27, to coincide with the 75th anniver-
sary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed
450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and
community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum
and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to de-
feat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists, but with pen and paper. Now,
for the first time, their story is told in the documentary Who Will Write Our Histo-
ry? Featuring the voices of three-time Academy Award® nominee Joan Allen and
Academy Award® winner Adrian Brody, Who Will Write Our History? mixes the
writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and
stunning dramatizations (shot on location in Lodz and Warsaw, Poland) to
transport audiences inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance
fighters (130 ).
CONTACT: Discovery Networks, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Tel. 1-240-662-5900. Fax 1-240-
662-1986. Web www.discoverycommunications.com
R. KELLY SAGA CONTINUES
A&E s Lifetime Network unravels more of the saga of R. Kelly with Surviving R.
Kelly Part II: The Reckoning airing across three nights, beginning in January,
2020. The multi-part program will feature interviews from a variety of perspectives
including with new survivors, supporters, psychologists and cultural and legal ex-
perts, and more insights into the ever-growing saga of the R&B singer, who is cur-
rently facing federal and state charges. The three-night event uncovers new stories
with revealing details and explores why the voices of the girls that spoke up dec-
ades ago are only now being heard. The full story will be available with a six-hour
marathon of Part I, airing in its entirety, leading into the two-hour premiere of
Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning. Night two continues with two new hours
of content (3 x 120 ).
CONTACT: A+E Networks, New York, NY, USA. Tel. 1-212-210-1400. Fax 1-212-210-9476.
Web: www.AETNinternational.com
NHK NEWS COMES TO DIRECTV
NHK World-Japan, Japan s global 24-hour English-language television channel,
has become part of DIRECTV s basic channel lineup as of this week. Carried
throughout the U.S. since 2009, the growth of NHK World-Japan been particu-
larly strong in major U.S. markets. The 24/7 broadcast station reaches viewers
through affiliates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington,
DC, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Charlotte, Baltimore and
Salt Lake City. NHK World-Japan features original television programming from
NHK, the country s only public broadcaster, and delivers a unique and diverse
blend of programming featuring hourly live international news from Tokyo and
news bureaus around the globe, along with programs on current affairs, lifestyle,
culture, food, travel, sports, technology, science, and history, with the Japan and
Asian perspective.
CONTACT: NHK Enterprises, Tokyo, Japan. Tel. 81-3-5478-2586. Fax 81-3-3481-1453.
Web: www.nhk-ep.co.jp/en/
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Sports/Adventure
SPORTS MANAGEMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA
Inside Saudi Arabia: Race to Change is fast-paced, emotional and history mak-
ing story, going deep inside the inner circles of sports management in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. A young prince and a strong team of female managers fight the odds to
open their country with sports: Formula E in the oil country, the first female and male
audience international pop festival, tourist visas online for the first time - and a strong
management team of Saudi Arabian Ladies. The dramatic twists and turns to get the
Kingdom ready for such an epic event shows that the stakes are as high as they can
get (60).
CONTACT: Looking Glass International, St. Andrews Beach, VIC, Australia. Tel. 61-3-5988-
6947. Email: info@lookingglassint.com Web: www.lookingglassint.com
HIGH MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE
Offering spectacular entertainment, Monte Bianco follows eight celebrities as they
face epic tasks and head-to-head duels on Europe s highest peak. At a base camp
1,500m high, each celebrity is paired with an experienced alpine guide, who teaches
them crucial climbing and mountaineering skills and important local knowledge. Daily
missions, such as quartz hunting, sharpen their abilities. Whether they re famous
sportsmen, models, singers or actors the celebrities need bravery to pass the big
weekly challenge: scaling a slippery ice-slope, or clambering down a crevasse. The
weakest performers face an elimination race up ever-harder peaks. The last to reach
the summit must leave (60 , 90 or 120 ).
CONTACT: Zodiak Rights, London, UK. Tel. 44-207-013-4400. Fax 44-207-013-4401. Web:
www.zodiakrights.com
YOGA FOR PARENTS
Presented in high definition, Yoga for Busy Moms is an all-new series offering
mothers (and fathers) a way to integrate the benefits of yoga into their busy lifestyles.
The five-part, half-hour series provides parents with a way to exercise and relieve
stress without having to travel to the gym or purchase a lot of expensive equipment.
The routines are designed to allow parents to work out while still being able to keep
an eye on their little ones (5 x 30 ).
CONTACT: Global Telemedia Inc., Naples, FL, USA. Tel. 1-203-247-3888. Email:
gt@globaltelemedia.com Web: www.globaltelemedia.com
WRESTLING BIOGRAPHIES
A&E Network has partnered with WWE Studios to produce five original two-hour
documentaries under the award-winning Biography banner showcasing some of
the most iconic WWE Superstars of all time, including Macho Man Randy Savage®,
Rowdy Roddy Piper , Booker T®, Stone Cold Steve Austin® and Shawn
Michaels®. Through these in-depth films helmed by some of the industry s top direc-
tors and storytellers, Biography continues its focus on meaningful events and per-
sonalities as well as their impact on our culture. Through new and archival interviews
and never-before-seen footage, each feature length film will give fans an in-depth
look at the early lives, rise to fame and careers of some of the most influential stars in
WWE history (5 x 120).
CONTACT: A+E Networks, New York, NY, USA. Tel. 1-212-210-1400. Fax 1-212-210-9476.
Web: www.AETNinternational.com
5,000 YEARS OF SPORTS
The African History of Sport is a series of three programs that looks at the early
evidence of the development of sports in detail left by the Pharaohs and their civiliza-
tion. Series reveals that many current Olympic sports can trace their origins back
some 5,000 years to ancient Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. It also looks at the problem
of a Eurocentric education system, and how Egyptian history can decolonize both
history and education (3 x 60 ).
CONTACT: Global Telemedia Inc., Naples, FL, USA. Tel. 1-203-247-3888. Email:
gt@globaltelemedia.com Web: www.globaltelemedia.com
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Entertainment
CONQUEST OF AMERICA
Currently in production, Hernán is epic drama of the conquest of continental Amer-
ica and the meeting of two civilizations led by Captain Hernán Cortés in the name of
the King of Spain. But, above all, for himself. In 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed
with five hundred soldiers on the Mexican coast, they never imagined how the world
was about to change (8 x 60 ).
CONTACT: A+E Networks, New York, NY, USA. Tel. 1-212-210-1400. Fax 1-212-210-9476.
Web: www.AETNinternational.com
CHERNOBYL DISASTER
Janson Media has announced the digital release of the four-part limited drama se-
ries, Inseparable, a story based on historical events about a boy and a girl who fall
in love during the worst ecological disaster in history. It is April, 1986. Pripyat,
Ukraine. A core meltdown occurs at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over
thirty people die during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radia-
tion fallout reaches into the thousands. Chernobyl will be considered the world's larg-
est ecological disaster. The shocking news of the explosion at the nuclear plant
spreads, and the world watches the tragedy in fear and confusion. Hearts go out to
those who displayed selfless courage and integrity in the initial efforts to stabilize the
reactor power. But some were too busy being in love to notice what had just hap-
pened in nearby Chernobyl (4 x 48 ).
CONTACT: Janson Media, Tappan, NY, USA. Tel 1-845-359-8488. Email: info@janson.com
Web: www.janson.com
PROVOCATIVE CRIME DRAMA
Combining extreme suspense and international allure, Women of the Night is a
provocative Dutch-Flemish-Croatian crime drama series, set in a world of high-class
escorts and criminals. Women take center stage; they are strong, ruthless and attrac-
tive. With the metropolis Amsterdam, uncrowned cocaine capital Antwerp and the
luxurious Riviera as backdrop, we tell the story of Xandra Keizer. Ambitious Xandra
comes to her old friend Pamela s rescue by organizing an event for her international
high-class escort agency. After a successful evening, she gets drawn into Pamela s
world of sex, drugs and violence, a world she managed to escape with difficulty many
years ago. She comes face to face with her criminal mother; the source of all her mis-
ery. Inevitably, Xandra starts a dangerous double life in which she tries to keep her
husband and daughter out of the firing line (10 x 45 ).
CONTACT: DFW International, Utrecht, Netherlands. Tel. 31-88-120-2020. Email: in-
fo@dfw.nl Web: www.dfw-international.com
MISSING CHILD
A movie for television, A Child is Missing dramatizes a missing persons case.
When a boy disappears overnight from the Bergisches Land in Germany, Ingo Thiel,
head of the special task force assigned to the search, finds himself with a criminal
case on his hands. Directed by Urs Egger, the film recounts the Mirco Case and is
based on the true story that shook Germany when a ten-year-old boy was murdered
in the autumn of 2010 in North Rhine-Westphalia. The story begins when Mirco s par-
ents find him missing one morning, Mirco having failed to return from the skate park
the previous night. The police begin their search, and when Mirco s clothes are
found, their fears are confirmed: the boy is dead (90 ).
CONTACT: ZDF Enterprises, Mainz, Germany. Tel. 49-6131-991-1601. Fax 49-6131-991-
1612. Web: www.zdf-enterprises.de
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Entertainment (continued)
WHOLE TOWN MAKEOVER
Scripps Networks HGTV is set to take on an ambitious mission and it will be the
most impressive and massive renovation ever a takeover to makeover an entire
town. Ever since Ben and Erin Napier of the hit series Home Town helped trans-
form Laurel, Mississippi, fans from small towns across America have flooded HGTV
with requests to take on the reno of their home town. Now they will get their shot at a
life-changing, whole-town overhaul. Through Tuesday, February 4, anyone who loves
their own home town can log on to HGTVHomeTownTakeover.com to show, tell
and sell the network on why their small town, with its historic architecture and classic
main street, should be the one town featured in the upcoming event series Home
Town Takeover. With Ben and Erin leading the charge, the selected town, with a
population less than 40,000, will witness the rehab of multiple individual family homes
and the revitalization of public spaces, such as parks, local diners and recreation
centers. And, the town will be featured in Home Town Takeover, a six-episode
series slated to premiere on HGTV in 2021.
CONTACT: Scripps Networks, Knoxville, TN, USA. Tel. 1-865-694-2700. Fax 1-865-690-9964.
Web: www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com
SKETCH COMEDY
Frantic Films has announced that principal photography has begun on Season five
of the multiple award-winning CBC original sketch comedy series, Baroness von
Sketch Show. Filming is currently underway in Toronto. Fast-paced and irreverent,
Baroness von Sketch Show celebrates the absurd, mines the embarrassing and
satirizes daily life. Shot entirely on-location, this single-camera comedy series takes a
fresh look at navel-gazing, contemporary culture. From marriage equality and screen
addiction, to Airbnbs and ultrasounds, this satirical sketch show captures the banali-
ties and absurdities of the modern world. Series is produced by Frantic Films and
consists of the talented and award-winning team of Carolyn Taylor, Meredith Mac-
Neill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen.
CONTACT: CBC Int l. Sales, Toronto, Canada. Tel. 1-416-205-3500. Fax 1-416-205-3486. E-
mail cbcis@toronto.cbc.ca web: www.cbc.ca/television
BRITISH DRAMA
Queens of Mystery follows a perennially single female Detective Sergeant
(Matilda Stone) and her three aunts (Cat, Beth and Jane), who are well-known crime
writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind
dates. In addition to her weekly murder investigations, Mattie is also preoccupied by
the fact that her mother Eleanor disappeared without a trace when Mattie was three.
The continuing mystery of Eleanor s disappearance will haunt the central characters
throughout forthcoming seasons (3 x 90 or 6 x 45 ).
CONTACT: ZDF Enterprises, Mainz, Germany. Tel. 49-6131-991-1601. Fax 49-6131-991-
1612. Web: www.zdf-enterprises.de
WWII BATTLEFIELD ACTION
Written and directed by Aleksey Sidorov, the World War II action/drama T-34 stars
Alexander Petrov, Irina Starshenbaum, and Viktor Dobronravov. Produced by Leon-
ard Blavatnik and Ruben Dishdishyan for Mars Media Entertainment of Moscow,
the Russian film is now available in English. In 1944, a courageous group of Russian
soldiers manage to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed, legendary T-34
tank. What happened next were scenes of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, and
unbreakable love. Sidorov said the aim of T-34 was to tell a war story in a way that
attracts young people and does not provoke objections from those who still remem-
ber the great patriotic war," as World War II is often referred to in Russia (120 ).
CONTACT: Janson Media, Tappan, NY, USA. Tel 1-845-359-8488. Email: info@janson.com
Web: www.janson.com
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Children s
CLUMSY ALIEN
Set on a tropical island, Roger follows the lively adventures of a little girl, the care-
free, joyful and perky Fatou, and Roger, a rather clumsy alien. Throughout their adven-
tures, they trigger small accidents that sometimes grow into major disasters, but
(almost) always end on a happy note. In short, Roger and Fatou spend their time sav-
ing the island from their own mistakes and blunders. Series is aimed at children ages
six to nine and features 3D CGI animation (78 x 7 ).
CONTACT: About Premium Content, Paris, France. Tel. 33-1- 8508-7022. Email: con-
tact@aboutpremiumcontent.com Web: www.aboutpremiumcontent.com
EXTRATERRESTRIALS
41 Entertainment has announced their second project in young adult animation the
science fiction series, Roswell Conspiracies . Monsters aren t real, but aliens are.
And the creatures that humans call vampires, werewolves, ghosts and goblins are ac-
tually different species of extraterrestrials most of whom are peaceful and able to
pass as human beings. They live among us, hiding in plain sight. However, there are
some aliens that are more horrible and bloodthirsty than any monster of myth or leg-
end. These dangerous creatures are hunted by a cohort of humans and aliens who
work for a top-secret multinational organization known as the ALLIANCE (8 x 44 )
CONTACT: 41 Entertainment LLC, Greenwich, CT, USA. Tel. 1-203-542-7310. Email: Kier-
sten.Halstead@41ent.com Web: www.41e.tv
GROWN-UP WORLD
Developed and produced by BBC Children s In House Productions, Biggleton is
a unique preschool live action series (50 x 11 ) which takes place in an imaginary town
where a young cast of five- to seven-year-olds play out their own version of a grown-up
world. A young police officer, a gardener, a scientist, a farmer, a hairdresser and a vet
are among Biggleton s residents, whose town environment has been recreated using
cardboard and beautiful hand drawn detail. From the Biggleton Obstacle Race to look-
ing after a noisy puppy, their jobs and daily lives explore what it means to be part of a
community, whilst inspiring children to role play and stretch their imaginations. Cake
Entertainment will handle distribution outside the U.K. (50 x 11 ).
CONTACT: Cake Entertainment, London, UK. Tel. 44-0-207-307-3230. Email:
tpeck@cakeentertainment.com Web: www.cakeentertainment.com
A REFINED PUG
With photorealistic visuals, Mighty Mike is aimed at six- to ten-year-olds, but has a
broader family appeal. An original TeamTO production with Canada s Digital Dimen-
sion, Cake Entertainment handles international distribution (excluding France, Ger-
many and China). The dialogue-free chase cartoon features Mike, a refined pug with
sophisticated tastes who longs for a quiet life but is instead forced to defend his house
from a bunch of furry intruders. Raccoons, turtles and Fluffy the Cat have a knack for
showing up at the worst possible moments, dragging Mike into a series of unforeseen
twists and turns! After his owners return, an exhausted Mike finds himself in the dog
house once again, missing yet another opportunity to impress Iris, the neighbor s ele-
gant dog (78 x 7 ).
CONTACT: Cake Entertainment, London, UK. Tel. 44-0-207-307-3230. Email:
tpeck@cakeentertainment.com Web: www.cakeentertainment.com
MAVERICK MUTT
Dandelooo, an awarding-winning boutique company dedicated to the development,
production and distribution of original and ambitious animation, is currently co-
producing the children s animation comedy Stinky Dog for France Televisions.
Stinky Dog series presents the hilarious and hectic adventures of a maverick mutt and
a flattened cat
CONTACT: Dandeloo, Paris, France. Tel. 33-9-72-64-46-01. Email: contact@dandelooo.com
Web: www.dandelooo.com
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IMPORTANT INVENTIONS
ZDF Enterprises, together with internationally recognized production companies, is
starting a new series about the greatest inventions of mankind. Great Inventions
will be a long-running series explaining what lies behind the inventions which we use
every day, and which have shaped our world. The series shows how these break-
throughs came about, how they developed and reveals new stories about their dis-
covery. Production has already begun and the first 35 episodes will be gradually
completed between the end of 2019 and the middle of 2020 (35 x 50 ).
CONTACT: ZDF Enterprises, Mainz, Germany. Tel. 49-6131-991-1601. Fax 49-6131-991-
1612. Web: www.zdf-enterprises.de
MYSTERIOUS SALMON
Octapixx Worldwide is distributing Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea, an epic jour-
ney through the oceanic kingdom of the Atlantic Salmon in an attempt to unravel the
mystery of their life at sea. Salmon populations are plummeting to critical levels. The
cause is mortality at sea. For the first time, using the latest DNA technology, scien-
tists are tracking the salmon from the rivers into the vast North Atlantic and back
again, in hopes of finding an answer before it s too late (60 , HD).
CONTACT: Octapixx Worldwide, Toronto, Canada. Tel. 1-416-449-9400. Fax 1-416-449-
9498. Web: www.octapixx.com
CHANGING PLANET
If you think the Earth takes millions of years to change, it s time to think again.
A Day in the Life of Earth reveals how much our planet can change in just 24
hours. A new era of science allows us to watch as the Earth moves, breathes,
shrinks and grows right under our noses. The story is driven by scientists, explorers
and everyday people whose experiences link up with cutting-edge data, newly
launched satellites and blue chip CGI to show us the true personality of the Earth
more dynamic than it s ever been seen before. Every minute, new land is born. Eve-
ry hour, tons of rocks arrive from space. Before you go to sleep, a cloud of dust from
the Sahara will have fertilized the Amazon. And while all that was happening, the
North Pole moved nearly 150 meters. Every day, you re waking up on a completely
different planet (2 x 50 ).
CONTACT: ZDF Enterprises, Mainz, Germany. Tel. 49-6131-991-1601. Fax 49-6131-991-
1612. Web: www.zdf-enterprises.de
SPECTACULAR CONSTRUCTION
Season two of Exceptional Engineering takes a behind-the-scenes look at the
spectacular construction processes for some of the world´s biggest and most innova-
tive boy s toys. From armored vehicles to the most modern airplane, and from one
of the largest truck factories to the production site of huge wind generators, this is
male-skewed TV at its best (5 x 60 ).
CONTACT: Quintus Media GmbH, Berlin, Germany. Tel. 49-30-208-233-480. Email: in-
fo@quintus-media.com Web: www.quintus-media.com
PRISON EDUCATION
Lynn Novick s College Behind Bars is a four-part documentary series that details
the transformative impact of college in prison. The film, which premieres on PBS on
November 25, is Novick s directorial debut and is produced by Sarah Botstein and
executive produced by Ken Burns, with whom Novick and Botstein have worked on
films for decades, including The Vietnam War, The War, Prohibition, and
others (4 x 60 ).
CONTACT: Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA, USA. Telephone 1-703-739-5000.
Fax 1-703-739-3889. www.pbs.org
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DANGEROUS PLACES
No-Go Zones The World´s Toughest Places examines six of our planet s most
infamous and dangerous places. The series shows highly active criminal hoods,
occupied blocks, red light districts, neighborhoods and quarters where no ordinary
people would dare to ever set foot in. Episodes include a look at drug dealers and
illegal weapons sales in Cape Town, South Africa (6 x 60 ).
CONTACT: Quintus Media GmbH, Berlin, Germany. Tel. 49-30-208-233-480. Email: in-
fo@quintus-media.com Web: www.quintus-media.com
AMERICAN ARTISANS
In Lidia Celebrates America: The Return of the Artisans, a new one-hour spe-
cial co-produced by WGBH Studio Six and Tavola Productions, Lidia travels to
Tennessee, California, Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin and New Jersey to meet
with American makers who are mastering the art of meat curing, coopering, copper-
smithing, jam-making, cider-making, and more--and finds out what inspires and
fuels them. The American work and education landscapes are evolving, and arti-
sans are gaining in cultural relevance. With a renewed focus on vocational training
and working apprentices, artisans and the trades are making a comeback here in
the United States. The Return of the Artisans looks at how this new generation of
craftspeople is training today. From vocational high schools to apprenticeships to
incubator programs, Lidia observes firsthand how young people are looking to arti-
sanal crafts and small business as a fulfilling way to earn their livelihoods, and how
many young craftsmen are bringing their skills back to their own communities (60 ).
CONTACT: WGBH/PBS International, Boston, MA, USA. Tel. 1-617-300-3893. Fax 1-617-
300-1021. Web: www.wgbhinternational.org
SECRETS OF THE MOON
Magic of the Moon from Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion explores the secrets of the
Moon, offers scientific insights into its formation, its influence on life on Earth, and
the legends each new discovery inspires. It seems there is an unending symbiosis
between fact and fiction about the Moon one stimulates the other, and it is this
relationship that runs through these films. At the heart of it all is the intense human
fascination with the moon. We go back in time to expose the changing but constant
bond between people and the moon. Starting at a time long ago, when the ball of
light in the night-sky was the only thing illuminating the depth of night, we end on
visions of future space travel to Earth s satellite, when tourists may embark on trips
to visit the Man in the Moon. Intriguing, entertaining, informative and visually stun-
ning all wrapped into one, this series is sure to inspire the curiosity of the audience
and reveal unusual and surprising stories and facts about the Moon, whose pres-
ence we all take for granted but know little about (3 x 52 ).
CONTACT: ZDF Enterprises, Mainz, Germany. Tel. 49-6131-991-1601. Fax 49-6131-991-
1612. Web: www.zdf-enterprises.de
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