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TBIvision.com February/March 2019
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London calling Contents 2
This year marks the first time TBI has 2 UK TV stats unpacked BB
put our market-leading UK Screenings As high-end TV production spend reaches unprecedented levels,
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issue in print – a move that ought we crunch the numbers on what’s coming and going
to tell you plenty about the growing
prominence of the event, and what it 4 BBC Showcase 6
means for distributors in our backyard. Your guide to BBC Studios’ drama, comedy, factual, fact ent and
ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s formats offerings for 2019 8
Ruth Berry nails it when she astutely
points out that you can no longer “save 13 UK distributors
your ‘ta-da!’ moment” in today’s TV Inside the slates of ITVS GE, All3Media, Fremantle, Warner 10
climate: the conveyor belt of content Bros., Lionsgate, Cineflix, Passion and TVF
stops for no one, and no market. Just look at the staggering £1.2bn in UK
high-end TV production spend out of the UK in 2018. 24 Distributors: the new marketeers?
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As such, what began as BBC Studios’ dazzling charm offensive Netflix spent $2.37bn in marketing last year. How can distributors
for international buyers has quickly become a must-do event for keep up?
distributors big and small, with businesses now methodically speaking 14
to one another to plan their own content showcases accordingly. 28 Last Word
(Check out our handy schedule on page 13 for who’s doing what and Lilla Hurst, Drive 16
when).
This year, international buyers will have their pick of premium
offerings, with top titles including BBC Studios’ long-awaited Good 17
Omens, Warner Bros. International Television Production’s World’s
Best, Cineflix Rights’ An Ordinary Woman and Passion Distribution’s 18
Mums Make Porn just a few of the punchy titles sure to impress buyers.
Elsewhere in the issue, distributors such as DRG’s Richard 20
Halliwell raise the alarm about the importance of effective marketing
to cut through in a 496-scripted show universe, with Endemol Shine 21
International’s Cathy Payne stressing how distributors need to care for
content across a series run – not just prior to launch.
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For now, a big welcome to all the buyers congregating in Liverpool
and London this month, and best of luck to our friends in distribution.
Happy Screenings from TBI.
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DATA UK TV EXPORTS
Boom time for
high-end TV £497m
+16%
USA
As we begin 2019, it’s important to take
stock of the numbers. The last reported
TV export figures for the UK are from
Pact, which shows that estimated total
revenues for 2016/17 added up to £902m. £1.3m£335m
US
-7%
The US, Australia, France, Germany and
the Nordics were the UK’s largest export
markets (as shown on the right), followed MEXICO
by Western Europe, Canada, China, Italy
and Central Europe.
£3.4m
Genres that made the most sales included
entertainment (£44m), factual (£43m),
BRAZIL -5%
kids (38m) and drama (£16m).
The British Film Institute (BFI) also
recently launched its 2018 interim figures
on the impact of screen sector tax relief
implemented by the UK government
in 2013 across high-end TV, animation,
films, kids’ TV and gaming.
The amount of UK high-end TV
The findings show that the combined titles that benefitted from inward
spend on high-end TV and film investment and co-production in 2018
production in the UK reached £3.1bn, the
second-highest year on record following
2017’s record performance of £3.28bn.
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High-end TV, which is defined as a
drama or documentary with a per hour Deutschland 83
For high-end TV, growth
budget of £1m, pulled £794.5m in inward
in inward investment
investment, down by 2% on 2017’s
{
was largely due to global
consolidated spend of £810.7m. The
content providers such as
interim spend at this point last year was,
Netflix and Amazon
however, £684m. An overall £1.2bn was
spent on the production of qualifying
GLOBAL
high-end programming in 2018.
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DATA UK TV EXPORTS
UK’s most
exported shows
£902m The C
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Total export
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revenues
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INDIA confident that their revenue would grow
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increased sales in China.
We saw this in action in 2018, with Sherl
Fremantle, Endemol Shine and CBS all oc
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£13m striking deals with the territory
+18% £131.6m
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The amount spent on the
production of high-end TV
programmes in the UK £73m
Australia
£794.5m
-2%
The amount of inward
£794.5m investment and co-
Aquarius
Midsomer
Murders
Total inward production that came in
from international markets
investment
200+ 100+ Source: Pact TV Exports Report 2016/17,
BFI Screen Business report 2018
SOURCE: Pact, TRP Research
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BBC STUDIOS SHOWCASE OVERVIEW
Good Omens Top Gear
BBC Studios’ new chapter
President of global markets Paul Dempsey tells TBI how the annual Showcase event has evolved, and
how the merged producer-distributor is navigating the new content landscape
T
his year’s Showcase is, in many 2018, saw commercial distribution arm BBC is simply another evolution for the business
ways, a landmark year for the Worldwide unite with production banner BBC as well as Showcase, which sees buyers from
UK’s public service broadcaster, Studios, a move that is in line with an industry all corners of the world fly in for four days of
which will, for the first time, norm that has borne super-indies such as screenings, panels and parties.
welcome more than 700 buyers Endemol Shine Group, Fremantle, All3Media “In the past, Showcase was a distribution
to Liverpool under the newly merged BBC International, Banijay Group and ITV Studios. show where people looked at screeners and
Studios banner. Paul Dempsey, president of global markets finished tape and did licensing deals based
The merger, which completed in April for BBC Studios, tells TBI that the merged entity on finished product. But now, it increasingly
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BBC STUDIOS SHOWCASE OVERVIEW
On-demand future SVOD involvement
This year’s Showcase – the 43rd annual event At the 2018 showcase, BBC Studios hosted its
– also comes at a time when conversations largest delegation of digital clients, including
around rights ownership reaches new levels, the likes of Google, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft,
with dialogues around branding and windowing Facebook-Oculus and Amazon, in addition to
being front of mind for producers, broadcasters regional SVODs and telcos such as Showmax,
and distributors, including BBC Studios. Stan, Deutsche Telecom, iflix and Hulu.
Dempsey has spoken out previously about This year, Dempsey says that the Asian BATs
the extensive discussions needed to retain – an acronym of stock listings for Baidu, Alibaba
attribution for distributors and producers, and Group and Tencent – are “equally significant” to
says the business has developed “an expertise the business as the FAANG players.
and sophistication in understanding the value of Indeed, BBC Studios’ relationship with China
our IP across different windows”. has only gone from strength to strength in recent
“We are clear in the way we look at different years.
scenarios and how we exploit rights, and if you’re At last year’s Showcase, the business struck a
doing something globally versus regionally,” he deal with Chinese mobile video platform Migu
says. But ultimately, “there is no blueprint for it.” Video for more than 2,200 hours of BBC content
As for how the BBC’s recent public across factual, lifestyle and pre-school.
Serengeti
consultation on the reinvention of the iPlayer More recently, BBC Studios launched fan
on-demand service – a proposal that could see community BBC Earth Tribe with Chinese
all programmes on the platform made available digital giant Tencent – a deal that will see more
for at least 12 months, with complete series than 650 hours of BBC Studios’ natural history
box-sets for certain titles available for longer, and documentary programmes such as Dynasties
alongside archive – Dempsey says talks are and Rituals placed on the platform, alongside
underway. Q&As with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit
“There’s some discussion at the moment producers.
about what the extension might be, but any “Attendance from those communities is up
decision we make, we will do as a group and it this year,” says Dempsey. “More of the people
will be in the interest of the license fee payer,” he registered are reps at a senior level, and more
says. new potential customers are coming this year as
“It’s a significant area, especially for the UK and opposed to last year. It’s a good opportunity for
the UK’s public-service broadcasters to ensure them to efficiently speak to a wide range of our
that value for our audience is maintained.” producers and account managers.” TBI
Meanwhile, just over a month after Showcase
wraps and the industry gets ready to descend on
Gear Don’t Forget The Driver
Cannes for MIPTV, a cliff edge awaits for the UK TBI’s ones to watch
in the form of Brexit.
While channels businesses such as Discovery One Planet: Seven Worlds
enables us to do a whole range of things, from have already begun rolling out relocation David Attenborough will present the BBC
selling tape to talking about projects that are strategies – with applications underway for One landmark natural history effort, from BBC
some years in gestation,” explains Dempsey. new broadcast licenses in the Netherlands for Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America,
The shift in the buying patterns of BBC Discovery’s European pay-TV channel portfolio Tencent, ZDF and France Télévisions
Studios customers now makes Showcase an – Dempsey says BBC Studios has “genuinely
event that “talks about the future,” says the spent time looking at this”, and is not concerned. Sanditon
exec. However, “it is more challenging in terms “We haven’t identified any obstacles related Red Planet Pictures’ adaptation of the Jane
of what materials you can provide, and how you to our content sales or production businesses. Austen novel for ITV follows a plucky young
can give customers greater insight into what Nothing that could get in the way of us doing woman and her barbed relationship
those shows might be.” business with customers in the EU,” he says,
Ultimately, the merger now enables adding that he doesn’t foresee anything that Dementia Choir
the business to function more holistically, could seriously impact the distribution business. Curve Media embarks on a scientific
better joining up conversations between the “However, we will keep the channels business experiment to determine whether music
distribution and sales team and producers, who and that situation under close review and be alert therapy can change the lives of dementia
can operate in the same rooms as opposed to as to what is happening. But from what we know, patients.
holding separate meetings. we don’t see any obstacles.”
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BBC STUDIOS SHOWCASE SCRIPTED
Going upstream for premium
The BBC Studios merger has allowed scripted execs to get closer to IP much earlier in the game
– a strategy that is paying dividends across drama and comedy
Comedy goes up a notch
Elsewhere, Jonathan Blyth, director of comedy,
says this year’s slate – which boasts talent
such as Steve Coogan, Toby Jones and Jesse
Armstrong – is the “strongest we’ve ever had”.
“There’s a real breadth and depth this year,”
he says. “There is a good mix of returning
series such as Hold the Sunset, Sick of It and
White Gold, but also some brilliant new shows.”
Among the headliners are Ghosts, Dead
Pixels, Don’t Forget the Driver and Defending the
Guilty.
Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s part-
animated comedy Dead Pixels, written by John
Brown, follows a ragtag group of gamers from
London unable to sort out their lives outside of
the virtual world. The programme is to launch
Pure
a new comedy block on E4 this spring.
A
“It has global appeal and will find an exciting
s a result of the BBC Studios backed SVOD Britbox out of the US, France niche in America – it’s a very SVOD-friendly
merger, conversations for Televisions and Germany’s ZDF. show,” says Blyth, explaining that its “youthful
scripted programming are “There are a lot of partners, but the authorial nature” will help its chances of finding a
now further “upstream”, with voice is [The Good Karma Hospital writer] Dan streaming home.
the distributor coming in Sefton,” says Keelan. Another strong offering is Monumental
much earlier in the development chain around Other stand-outs include Kirstie Swain’s Pictures’ Ghosts, a comedy-horror for BBC One
sourcing new IP and helping production Channel 4 relationship drama Pure; Andrew with “dark moments” reminiscent of Netflix’s
partners. Davies’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sanditon, A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
Newly appointed scripted portfolio director from Red Planet Pictures and Masterpiece Also on the slate is BBC Two’s Don’t Forget
Liam Keelan explains that his job now revolves Theatre; Stephen Poliakoff’s BBC Two Cold the Driver from Sister Pictures, which follows
around “getting closer to the production side” War drama Summer Of Rockets; and BBC a bus driver in a seaside town who must
in relationships with third-party drama, comedy Studios’ Good Omens, a co-production between re-evaluate the country on a trip back from
and children’s producers as well as BBC Studios BBC One and Amazon. France, as well as BBC Two’s Defending The
Productions. Keelan highlights that FAANG players such Guilty, a modern relationship comedy from Big
“We are opening doors where we can in the as Netflix and Amazon are “keen as ever” on Talk Productions.
UK, US and abroad. It’s a slightly different co-productions with the public broadcaster, Blyth points out that all the headline
expanded portfolio, but it is predominantly dispelling concerns from producers such as comedies are big-budget “tax credit-level”
about getting to IP.” Jane Featherstone about the “co-pro tap” being shows. “They’re not quite at the level of drama,
Working with the best of British talent is what turned off. but they are pushing up that way. TBI
separates the business, says Keelan, noting “It has not been my experience thus far,” he
that 99% of output “has a British element to says. “I was out in LA and met with Amazon
it”. “We are working with the best writers in and Netflix and they’re still keen to get involved
the community and giving a voice to new and in BBC Studios output. They recognise the
diverse writers.” quality and range of talent that we have on and
Top scripted priorities include 10-part crime off screen.”
procedural The Mallorca Files (Cosmopolitan Many of the SVOD execs are coming to
Pictures/Clerkenwell Films), a BBC Daytime Showcase to continue conversations around
Dead Pixels
commission that also involves BBC Studios- new projects, says Keelan.
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BBC STUDIOS SHOWCASE FORMATS
Feel-good formats are still driving
audiences, and BBC Studios’ formats
team meets the demand with a
playalong quiz show and warm,
social issue-driven fact ent formats
World of
Wonder My Big Day: Home And Away
W
arm and authentic fare cash, so there are interesting dynamics at play,” public performance. While the programme was
continues to dominate says Connock. originally a two-parter for BBC One, Connock
the formats market, At Showcase, buyers will be given a says it could be extended into a longer run.
with audiences WonderBall in their goodie bags, and have the “It’s not a format that is dependent on talent
craving feel-good chance to try out the format themselves and win – it could work without because it’s really about
programming that is heavy on positivity and prizes. the choir and their stories,” she says.
light on conflict. BBC Studios looks to deliver Elsewhere, Irish broadcaster RTE1’s 5 x Elsewhere, Connock says it is “just the
with a physical gameshow that lends itself to 60-minute wedding format My Big Day: Home beginning” for BBC Studios’ scripted formats,
family viewing and two fact ent formats. And Away offers close-ended episodes that find which had recent success with international
Mighty Productions’ Lynne Sutcliffe and couples figuring out whether to wed at home or adaptations of Doctor Foster and Luther.
Hugh Rycroft – creators of Weakest Link and opt for a destination wedding. “We’ve got world-class dramas with really
Tipping Point – are back with WonderBall, a Couples are introduced to two top wedding strong, impeccably defined characters, and what
30-episode playalong quiz show from BBC planners who go head-to-head to convince the we’ve found is that big characters give you really
Scotland that Sumi Connock, creative director couple that they have the best vision. While one big successes,” says Connock.
of formats, describes as a “reverse lotto”. will push for a venue near home, the other will A scripted formats session at Showcase
“Usually, you want your balls to come out and plan an elaborate event in an exotic overseas will discuss key trends, as well as how clients
be picked, but the last thing you want here is for location. can create local versions and what they can
your ball to be selected,” she explains. Connock calls the primetime format expect from BBC Studios around expertise and
Three teams of two players are each given five “completely universal” and capable of “travelling consultancy.
numbered balls, which are drawn at random. really well”, adding that it will be shopped as The business will also launch new comedy
Players are then asked questions and try to both a format and finished tape. format Stath Lets Flats, which aired on Channel
eliminate their opponents’ balls and keep theirs Next up is Curve Media’s social experiment 4 last year and has been renewed for a second
in the game. The last remaining ball is the Dementia Choir, which is also being offered in series.
WonderBall, and if the question is answered the fact ent catalogue as finished tape. “This show really works for us because it’s
correctly, the jackpot is theirs for the taking. The series finds actress Vicky McClure – that classic comedy set-up, centered around a
“It’s a high-volume, low-cost show. There are who has a personal connection to the disease family business, and Stath is that sitcom hero
also a few twists along the way, where contestants – recruiting people with dementia to perform with no self-awareness and big dreams,” says
are asked if they want to trade in their balls for in their own choir, leading up to their first Connock. TBI
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p11 Cineflix TVI FebMar19.indd 1 07/02/2019 19:04BBC STUDIOS SHOWCASE FACTUAL AND FACT ENT
Drone’s eye-view
on natural history
Innovative tech is elevating natural history offerings, while
‘premium’ is the name of the game across this year’s factual and
fact ent programmes Earth’s Greatest Rivers
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ewly appointed unscripted Other natural history offerings include Earth the journey, combining newly released sound
portfolio director Mark from Space, which uses the latest technology to archive with CGI and drama, while in the history
Reynolds says the merged provide a fresh look at the planet; First Year on space, Icons examines the impact significant
BBC Studios is “more focused Earth, which combines animal photography figures have had across the 20th century and the
on premium than ever” with a with stories of survival; and animal drama transformative cultural and societal shifts of the
clear set of priorities across all genres, including Serengeti, which tracks a year on the plains for a period.
natural history, science and history. group of animals. One icon, in particular, comes into the
In recent years, some of the BBC’s most Meanwhile, Studios is growing its science spotlight with David Bowie: Finding Fame, which
premium, global-facing content has emerged portfolio with The Planets, which Reynolds uses original sound recordings and lost archive.
from natural history, with the likes of Planet Earth describes as having the “epic visual scale” of a Meanwhile, BBC Studios’ documentaries slate
II and Blue Planet II smashing ratings domestically Hollywood movie combined with “dramatic caters to a range of content, providing a “new take
and selling well overseas. This year, Studios hopes narratives” – all of which provide a new take on or interesting talent that can give the viewer new
to continue that story with Dynasties, which is the solar system. insight into an area they may think they know or
“performing consistently with the success of Blue The series is a co-production with US public wouldn’t necessarily come to,” says Reynolds.
Planet II”, according to Reynolds. broadcaster PBS, and co-produced with China’s “Our documentaries are defined by the very
Patricia Fearnley, head of natural history, also Tencent and its Penguin Pictures division. best access to people, places and institutions or
highlights One Planet: Seven Worlds as a landmark “We continue to work with a number of co- they are authored by trusted presenters, making
series that demonstrates the vast potential of producers in both the US, Western Europe and sure we offer an unbiased view and tell difficult
cutting-edge drone technology in the genre. Asia – some are very long-standing, while others stories that the world’s audience needs to know,”
“The use of drones and the new technology are newer to this arena,” says Reynolds, noting he adds, highlighting two-parter Our Dementia
being applied to them has transformed the that China is a key market for high-end specialist Choir with actress Vicky McClure, showing the
storytelling in this series,” she explains. factual. Asia also happens to be a growth market devastating effect the disease has on individuals
“It has helped the team to ensure they can for the distributor’s scripted formats business. and their loved ones.
deliver on new stories, species and locations “A number of platforms such as Tencent, Fact ent offerings aim to be “aspirational and
because these drones can fly longer than ever Migu and Youku are keen to work with us on our smart with purpose” and this year includes The
before, go further than ever before, and are content,” says Reynolds. Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, along
quieter and more stable than drones ever used to Elsewhere, 8 Days marks the 50th anniversary with returners such as The Great British Bake Off,
be, which has opened up a world of opportunity.” of the moon landing with a unique re-telling of Sewing Bee and Old House, New Home. TBI
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p12 Series Mania UK Screenings FebMar19.indd 1 06/02/2019 17:43DIARY BBC SHOWCASE/LONDON SCREENINGS
Event UK-based distributors are gearing up to show off their new
schedule
slates to international buyers this February. Here, TBI gives
you the low-down on what’s happening and where.
BBC Showcase London Screenings
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Feb Feb
17-20 15
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ITV Studios Formats Festival
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AM The Ham Yard Hotel, Soho
Warner Bros. Formats Festival
ACC Liverpool PM The Ham Yard Hotel, Soho
20
Sunday 17 February: 2-6 PM
ITV Studios Drama Festival
Monday 18 February: 8 AM - 6 PM
PM Roundhouse, Camden
Tuesday 19 February: 8 AM - 6 PM
Wednesday 20 February: 8 AM - 12 PM
Passion Distribution Showcase Legen
ds
Sereng
eti 4-6 PM The Ivy, Covent Garden
of
the Deep
Cineflix Rights
6-9 PM Archer Street Cocktail Bar, Soho
TCB Media Rights
7-10 PM Century Club, Soho
21 Endemol Shine - Deep Water
10 AM Charlotte Street Hotel, Fitzrovia
New S
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cie
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TVF International Showcase
4-6 PM The Zari Gallery, Fitzrovia
Summe
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Formats Showcase
5-7 PM Sony Pictures Europe House, Soho Fleab
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2
MGM Studios Presents
AM/PM Curzon, Bloomsbury
All3Media Drama Upfront
AM/PM West End Cinema
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AM The Ham Yard Hotel, Soho
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MGM Studios Presents
AM/PM Curzon, Bloomsbury
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p13 Schedule UK Screenings FebMar19 V2MCMRKBFINAL.indd 13 07/02/2019 18:03DISTRIBUTORS ITV STUDIOS
ITV Studios sets up ‘bigger,
ITV Studios Global Entertainment had a stellar debut
drama event last year with an oversubscribed show that
left an impression on buyers. This year, it plans to go
‘bigger and better’ with 400 guests set to arrive at the
iconic Roundhouse in Camden, making it one of the largest
screening events held this February
“T
he main learning creator’s work presented to the buyers that day,
from last year was to according to Berry.
get more space,” says ITVS GE’s headline act will be World War II
Ruth Berry, ITVS GE’s drama World on Fire. The multifaceted drama
managing director. starring Helen Hunt will tell the story of the
“And the feedback we got is that the buyers war through the eyes of ordinary people across
were really excited about just being immersed Poland, Germany, the UK, France and the US.
in the content via panels with the writers, “It’s one of the most epic and powerful
creators and producers.” dramas we’ve had in a while,” says Berry.
These are elements the distributor is “I’m excited to distribute a show that I think
ITV Studios
keen to elevate for its 20 February event. is so important for the world and for younger
Drama Festival
The larger space has arrived in the form of generations, helping shape the way they Where: Roundhouse,
the Roundhouse, where ITVS GE hopes to understand history and getting their point of Camden
host another “immersive” event that reflects view.” When: February 20
the vision of its creators. From lighting to ITV’s Mammoth Screen will produce the
music, every detail will attempt to mirror the title for BBC One.
The ITV Formats Festival was one of the first events to take advantage of the international buyers
heading to the UK in February. Now hosting its seventh annual event, the distributor’s Global
Creative Network MD, Mike Beale, reveals what’s to come
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opping a year of format success spring. The premise of the game is simple: ourselves as a formats business when I first
with Love Island will not be contestants must not drop the ball while trying joined. ITV was then seen as a channel and not
easy for ITV Studios, but the to answer a string of questions. a distributor,” explains Beale.
distributor plans to kick off 2019 Meanwhile, Welsh broadcaster S4C’s “We’ve learnt a lot about what our buyers like
by introducing buyers to key titles physical game show format The Chamber will to get out of it over that time.”
it believes will have a global impact. also be screened. “It enables us to showcase our formats more
Heading up the Formats Festival slate will be “The new shows to screen tackle their genres fully and give context that the written word or
Operation Live, a ground-breaking new series in different ways from what’s available in the promo alone cannot encapsulate. The fact that
that takes viewers inside the operating theatre to market place,” says Beale. the shows are also presented to them by the
watch real-life procedures in real-time. The Chamber, for example, will see contestants original creators and producers gets to the heart
Beale says the show led Channel 5 in the take on a trampoline course in an abandoned of the concepts.”
UK to attract up to 25% audience share across slate mine in North Wales. “The location, set up, On top of giving buyers an exclusive look at
several episodes and hopes this can be recreated and the fact that it’s filmed in an underground new launches for 2019, some of which will be
worldwide. The format is to air in Australia as a cave is all unique,” he explains. marketed at MIPTV, ITV will also update them
two-night event series. With 200-plus buyers set to attend ITV’s on the continued success of evergreen titles
The title will be joined by visual game show latest Formats Festival, Beale tells TBI the event such as I’m A Celebrity, Hell’s Kitchen and Come
Catchpoint, a family-friendly game show has been growing in attendance year-on-year, up Dine with Me.
combining physical fun with a new question 40 buyers from the 160 attendees last year. For the most part, Beale says this year’s
mechanic that launches on BBC One this “We started the screenings to reposition screenings will be business as usual, where the
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better’ showcase
Another Mammoth title, Noughts & Crosses, UK screenings have become all the more
based on Malorie Blackman’s bestselling important for the distributor.
novels, is also on the slate. The drama will “We work with a stable of phenomenal
focus on a young romance set in a world producers who produce content all
where the black race is dominant. year round. Our slate’s getting bigger
“It’s a really exciting project. It’s and stronger, therefore we need points
international. We’ve gotten a lot of interest throughout the year to sell them,” Berry
from international buyers on that and we’re explains.
excited to immerse them deeper into the “Historically, people have focused on two
series as they haven’t seen much of it yet,” key markets in the year. We’re finding it’s
says Berry. “Presenting what it is going to difficult to hold shows back solely for those
look like and how it’s going to feel will be a events.”
priority for us at the festival.” The UK screenings are an event that the
The last showstopper will be the Rob exec plans to come back to for some time as
Lowe-led (The West Wing) British police it allows direct communication with buyers
procedural Wild Bill. The title will place the early in the year.
US actor in Lincolnshire to solve British “You can’t save your ‘ta-da!’ moment now,”
crimes in an unconventional manner. she says. “We are constantly out there with
“He’s a real fish out of water because new shows, and with such a large number of
people are just looking at him and thinking dramas coming through, they’re scheduled
‘what are you doing here?’” Berry adds. at different times throughout the year. So
The titles are a clear example of how it’s really about finding the right time to talk
much ITVS GE’s drama slate has grown to buyers and keeping a conversation going
Noughts & Crosses
over the years and it’s one reason why the throughout the year.” TBI
distributor brings producers in front of buyers
to give them a more intimate look at the titles
than you get at major markets. ITV Studios
The only thing that’s changed for the Formats Festival
distributor is the number of businesses also Where: Ham Yard
entering the fold at the screenings. Hotel, Soho
“What is different is we’re trying to liaise When: February 15
between ourselves so that we don’t all do it at
the same time,” says Beale.
“Last year, the screenings really started to
gain momentum and we were treading over
each other. We lost a third of our crowd because
they had a cocktail elsewhere, so we talked to
each other this year to schedule.”
As an example, ITV split its venue at the
Ham Yard Hotel this year with Warner Bros.
and the two businesses will hold their events at
separate timeslots.
“We just see it as a good start to the year. It’s
not even the lead in to MIPTV, it’s the lead up to
all the markets. And it gives the time for people
to spot something they might not have spotted
at the leading markets around the world,” says
Operation Live
Beale. TBI
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All3Media brings the suspense
All3Media
Drama Upfr
ont
Where: Wes
t End
Cinema
When: Febru
ary 21
Cheat
All3Media International will branch out this year with a list of eclectic high-end dramas that will
be paired with a virtual factual upfront for select guests
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he distributor’s invite-only Drama Upfront will be its Channing Powell, based on the recently published novel by Nick Clark
largest yet with 220 buyers set to attend. Stephen Driscoll, Windo. It is set to launch globally in 2019.
All3Media International’s EVP for EMEA, hopes to engage Produced for BBC One, Dark Money follows a working-class father who
them in conversation about “co-production, pre-sale and accepts a substantial pay-off from a renowned filmmaker to keep silent
scripted format opportunities”. about the molestation of his youngest son.
“The event is the perfect forum for us to present our upcoming drama Meanwhile, ABC Australia’s Diary of an Uber Driver is a heart-warming
slate and discuss our customers’ evolving needs,” says Driscoll. “The series drawn from true stories. Based on a popular blog and e-book by
environment and approach ensure a good two-way dialogue with buyers Ben Phillips, the title follows Ben as he uses what he learns from his
of drama.” passengers to piece together his place in the world.
Leading titles will include a list of projects from Two Brothers Pictures, All3’s first non-English project, from Swedish scribe Jesper Harrie,
including the second instalment of Fleabag, as well as The Missing offshoot Blinded will also join the list, along with the latest instalment of Miss
Baptiste, which will see the popular detective Julien Baptiste return for his Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
own show after a near-death experience. Special guests including writers, producers and talent will be brought
Two Brothers’ eight-part drama The Widow and psychological thriller in by the distributor to immerse buyers in the content, including The
Cheat will also make an appearance on the slate. Forge executive producer George Ormond, Two Brothers Pictures’ Jack
The distributor will additionally showcase work-in-progress titles such and Harry Williams, Studio Lambert’s Sue Hogg, as well as talent such as
as the Studio Lambert, Liberty Global and Amazon-produced The Feed, Tcheky Karo and Tom Hollander.
The Forge’s Dark Money and Australian acquisition Diary of an Uber Writers Jack Thorne, Bash Doran, David Hare and Channing Powell
Driver. will also make an appearance.
“Our strength this year is our range in terms of content,” says Driscoll. The distributor will add further variety with a virtual factual upfront,
“Each show has a different appeal. We can offer warmth, humour and which will offer up interviews with non-scripted producers, early footage
action and all manner of thrillers.” of titles and research that gives buyers the feel and tone of upcoming
The Feed is a psychological thriller from The Walking Dead scribe programming. TBI
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Fremantle rolls out global event titles
Fremantle is taking buyers around the world with a slate of scripted and unscripted titles that
touch on experiences across continents
J
ens Richter, Fremantle’s International CEO, says the business incorporation of non-scripted titles.
will bring a packed slate of programming to London to get “We’ve changed the event this year to include a number of
ahead “in a market where more and more pre-sale activity is big factual highlights,” says Richter. “Both Expedition with Steve
happening”. Backshall and Enslaved are event series. With the combined talent,
At the event, Fremantle will have director Gurinder Chadha locations, production values and storytelling, they are on par with our
presenting Beecham House, a Delhi-based drama set in the big drama launches.”
19th century. The title “opens a window to a point in history For Expedition with Steve Backshall, expert producer Wendy Darke
that we haven’t seen on screen before,” according to the exec. will be in town along with Backshall to give buyers a glimpse of the
Baghdad Central will also join the showcase, with Euston Films project, which sees the team travel unexplored lands.
producer Kate Harwood and cast discussing their experience of Enslaved, which is hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, retraces the
filming the series in Morocco. The six-part drama, based on the novel traumatic sea voyage endured by millions of Africans over hundreds
by Elliot Colla, is set in Baghdad in 2003 just after Saddam Hussein of years as they were transported from their homes to the New World
has fallen. and a life of slavery.
Eleanor Catton will also talk the buyers through bringing her Booker “The event has grown year-on-year,” says Richter. “It’s a fantastic
Prize-winning novel The Luminaries to life and show a few clips from opportunity to give buyers an exclusive insight into the live productions
the series, which is currently in production in New Zealand. of some of our biggest upcoming event programming.”
In addition, Fremantle’s scripted slate will include Latin American Over 250 global buyers will attend the event, to see creatives, writers
drama La Jauria, with co-producers and Oscar winners Juan de Dios and actors on stage, and watch early video material for the productions.
Larrain and Pablo Larrain on the stage to discuss the show. “This is a great opportunity for the clients to get a glimpse into all of
A big differentiating factor at this year’s showcase will be Fremantle’s our new projects,” says Richter. TBI
Fremantle
Where: The Ham Yard
Hotel, Soho
When: February 22
The Luminaries
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Warner Bros. bets on US primetime
Warner Bros.
Formats Festival
Where: Ham Yard
Hotel, Soho
When: February 15
World’s Best
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) makes its debut at UK Screenings this year,
with the studio’s global division presenting three punchy primetime formats premiering in the US across
the next month.
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he involvement of WBITVP – which is sharing a venue global talent at the heart of the show,” explains Zein, adding that the idea
with ITV Studios – is a reflection of the “range and of only three judges was “slightly out of date”, hence the expanded roster,
breadth” of the catalogue, as well as a “very strong flow of who are all leading practitioners across the performing arts.
IP” this quarter, according to Andrew Zein, SVP creative Other offerings include Mental Samurai, which launches on Fox on 26
for format development and sales. February, and Million Dollar Mile, which debuts on CBS on 27 March.
“Overall, UK Screenings is a good thing. It means there is a critical Hosted by Rob Lowe, Mental Samurai is produced by American Ninja
mass of strong new content that will justify getting buyers to come here.” Warrior producer A. Smith & Co. Productions as well as Warner Horizon
WBITVP is offering three new primetime US shows from the major Unscripted & Alternative Television and Apploff Entertainment.
networks – each distinctly original and a potential fit for commercial It is billed as the first obstacle course for the mind, with contestants
or public-service broadcasters looking for the “holy grail” of primetime looking to answer questions correctly across categories of knowledge,
entertainment. memory, puzzles and sequencing – all while being physically moved
“There are more new first series coming out of the US in unscripted around a set in a specially designed, rotating capsule.
in a long time. There is still so much innovation,” says Zein, highlighting “It’s got the dynamism and energy you expect from a younger and
Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell’s World’s Best. more irreverent network. It’s fast, fun and entertaining, and the physical
“Got Talent has been hugely successful and understandably so for more nature of what we put these people through has the effect of making it
than a decade, but it did seem odd that talent searches haven’t moved on, harder,” says Zein, noting that the studio may hub the format, making
and have cheated their way through reinvention by sneaking in foreign it easier for buyers to shoot and scale the programme to specific needs.
acts into the US or UK shows. Embracing that was where World’s Best Meanwhile, Million Dollar Mile puts everyday athletes to the test,
came from,” explains Zein. shutting down a major city’s streets and erecting an elaborate course.
Hosted by James Corden, the global-facing series debuted on CBS in the The only thing standing in the way of contestants and a $1m prize upon
coveted post-Superbowl timeslot on 3 February. International participants completion of the course is a group of elite athletes doing everything they
must impress a panel of judges including RuPaul, Drew Barrymore and can to stop them.
Faith Hill as well as penetrate the “wall of the world” – a group of 50 “It’s got that same chase and hero-versus-villain element that you see
experts from 38 different countries who score the competition. in something like The Fast and the Furious to Running Man, but put in a
“People are used to seeing the best via Youtube, so we are putting that recognisable environment in a TV format,” says Zein. TBI
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DISTRIBUTORS LIONSGATE
Lionsgate shoots for the Starz
Two high-profile Starz offerings and an OWN drama highlight Lionsgate’s slate, which is
benefiting from the trailblazing success of prior dramas such as The White Princess
U
S studio Lionsgate is quickly becoming a staple in the UK we still have some markets open, with interest from major clients.”
Screenings circuit and has three high-profile dramas on Rounding out the trifecta of programmes is OWN’s Atlanta-set thriller
offer for buyers this year – two of them originating from the Ambitions, which stars Robin Givens as a high-powered lawyer fighting for
studio’s network Starz and another from US cable channel control of her family’s law firm while dealing with a turbulent domestic life.
OWN. Lionsgate’s presentation to buyers comes at a juncture that sees the studio
Eight-part drama The Spanish Princess is based on Philippa Gregory’s ramping up its own SVOD capabilities via Starzplay, which is available
novels The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse and follows teenaged on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK and Germany, as well as in
princess Catherine of Aragon who was promised the English throne as a Canada under the Starz brand. Lionsgate also plans to launch the platform
child but must fight for her rightful place upon arriving in England. across France, Italy and Spain.
“It’s a powerful story set in 16th-century London about the royal court However, Kapouranis says the studio is able to carefully balance its own
intrigue that is uniquely told through the perspectives of women,” explains SVOD ambitions with those of third-party outlets.
Agapy Kapouranis, the newly appointed president of international television “How we differentiate ourselves from everyone else launching platforms
and digital distribution who took over from Peter Iacono in October. is that Lionsgate owns Starz and we work together very closely, which is
The drama – which follows in the vein of Starz hits The White Queen incredible because I think that’s different from the bigger studios,” says the
and The White Princess but is not a sequel – has been hotly anticipated by a exec.
number of buyers who have picked up the prior series via output deals. “So “I tell all of our clients that we want to support them in launching with
many people want to license this story,” explains Kapouranis. the best content they can in whatever market they are targeting. And given
Also on the slate from Starz is The Rook, Lionsgate and Liberty Global’s the breadth of content we have at Lionsgate, we have been able to balance
UK-shot paranormal thriller about a woman who wakes up in a park with licensing content to Starzplay while licensing content to our clients all over
complete amnesia, unable to remember her background or identity, but who the world.”
must play the part of the person she inhabits to uncover who she really is. According to Kapouranis, the business is in “lockstep” in how it is
“Clients have been asking about The Rook because it’s an international supporting its Starz investment while continuing to build a “thriving global
story. It will launch on Starz and Liberty Global’s international footprints, but distribution business”. TBI
Lionsgate
Private Screening
When: February
20-21
The Spanish Princess
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Cineflix showcases a scripted boost
Cineflix Rights
Where: Archer Street
Cocktail Bar, Soho
When: February 20
Coroner
Cineflix Rights is showing off its growing scripted portfolio to 150 buyers at this year’s London
event, an increasing priority for the distributor which has enjoyed success with the likes of
Marcella and Secrets and Lies
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he distributor will be bringing the Muse Entertainment, Elsewhere, Bonney says he also looks forward to international
Back Alley Films and Cineflix Studios drama Coroner to buyers’ reception to Inside the Operating Theatre, an exclusive and
the event, along with season two of Pure and Russian intimate insight into four busy operating theatres at Queen Elizabeth
original An Ordinary Woman. Hospital in Norfolk, UK.
The Soho-based event, held on 20 February, will
also feature a list of factual hits such as Cineflix production Legends A MIPTV preview
of the Deep, UKTV’s Inside the Operating Theatre and a blue-chip doc
marking the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, The Day We The Cineflix boss says the UK screenings have opened up an
Walked on the Moon. opportunity for the company to give a special preview and sneak peek
“We’re ramping up our scripted activity,” says Chris Bonney, CEO of of its slate for key buyers ahead of their launch at MIPTV.
Rights at Cineflix Media. “It helps our team gauge interest in our new programming in
“We have more shows on our slate and more projects in development advance of MIPTV and prepare for discussions at the market,” he says.
thanks to the work led by Cineflix Media’s senior VP of global scripted “There’s no substitute for face-to-face meetings with clients to build
co-productions Julien Leroux and our talented acquisitions team.” and sustain successful professional relationships and our business
Coroner will lead the scripted slate, with a special buyers’ screening with them. It’s an enjoyable, relaxed event rather than a hard sell.”
on 21 February at the Soho Hotel. The character-driven drama follows Bonney adds that the company has production partners attend
Dr. Jenny Cooper, a recently widowed coroner who investigates because it has found it useful to allow buyers and producers to meet
suspicious, unnatural or sudden deaths in Toronto. and chat about the shows they’re making and what’s working well for
Bonney says he is also excited by the 4 x 60-minute doc Legends of the broadcasters internationally.
Deep, originally made for Discovery Science US, which features Céline Cineflix further takes the opportunity to bring its global sales and
and Fabien Cousteau, the new generation of the legendary family, as acquisitions teams together to discuss strategy and share experiences
they dive deep to explore some of the greatest ocean riddles of all time. and feedback from clients worldwide. TBI
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Diversity is key for Passion projects
Passion
Distribution
Showcase
Where: The Ivy,
Covent Garden
When: February 20
One Hour That Changed The World: The Moon Landing
An eclectic slate of thought-provoking and entertaining content will lead the way for the Passion
Distribution Showcase, held once again at London landmark The Ivy
P
assion will open its doors to 80 buyers for the fifth year with the help of experts that creates a debate and promotes healthy
straight, providing an opportunity to “entertain and attitudes towards sex and relationships for the next generation.
inform” clients of its upcoming slate ahead of MIPTV, “It gives insight into both modern parenting and one of the
according to CEO Emmanuelle Namiech. crucial issues facing teenagers today,” Namiech says.
The leading content at the event will be factual and Meanwhile, Paradise Hotel will also make a comeback after a
entertainment programming. Heading up the list will be Passion’s decade’s hiatus. Having first aired on Fox US in 2003, the show
documentary commission One Hour That Changed The World: The follows a group of singles who check in to an exclusive tropical
Moon Landing, a celebration of the historic 50th anniversary of resort for the chance to win big money.
Apollo 11. This time, the format will feature a twist – viewers can play
The doc “provides a unique mix of scientific detail and also human along at home. Using social media, they will try and influence what
perspective on a momentous point in history,” says Namiech. happens on screen, including helping to decide who stays and who
Fact ent format Mums Make Porn will also be in the line-up, a goes.
series which follows a group of ordinary mums who are concerned Stressing the importance of face-to-face contact, Namiech says,
about the impact of easily accessible online porn. “Showcase is an increasingly important opportunity to connect with
The mums are ultimately asked to produce their own ‘porn’ film our clients.” TBI
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TVF gets up close and personal with Icons
From Raffles to Richard Branson, TVF International goes inside storied institutions and meets
global icons for its Zari Gallery-based screening this February
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VF sales boss Harriet Armston-Clarke is bringing three new Another key title for the distributor will be New Species, a feature length
landmark titles to the event, all focusing on epic locations doc for NHK, Globo and Arte.
and notable individuals. The doc will visit an Amazonian region named Serra da Mocidade,
The 100-plus buyers attending will get a behind-the-scenes where an expedition of 70 people, including 50 renowned scientists,
look at Singapore’s grandest hotel with Raffles: Remaking an identify more than 80 new species of animals, insects and plants in the
Icon, a two-part doc that sees the famous Raffles hotel undergoing the region. Armston-Clarke says it is “cutting edge science at its best”.
most iconic restoration and renovation in its 130-year history. “It’s been filmed over five years; they go to a place in the Amazon that
A 2 x 48-minute series, it follows front-of-house managers, butlers, no one’s been to before, and find previously unknown new species,”
executive chefs and housekeepers in the everyday running of the five- she says.
star hotel. After a “runaway success” last year, the TVF exec says the distributor
“This is the first time anyone has been allowed behind the scenes of will continue to take part in the screenings as a lead in to MIPTV.
this iconic hotel and national institution,” says Armston-Clarke. “The sales team were able to spend quality time with their buyers and
Fittingly, the distributor will be serving a traditional afternoon tea along we closed a raft of sales for the titles we presented ahead of MIPTV,” says
with 100 brand new hours of content. Armston-Clarke.
The distributor will also bring Peer to Peer in to the fold, a 25 x 24-minute “This year will be bigger and better, with more buyers, cakes, scones –
title that follows financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein as he and champagne, of course.” TBI
interviews the world’s most successful leaders including Jeff Bezos, Tim
Cook, Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson.
The iconic personalities will discuss the personal and professional
choices that elevated them to become world leaders in their field.
Raffles: Remaking an Icon
TVF 2019
Showcase
Where: The Zari
Gallery, Fitzrovia
When: February 21
Peer to Peer
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