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Abacus Media Rights has sold documentary “The Beatles and India” to HBO Max for Latin America, BritBox North America for the U.S. and Canada, Channel 4 for the U.K., Foxtel for Australia, Channel One for Russia, and A Contracorriente Films for Spain, with more deals in the pipeline.
Inspired by Ajoy Bose’s “book Across The Universe – The Beatles in India,” the film marks Bose’s directorial debut, is co-directed by Peter Compton and is produced by Reynold D’Silva, CEO of Silva Screen Music Group.
Abacus MD Jonathan Ford said: “Using rare archival footage, an array of unseen recordings and photographs, eye-witness accounts and stunning location shoots across India, ‘The Beatles and India’ energetically reveals a fascinating journey which was to have a profound impact on The Beatles’ spiritual lives and their music.”
“The universal appeal of the subject has been one of our main aims in...
Abacus Media Rights has sold documentary “The Beatles and India” to HBO Max for Latin America, BritBox North America for the U.S. and Canada, Channel 4 for the U.K., Foxtel for Australia, Channel One for Russia, and A Contracorriente Films for Spain, with more deals in the pipeline.
Inspired by Ajoy Bose’s “book Across The Universe – The Beatles in India,” the film marks Bose’s directorial debut, is co-directed by Peter Compton and is produced by Reynold D’Silva, CEO of Silva Screen Music Group.
Abacus MD Jonathan Ford said: “Using rare archival footage, an array of unseen recordings and photographs, eye-witness accounts and stunning location shoots across India, ‘The Beatles and India’ energetically reveals a fascinating journey which was to have a profound impact on The Beatles’ spiritual lives and their music.”
“The universal appeal of the subject has been one of our main aims in...
- 9/21/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As the U.K.’s coronavirus crisis steadily escalated, Argonon Group-owned Britespark Films raced to complete a fast turnaround documentary on the pandemic for broadcaster Channel 4. Britespark director of programs Tom Porter details the extreme logistical hurdles involved.
For creative director Nick Godwin and I at Britespark Films, in the midst of a coronavirus-induced industry freeze, there has been one genre in which new business has still been commissioned — news and current affairs.
As the net of the lockdown closed around the country, Louisa Compton, newly appointed head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, asked us to make an hour-long film (for investigative doc strand) ‘Dispatches’ on the long-view of the crisis entitled, “Coronavirus: How Britain’s Changing.”
The initial excitement at landing the commission was soon tempered as we surveyed the task ahead: producing an hour of television in the relatively fast turnaround of four weeks, but...
For creative director Nick Godwin and I at Britespark Films, in the midst of a coronavirus-induced industry freeze, there has been one genre in which new business has still been commissioned — news and current affairs.
As the net of the lockdown closed around the country, Louisa Compton, newly appointed head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, asked us to make an hour-long film (for investigative doc strand) ‘Dispatches’ on the long-view of the crisis entitled, “Coronavirus: How Britain’s Changing.”
The initial excitement at landing the commission was soon tempered as we surveyed the task ahead: producing an hour of television in the relatively fast turnaround of four weeks, but...
- 4/1/2020
- by Tom Porter
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Investigation Discovery is heading to Murdertown for its latest true-crime doc. The U.S. cable network has ordered a six-part crime series about murders in small towns from British producer Britespark Films.
Welcome To Murdertown follows the baffling murder mysteries where it’s not just one person who’s hiding something – it’s everybody. From small towns and tight-lipped communities to tight-knit families, investigators must penetrate a wall of silence to crack the case.
The documentary series focuses on cold cases that have come up against a wall of silence from these communities before decades later, a witness helps to solve the case.
Premiering on Tuesday, November 13, the series was shot across the U.S. including in Idaho and Texas and includes some drama reconstructions shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
It is produced by Britespark Films, the Argonon-owned company run by Nick Godwin, producer of series such as Nazi Hunters and feature-doc Manson.
Welcome To Murdertown follows the baffling murder mysteries where it’s not just one person who’s hiding something – it’s everybody. From small towns and tight-lipped communities to tight-knit families, investigators must penetrate a wall of silence to crack the case.
The documentary series focuses on cold cases that have come up against a wall of silence from these communities before decades later, a witness helps to solve the case.
Premiering on Tuesday, November 13, the series was shot across the U.S. including in Idaho and Texas and includes some drama reconstructions shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
It is produced by Britespark Films, the Argonon-owned company run by Nick Godwin, producer of series such as Nazi Hunters and feature-doc Manson.
- 10/31/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Mvd Visual will distribute the complete "Final 24" TV series on DVD, starting April 20, with "Janis Joplin", "Keith Moon", "Gianni Versace" and "Nicole Brown Simpson".
Final 24 is a Cineflix and Nextfilm co-production in association with Global Television (Canada), Bio (Us), Bsky (UK) and Discovery Networks (Europe).
"...'Final 24' is a compelling drama documentary series unlocking the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that result in the tragic deaths of global icons. Every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous person's life. The series weaves the star's back-story with events from their last day, which lays bare the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. These are no ordinary biographies. They're psychological detective stories attempting to uncover the mystery of why the celebrity died..."
"'Final 24' goes to the very heart of how these celebrities lived - and died," said Nick Godwin, Executive Producer,...
Final 24 is a Cineflix and Nextfilm co-production in association with Global Television (Canada), Bio (Us), Bsky (UK) and Discovery Networks (Europe).
"...'Final 24' is a compelling drama documentary series unlocking the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that result in the tragic deaths of global icons. Every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous person's life. The series weaves the star's back-story with events from their last day, which lays bare the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. These are no ordinary biographies. They're psychological detective stories attempting to uncover the mystery of why the celebrity died..."
"'Final 24' goes to the very heart of how these celebrities lived - and died," said Nick Godwin, Executive Producer,...
- 3/12/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Mvd Visual will release the complete Final 24 TV series on DVD, starting April 20, with Janis Joplin, Keith Moon, Gianni Versace and Nicole Brown Simpson. Final 24 is a Cineflix and Nextfilm co-production in association with Global Television (Canada), Bio (Us), Bsky (UK) and Discovery Networks (Europe). "...'Final 24' is a compelling drama documentary series unlocking the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that result in the tragic deaths of global icons. Every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous person's life. The series weaves the star's back-story with events from their last day, which lays bare the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. These are no ordinary biographies. They're psychological detective stories attempting to uncover the mystery of why the celebrity died..." "Final 24 goes to the very heart of how these celebrities lived - and died," said Nick Godwin, Executive Producer,...
- 3/11/2010
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Charles Manson's lookout driver will tell her story to viewers for the first time in decades in a History special on the Manson Family murders.
For the 40th anniversary of the shocking Hollywood murder spree, the network has scheduled the two-hour "Manson" on Sept. 7. It features an extensive interview with Linda Kasabian, who stood guard while her fellow cult members murdered actress Sharon Tate and others.
The star witness for Manson's prosecution, the reclusive Kasabian hasn't been extensively interviewed since an "A Current Affair" special on the 20th anniversary of the murders in 1989.
The special recounts the nine months leading up to what Manson dubbed Helter Skelter, a two-night murder spree that he and his Lsd-addled followers thought would incite a race war.
Susan Werbe, Nick Godwin and Simon Lloyd will executive produce the special.
For the 40th anniversary of the shocking Hollywood murder spree, the network has scheduled the two-hour "Manson" on Sept. 7. It features an extensive interview with Linda Kasabian, who stood guard while her fellow cult members murdered actress Sharon Tate and others.
The star witness for Manson's prosecution, the reclusive Kasabian hasn't been extensively interviewed since an "A Current Affair" special on the 20th anniversary of the murders in 1989.
The special recounts the nine months leading up to what Manson dubbed Helter Skelter, a two-night murder spree that he and his Lsd-addled followers thought would incite a race war.
Susan Werbe, Nick Godwin and Simon Lloyd will executive produce the special.
- 7/27/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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