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Welcome to Deadline's International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on the key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we're talking with James and Soleta Rogan, the founders of prolific UK documentary indie Rogan Productions, with past…

There was a time when Fremantle was shorthand for the American Idol company. ABC’s iconic entertainment brand was undoubtedly a coveted calling card, but it also served to constrain perceptions of a company that harbored a grander vision. Peter Bose, the preeminent Danish drama producer behind shows…

Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in David Glover and Mark Raphael's 72 Films. 72 is behind factual shows such as the BBC's doc series The Elon Musk Show, Prime Video's All or Nothing: Arsenal and Nat Geo's 9/11: One Day in America. The six-year-old company is considered one of the UK's most…

Here’s a trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s latest All or Nothing soccer series, and it’s Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in the spotlight this time as super-fan Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) narrates. Full trailer above. The first three episodes will launch August 4 following a premier in North London that week…

Channel 4 Greenlights Boris Johnson Landmark Doc From ‘Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story’ producer 72 Films Channel 4 has greenlit a landmark documentary about disgraced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson from prolific Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. The indie has gained access to rare archive…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has greenlighted a landmark documentary series on Elon Musk from Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films, Deadline can reveal. Airing later this year, BBC Two’s The Elon Musk Show (working title) comes with the world’s richest man in the headlines like never before as he pushes…

A competition series based on the iconic British secret agent James Bond has been greenlighted at Prime Video, Deadline has confirmed. 007’s Road to a Million is an eight-part series that hails from UK’s 72 Films, Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and MGM Television. Filming will start later this…

National Geographic has unveiled a trailer and premiere date for 9/11: One Day In America, a documentary series, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. The six-part series, produced in official partnership with the 9/11 Memorial…

The White Princess' Billy Barratt will star alongside Game of Thrones' Michelle Fairley, Strike's Tom Burke and Traitors' Stephen Campbell Moore in a BBC feature-length drama about the age of criminal responsibility. The 12-year old Barratt, who featured in the Starz White Princess drama alongside Killing Eve's Jodie…

Amazon has confirmed that it has ordered its latest sports doc series All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur. Deadline reported that the SVOD service was in talks with the North London soccer club last month and it has confirmed that it is following the Premier League team through the 2019/20 season. The series will launch…

The BBC is to examine Rupert Murdoch's influence over the British press in a major three-part documentary series. The British public broadcaster has commissioned A Tabloid Empire (w/t) from Trump: An American Dream producer 72 Films. The three-part series, which will air on BBC Two, will explore the extraordinary…

In its second such move this week, BBC Worldwide is joining with a pair of UK execs to back a new indie banner. The former head of Channel 4's specialist factual programming, David Glover, and the co-MD of Shine Group's Dragonfly, Mark Raphael, are establishing 72 Films with a 15% interest from BBC WW. The commercial…