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BEAT BUGS

Beat Bugs is an animated series aimed at 4 – 7 year olds, revolving around the lives and adventures of five charming and funny child-like bugs.

What sets Beat Bugs apart is that each episode uses the narrative inherent in a Beatles song, recorded by some of the world’s leading artists and sung by our characters as a key dramatic feature of the story.

Beat Bugs incorporates songs made famous by The Beatles, to tell uplifting and life-affirming stories filled with hope and melody. World-leading artists, including P!nk, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, as well as leading animators and writers, have come together to work on this extraordinary show.

The Beat Bugs are charming, funny, adventurous and have a knack for getting themselves into mischief and mayhem. Each of the five friends (Jay, Kumi, Crick, Buzz and Walter) has a distinctive personality, and they display the charm and energy of five knockabout, lovable kids. They are best friends who band together to explore and learn in their overgrown back garden, which to them is their entire universe.

26 x 30 / 52 x 15 minutesCo-Produced by Grace – A Storytelling Company

and Thunderbird Entertainment In association with

Beyond Entertainment, Sony ATV, Atomic Cartoons

and Seven Network

Commissioned by Seven Network Australia & Netflix Inc

SERIES 1 & 2

WINNERLeo Awards 2017

Best Animated Programme

WINNERAACTA (Australian Academy

of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards 2016

Best Children’s Television Series

WINNERDaytime Emmy® Award 2017

Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program

Five friendly bugs learn big lessons about the world around them, all from the safety of their own back garden

WINNERCynopsis Kids !magination

Awards 2017Best Use of Music in a Kids Series

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Aimed at the 8-12 tween age group, Trip for Biscuits is a fast-paced, serialised, disaster-comedy that follows Bajo and his misfit crew as they try to carry out their bizarre missions. The team lack the life skills required to deal with everyday situations – let alone cope with the unusual and dangerous phenomena they are investigating.

Consequently, most of their time is spent bickering and trying to deal with the growing set of problems they are doomed to perpetuate. These guys have turned ‘out of control’ into an art form – reminding us that when you mess with aliens, things can go horribly, horribly wrong.

18 x 10 minutesProduced by Robot Panther

Commissioned by ABC Australia

TRIP FOR BISCUITSFollow the hilarious antics of a group of Alien-busting misfits

FOOTY PUPSAnimated pups help train the sports stars of the future

Inspired by the desire to get children interested in sport and exercise from an early age Footy Pups focuses on the world’s favourite game, football, and aims to encourage a new generation of sporting stars.

Hosted by one of England’s most capped footballers, Rachel Yankey OBE, and featuring part live action and part animation, the shows mission is to put the fun into kids football. In each episode Rachel teaches a different skill to a group of children and a 5-a-side team of animated puppies called the Footy Pups. Through the Footy Pups adventures and Rachel’s simple, fun practice drills and games, young viewers can learn a diverse range of skills for all sports and for life.

Series 1 & 2: 30 x 15 + 30 x 15 minutesProduced by Dot to Dot Productions

Commissioned by CBBC UK

GO GO FOOTY PUPSGo Go Footy Pups is an animated series which features the Footy Pups as they play in an animal league against a menagerie of teams including the naughty pigs of Southampton and the shy hippos of Potamus Hotspur and they learn how friendship and teamwork are the only way to win.

Series 1 & 2: 30 x 7 + 30 x 7 minutes Produced by Dot to Dot Productions

Commissioned by CBBC UK

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This Emmy-nominated series is back with new hosts and all new myths to bust. After successfully proving their skills and coming out on top of the competition series MythBusters: the Search, New York fabricator and product designer Jon Lung and Brian Louden, biologist, self-taught builder and jack-of-all-trades from Texas, are the new hosts of MythBusters.

As well as being loyal fans of the show, Brian and Jon get to live out their dreams of combining passionate curiosity, scientific ingenuity and explosive experimentation to confirm or bust popular myths and urban legends in the only way true MythBusters can.

Alongside the usual array of urban myths and conundrums posed by fans, classic movie scenes have inspired several stories in this new series. Can a Samurai sword really decapitate a villain leaving their body momentarily standing? What’s the best way to win an old-fashioned Western-style gunfight? Would invisible secret assassination devices as used by the likes of Bourne and Bond really work? Our new MythBusters heroes relish putting these movie tricks to the ultimate test.

14 x 60 minutes Total Series 1 – 11: 277 x 60 + 3 x 120 minutesProduced by Beyond Productions

Commissioned by Discovery Science US

SERIES 11

The new hosts get busy busting more amazing urban myths and popular legends

MYTHBUSTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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This revealing documentary offers a unique and personal insight into one of the 20th Century’s most legendary and controversial figures, the Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar.

For the first time in 25 years, Pablo Escobar’s remaining family members and a select group of insiders, including his widow ‘Tata’ and his son Sebastian Marroquin aka ‘Juan Pablo Escobar’ are able to tell their stories, safely and without the danger of reproach.

In this two-hour special, Sebastian and Tata, along with a colorful cast of new insiders from the criminal underworld, share never-before-seen archive footage from their personal vaults, along with first-hand recollections of what they mean to the epic Escobar legacy.

2 x 60 minutesProduced by Telegramme Media

Commissioned by AddicTV, TVA CanadaESCOBAR EXPOSEDEscobar’s son and widow expose the lies behind his legacy

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This new and revealing real-life documentary series investigates the suspicious deaths of many of the world’s most renowned scientists.

Over the past few decades, dozens around the world have died in unusual circumstances and many of the cases remain unexplained and unsolved.

Using expert analysis from former FBI investigators, explosives experts and undercover operatives, Dead Scientists cracks open these suspicious cases, revealing a deadly mix of conspiracy, espionage and intrigue.

From nuclear physicists blown up with car bombs to artillery engineers shot dead on their doorstep, Dead Scientists proves that too much knowledge can definitely be dangerous.

8 x 60 minutesProduced by Beyond Productions

Commissioned by Discovery Science US

DEAD SCIENTISTS (w/t)

Too much knowledge can be deadly

CATCHING THE BLACK WIDOW

This feature-length TV drama follows the explosive true story of a tenacious woman determined to prove that her brother’s death was not suicide.

In May 2009, Lee-Anne Cartier received the devastating news that her brother Philip had taken his own life. Lee-Anne grieved the awful loss with her family and Philip’s widow Helen and later was shown Philip’s suicide note.

The moment she saw it Lee-Anne’s world imploded. The signature at the bottom of the note was not her brother’s. In an instant, she knew that Philip was murdered by his wife. For the next two years Lee-Anne battled the police who were convinced of the suicide. She fought the doubters and her own demons. At great personal sacrifice, Lee-Anne took on the role of an amateur detective and in true Erin Brochovich style, Lee-Anne never gave up her fight seeking justice for her brother.

1 x 92 minutesProduced by KHF Media

Commissioned by TVNZ New Zealand

A cold-hearted murderer is brought to justice by her sister-in-law

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In this eye-opening documentary, we meet kids whose families stretch back 16 generations in the circus and others who have run away to follow their Big Top dreams.

These kids are professional performers by the time most children start school, and enjoy a freedom that other kids could only dream of - but away from the bright lights of the Big Top, they live off-grid at an unforgiving pace.

CIRCUS KIDS: OUR SECRET WORLD

Many have never been to school, had a doctor or a dentist. In return for this freedom, they are expected to defend their territory, scrub toilets, sell candyfloss, hand out flyers and hold down the ties of the Big Top in a vicious storm, just as other kids are expected to do their homework and make their beds.

In return, they are part of a loyal, tight community living and working together – it’s a life most find addictive and few will ever leave.

3 x 60 + 1 x 60 minute compilationProduced by Drummer TV

Commissioned by Channel 5 UK

A revealing and honest insight into the world of Circus Kids

Would you accept advice from the person you least care to hear it from or would you automatically become defensive? Sometimes the best advice comes from the ones you’d least expect. Those who were closest to you.

The Ex Files is a new reality television series that promises to fix people’s relationship problems by facing hard truths and intervention-style guidance from those they once cared most about – the exes!

As part of a unique social experiment and hosted by a charismatic psychologist, each episode sees people turn to their exes as life coaches, counsellors and teachers, to accept fault and endeavour to make change – with some very surprising results!

8 x 30 minutesProduced by Wildbear Entertainment and KP Production

Commissioned by ABC Australia

THE EX FILESSometimes the best advice comes from those you least expect

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FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENTFACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

This series helps families and couples make one of the biggest decisions of their lives by giving them a week-long taste of life ‘Down Under’ before they decide whether or not to make the move.

Our intrepid families spend a week in an Australian or New Zealand city exploring property, work and lifestyle opportunities before checking out the true financial cost of living there.

After experiencing what a new life could offer, they are often shown very emotional and heart-breaking messages from their friends and families back home. They must vote once and for all whether they will stay….or will they go?

45 x 60 minutesProduced by BBC Studios

Commissioned by BBC1 UK

WANTED DOWN UNDERWould you make a move?

CHILDREN & FAMILY CHILDREN & FAMILY

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FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENTFACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

One of the world’s most successful TV formats goes Down Under to help homeowners who aren’t happy with their living space to Love It or List It.

New hosts, Selling Houses Australia favourite Andrew Winter and interior expert Neale Whitaker, go head-to-head to work out the best solution.

Design guru Whitaker has a re-design in mind. Taking on the home owners’ extensive renovation wish lists and a finite budget, will he be able to work his magic and show his clients that they can fall back in love with their current home?

For Andrew Winter, the challenge is to find a new place they can call home. Again, with a strict budget and unwavering requirements, he’ll have a hard time convincing the owners to trade in their abode for something unknown.

Whether it’s a family of nine who have outgrown a three-bedroom bungalow, empty nesters contemplating a change of scene, or newlyweds looking to upgrade to a family home, they all need help to decide whether to Love It or List It.

10 x 60 minutesProduced by Beyond Productions

Commissioned by Foxtel Australia

LOVE IT OR LIST IT AUSTRALIAIt’s time for homeowners Down Under to decide

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Former Bachelorette and host of Love It or List It Vancouver, Jillian Harris is a self-proclaimed “quintessential busy-bee”. As an interior designer, spokesperson, fashion curator and publisher of original lifestyle content, Jillian pours her heart and soul into each of her endeavours. Now, Jillian finds herself taking on her most exciting & challenging role yet… motherhood.

She met her now-fiancé Justin Pasutto, an accomplished athlete, adventurist and entrepreneur, with whom she has a son, Leo, in 2012. Now they must take on the biggest challenges of their lives: adjusting to their new roles as parents, building their forever home, keeping their careers afloat and their relationship intact. How will Jillian and Justin adjust to this new life where the only constants are challenge and change?

4 x 60 minutesProduced by Big Coat Productions

Commissioned by HGTV Canada

JILLIAN AND JUSTIN

An in-depth look at the challenges & triumphs of first-time parenthood and the quest to ‘have it all’

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ICE STARSIce Stars returns for more highs and lows for our group of young ice skaters

It’s all change for the Ice Stars and a new series of high expectations, laughter, tears and inevitable drama – as they know only too well, anything can happen on the ice.

Several team members have gone but that hasn’t stopped them from choreographing their most difficult routine so far and figure skater Josh has his first International competition at Senior level. Rais is leaving the NIC – he’s been offered the chance to train abroad. Meanwhile, Charlie and Freddie are speeding their way around the UK and speed skater Izzy has one last chance to prove she has what it takes to be an Olympian.

10 x 30 minutes Total Series 1 – 3: 30 x 30 minutesProduced by Drummer TV

Commissioned by CBBC UK

DENGINEERS, THECreating more amazing and unique dens in this top kids makeover show

The third series of this exciting makeover series returns with presenters Lauren Layfield and Joe Tracini and the elite team of Dengineers creating amazing out-of-this world dens. For adventure, for hanging out with friends and family and for making children’s dreams come true.

The series features a host of new dens, including a martial arts den, a witchcraft and wizardry den and a stargazing observatory den as well as a chance for the presenters to revisit some of the dens from series 1 and 2 to see how they have changed the lives of their very special Dengineers.

15 x 30 minutes Total Series 1 – 3: 36 x 30 minutesProduced by CBBC Productions

Commissioned by CBBC UK

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It’s a new winter on Canada’s busiest highway. After a tough year proving himself in heavy rescue, and with big changes at Steve’s Towing, Sonny has to make some big decisions. Gary’s team battles massive wrecks and a lightning storm to keep traffic rolling. Meanwhile, Eric and the Coxon crew face one of their most complex recoveries in years when a massive multi-truck collision erupts in a highway tunnel. As winter rages, multiple pile-ups paralyse the 401, pushing first responders, heavy rescue crews and maintenance teams to their limits. As always with the teams featured on this series, closure is not an option.

10 x 60 minutes Total Series 1 & 2: 18 x 60 minutesProduced by Great Pacific Media

Commissioned by Discovery Canada

HEAVY RESCUE: 401

Heavy Rescue teams go to hell and back again to get you home

SERIES 2

In this new series epic, relentless storms and bitter temperatures test Jamie Davis’ crew like never before. But winter’s bite isn’t the only challenge facing Jamie this season. Hard times forced him to close his operation in Alberta last year. Now Jamie is fighting to preserve his operation in British Columbia where it all began with Colin McLean making a surprise return to the company.

Before long, Colin and the rest of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue face epic wrecks. From tractor-trailers smashed into canyon walls to fully loaded articulated lorries impaled by trees, each recovery job delivers its own set of challenges.

13 x 60 minutes Total series 1-6: 76 x 60 minutes + 8 reloads Produced by Great Pacific Media

Commissioned by Discovery Canada

The heroes of North America’s busiest highway return

HIGHWAY THRU HELL

SERIES 6

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SERIES 11

DEADLY WOMEN Meet more infamous and deadly femme fatales

Deadly Women Series 11 is bolder, badder and more bone-chilling than ever.

Catch these tales of true crime, committed by the world’s most dangerous females. Join renowned former FBI Profiler Candice DeLong, and Forensic Pathologist Dr. Janis Amatuzio the “Compassionate Coroner”, to delve deep into the minds of some of the world’s most terrifying women. As the chilling tales play out on screen, listen to their expert testimony, combined with the powerful accounts of the police and prosecutors; those who knew these killers and their crimes.

Quality recreations and spine-tingling story-telling make Deadly Women the original and the best of the True Crime genre. Leave your fears at the door, and step into the world of Deadly Women.

13 x 60 minutes Total Series 1 – 11: 157 x 60 minutesProduced by Beyond Productions

Commissioned by ID. Investigation Discovery USA

MYTH OR SCIENCEPopular scientist Dr Jennifer Gardy lays her body on the line in the name of science

Watching this series could be good for your health – Fact! Intrepid science sleuth, Dr Jennifer Gardy, lays her body on the line to put some of the world’s biggest urban myths to the test to prove whether they are science fiction, or science fact. Does exercise reverse the signs of ageing? If you eat quickly will you put more weight on? Do mosquitoes prefer women and can blind people hear better than those with sight? Dr Gardy tackles all these claims and more.

Travelling the length and breadth of North America and Europe, and meeting a variety of renowned experts along the way, Dr Gardy goes through the ultimate sacrifice of testing these claims on herself in the name of science. From sight to sleep, from carcinogens to cancer, from hamburgers to hotdogs, this revealing documentary series takes a journey through the misunderstandings, misconceptions and lies that fill our headlines and dictate our lives, with one simple goal – to discover whether they are indeed Myth or Science.

6 x 60 minutes Produced by Infield Fly Productions

Commissioned by CBC Canada

SERIES 6

ANIMAL 999On the frontline in the fight against animal cruelty

Animal 999 is the ‘access all areas’ pass, showing how the Scottish SPCA saves thousands of pets, farm animals and wildlife from abuse, neglect and injury.

The programme takes the viewer onto the frontline in the fight against animal cruelty, focusing on the sometimes harrowing, but rewarding, work of this team of dedicated professionals.

Animal 999 shows the lengths officers go to in order to rescue and re-home dogs, cats, horses and the like as well as their work in saving wildlife, including foxes, deer and eagles in Scotland’s magnificent scenery.

15 x 30 minutes Total Series 1 – 6: 69 x 30 minutes Produced by Demus Productions

Commissioned by STV Scotland

SERIES 3

YOU SHOULD REALLY SEE A DOCTOR The doctors hit the road to offer on-the spot consultations and health checks

Dr Pixie McKenna and Dr Phil Kiernan return with their pop up clinic for the third series of You Should Really See A Doctor.

This time the doctors try to find a diagnosis for a farmer with a strange burning sensation in his feet, a high flying businessman with chronic earache and a woman who just cannot sleep - could the solution be Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? And in a new addition in each episode the doctors will explore different areas of consumer health. From cutting edge research around gut health and its relationship to mental health, different treatments for the menopause, the danger of buying prescription drugs online and the rise and rise in Vitamin D deficiency.

6 x 30 minutes Total Series 1 – 3: 18 x 30 minutesProduced by Independent Pictures

Commissioned by RTE One Ireland

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SERIES 6

PATI’S MEXICAN TABLEMexico’s most food passionate super-mum returns

The latest series of the Emmy and James Beard nominated series Pati’s Mexican Table takes chef Pati Jinich to one the most traveled and talked about regions in all of Mexico, the vibrant and beautiful state of Oaxaca. Known as of one of Mexico’s top culinary destinations, Pati goes on an in-depth tour, tasting everything from chocolates to cheeses, to moles and mezcal, and exploring the very best of what the area has to offer.

It’s a brand new season with exciting new adventures, delicious new recipes, and the same food-passionate super-mum at the centre of all the fun.

13 x 30 minutes Total Series 3- 6: 52 x 30 minutesProduced by WETA Washington DC and Mexican Table in association with Follow Productions

Commissioned by PBS US

SERIES 9

HIGHWAY PATROL Riding shotgun with the Highway Patrol

This internationally successful blockbusting cop show is back for its ninth season, riding shotgun with the police officers who strive to keep their roads safe.

Witness the crashes, the speed demons, the tears and the trauma and meet every kind of person on the highways and by-ways, whether they are angry or just plain silly (and sometimes a combination of both). This series brings many insights into the lives of Highway Patrol Officers and illustrates why their job is never dull.

10 x 30 minutes Total Series 1 – 9: 90 x 30 + 3 x 60 minutesProduced by Greenstone TV

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