EXCLUSIVE: Israel’s Keshet Worldwide (KI) has struck its newest co-development deal, a partnership with British presenter Bettany Hughes‘ indie SandStone World.
The deal will see each outfits co-develop exhibits together with two premium historic historical past documentary collection – Seven Wonders of the Historic World and Vikings – each of which will likely be offered by the award-winning historian and presenter who additionally runs SandStone.
Headquartered in London, SandStone has made a wealth of historical past docs primarily for British broadcasters and primarily helmed by Hughes, together with the likes of Bettany Hughes’ Treasures of the World and Bettany Hughes’ Grand Tour: From Paris to Rome. She launched the corporate with Ruth Classes, Nigel Gardner, Ed Richards and Peter Guilford.
Primarily based on Hughes’ e book, Seven Wonders of the Historic World follows within the footsteps of the very first vacationers, travelling between these marvels of human ingenuity because the ancients as soon as did. Within the four-part historic docu-series Vikings, she units out to find extra in regards to the best warriors in human historical past.
The transfer comes following Keshet signing an analogous cope with Arthur Essebag’s Satisfaction for non-scripted codecs. Final 12 months, the Israeli main launched its Greenlight: Factual & Codecs commissioning initiative, which has seen a duo of straight-to-series factual orders in Perpetual Leisure’s Hitler’s Treasure Hunters and Woodcut Media’s Catch Me If You Can.
KI Distribution MD Kelly Wright mentioned the SandStone deal is “one other thrilling instance of how we’re working extra collaboratively with unbiased producers.”
“By approaching board at an earlier stage to co-develop premium docuseries like Seven Wonders of the Historic World and Vikings, we not solely assist producers get their finest concepts commissioned and on-air, we’re additionally curating an ongoing pipeline of high-quality factual content material for our worldwide patrons,” she added.
SandStone MD Dixi Stewart mentioned the transfer is “completely timed.”
The deal has been unveiled at MIPTV in Cannes.