Factual

Leading independent distributor all3media international has agreed a new multi-title deal with BBC News Persian TV, as the channel signs rights to seven documentary specials and series.

The acquisition by BBC News Persian TV, which broadcasts news and documentary programmes to audiences in Iran, as well as Afghanistan and Tajikistan, features titles focusing on a diverse range of topics such as the environment, the arts and health/well-being.

Specials secured include:
- Swan Films’ The Last Igloo, an extraordinary 90’ film for BBC Four documenting – before it’s too late – the ingenious craft of igloo-building by an Inuit hunter out on the frozen tundra of arctic Greenland
 Raw TV’s ambitious 60’ special Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry. Produced for BBC Two, the documentary joins Bollywood obsessive Anita Rani as she takes a look behind the industry’s glittering exterior to discover how it works
- Two multi-award-winning titles from Raw TV: Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me (60’, for BBC Two) and two-part special Drowning in Plastic (for BBC One)
- Meat: A Threat to Our Planet? (60’, Raw TV for BBC One), Nadiya: Anxiety and Me (60’, Raw TV for BBC One) and The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts (4 x 60’, Lion TV for BBC Two).

Kelly Shek, Sales Manager (Africa, Israel, Middle East, South Africa) at all3media international, commented, “We’re delighted to collaborate with BBC News Persian TV to bring this selection of world-class BBC programming to its viewers. This new acquisition showcases the broad subject matter of our non-scripted portfolio, which features documentaries from some of the industry’s most renowned factual producers – from a uniquely mesmerising look at remote frozen landscapes of ice and snow in The Last Igloo to unmissable behind-the-scenes insight into a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled environment in Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry.”