DRG adds three new WildBear series to catalogue
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 04 June 2019

Further developing its long-standing relationship with Australia’s leading factual producer, content originator and developer DRG has acquired three new history series from WildBear Entertainment.

Added to the portfolio through a deal with agent Wild Thring Media — which both negotiated the deal and secured the lead broadcaster for each title — the new series, totalling 16 hours, add to the collection of WildBear history, science/engineering and wildlife titles are said to be already selling well in the DRG catalogue.

A Royal Tour of the 20th Century (4 x 60’), which was commissioned by AB Droits in France, follows the British royal family, and especially Queen Elizabeth, the world’s most travelled head of state, as they influence and participate in a wealth of defining historical moments.

Titans of the 20th Century (6 x 60’) is a biographical series telling the story of the most powerful figures in the last century, those who caused and those who cured our most troubled times, anchored around Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and Hitler. The series has been pre-sold to N-TV in Germany.

Jungle War (6 x 60’), which has been pre-sold to Histoire in France, examines conflict in some of the world’s most hostile and challenging environments. Across six hours it tells the story of the World War II campaigns fought in the jungles of Asia/Pacific and of the post-war conflicts in Malaya, East Timor, Vietnam and parts of Central and South America.

“WildBear’s considered use of archive material and storytelling expertise are now widely established in the international marketplace and we delighted that we can meet on-going demand for their programming by investing in these wonderful new titles,” said Mette Kanne-Behrendsen, DRG’s SVP of acquisitions. “Content focused around the key people and events of the 20th century is perennially popular, and with the Duke of Edinburgh recently retiring from public life and the Queen expected to cut back on her duties, this extraordinary look at the royal family’s work around the world should prove very timely.”

WildBear Entertainment CEO Michael Tear added: “We pride ourselves in creating compelling and accessible history series that cover iconic subjects from new angles – and with new information. Our on-going relationship with DRG has seen our programming travel the globe and we are confident that their expertise and relationships with buyers will ensure the same for these new titles.”