Beyond Distribution Showcases Diverse Slate for MIPTV

SYDNEY, April 9: Beyond
Distribution will be attending MIPTV with a diverse range of programming, from
its new factual entertainment series Making It Big to its recently-acquired stable of five feature
films, which includes A Good Woman starring
Scarlett Johansson.

On
the factual-entertainment side, Beyond Distribution will be bringing the series
Making it Big, in which three rising
stars vie for the reward of being mentored by a high-profile leader in their
industry; the 4×60-minute Cool Stuff: How It Works, featuring innovations like fire suits that withstand
2,000-degree flames and robots that destroy bombs with powerful fire canons;
the 5×30-minute series Truth About The Sexes, a revealing romp through the desires of modern men and
women; the 13×30-minute Free, which showcases
a variety of action sports; the 6×60-minute A Mad Business, about a sausage tycoon named Peter Leitch who gives advice
to struggling businesses; and the 20×30-minute Remarkable Vets, which focuses on the fast-paced activities of a new rural
vet, Geoff Woodhouse.

The company also acquired five new
feature films that will be also launched at MIPTV, including A Good Woman staring Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) and Helen Hunt (Bobby) in a tale of a seductress who lures away the husband of a
younger woman and Things To Do Before You’re 30 staring Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible: 2) and Billie Piper (Doctor Who) in a comedy-drama that follows a group of
twenty–something friends who are desperately resisting adulthood and
responsibility. Rounding out the movie titles are the award-winning comedy
drama Oyster Farmer, and two thrillers,
Tempesta and Cold and Dark.

In
terms of returning series, Beyond Distribution will bring the fourth season of Mythbusters; the second season of the top-rated factual series What’s
Good For You, which investigates and
answers questions about life’s health mysteries; the third season of I Do
Let’s…Eat, showcasing cuisine from diverse
cultures; and the third season of the 13×1-hour Beyond Tomorrow.

The company’s documentary slate
includes the one-hour An Abbreviated Life, about the survival of a young woman living with cystic
fibrosis, and Secrets of Mary Magdalene, which
uncovers the latest information on one of the world’s most controversial
religious figures.

On the children’s programming end,
Beyond Distribution will head to MIPTV with the second season of the
live-action series Amazing Extraordinary Friends, a story of an ordinary boy who discovers the power to be
extraordinary, along with the animated Numberjacks, targeted at 3-6-year-olds, which features superhero
numbers who encourage the development of math skills. Milly, Molly, available as 13×30-minute series or 26×15-minute series,
rounds out the roster of children’s
programming.

Fiona Crago, Beyond Distribution’s general manager,
commented: “MIPTV is set to be another successful market for us. We are
extremely excited at the strength of our new programming being presented at the
market and envisage a strong and positive response from buyers.”