Off the Fence Brings Raft of Factual Programming to Russia

AMSTERDAM, August 21: Off the Fence has licensed a range of
factual programming to channels in Russia, including a deal with NTS for 15
hours of content.

Among the titles in the NTS deal are JFK’s
Women—The Scandals Revealed, a
one-hour biography for France 3 exploring the legend of JFK; Oldies
But Goodies, a one-hour journey in search
of Germany’s oldest trees, originally produced for Bayerischer Rundfunk; and Hidden
Worlds—Underground Rome, an
exploration of the remains of an ‘Eternal City’ entombed since the fall of
Rome.

RTR has acquired Young & Wild, a 13×30-minute series that examines Africa’s animal
babies, and Fantastic Food Factories,
a 2×1-hour series from Michael Hoff Productions celebrating America’s favorite
foods.

The Kultura channel has picked up two programs, The Real
Atlantis and Guge—The Lost
Kingdom of Tibet, which both investigate
mysterious kingdoms that disappeared without a trace. The Real
Atlantis is a one-hour factual program,
originally produced for BBC Timewatch and Arte, which follows archaeologists as
they examine evidence left behind on the island of Crete. Guge—The
Lost Kingdom of Tibet, by Bang Productions
in association with France 5, Off the Fence, the Media Development Authority of
Singapore and Discovery Networks Asia, travels to western Tibet to explore
hidden treasures.