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Since its inception in 2014, the production house has focused on younger-skewing investigative documentaries and lightly formatted series.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s previous credits include: \u201cSending Money Home\u201d for <em>The One Show<\/em> on BBC One, which follows the journey of money earned from migrant workers in the U.K.; <em>Disabled Fight Club<\/em> for Channel 4, which follows the journey of six disabled fighters on their paths to compete in combat sports; and <em>The Things I See<\/em> for BBC iPlayer, a reconstruction of mental health conditions of the point of view of a person experiencing visual delusions.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Studios\u2019 specialist factual commercial manager, Rebecca Brown, said: \u201cThe hunger for diverse content has never been higher. Supporting Big Deal will provide content across a number of genres at a time when this is needed more than ever. 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