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The Private Life of Sharks, on offer from ARTE Distribution, intends to challenge the preconceived idea that sharks are violent and blood-thirsty killing machines by revealing the lesser-known, gentler aspects of their nature.

Albatross World Sales’ Beasts and Witches tries to debunk some of the myths surrounding animals and looks at the real-life behavior of the species living among us.

UKTV’s Dave has commissioned Big Zuu’s Big Eats, which combines comedy and cooking.

Showtime Documentary Films has partnered with executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to develop a docuseries tentatively titled Gossip Starring Cindy Adams.

Ahead of ATF, World Screen Newsflash checks in with a number of factual distributors about their businesses in Asia.

PBS is set to launch the ten-part series Expedition with Steve Backshall in the U.S. on January 15.

Male-skewing factual series such as Ultimate Rides, which takes a look at the wild vehicles that car enthusiasts have built, lead TCB Media Rights’ ATF slate.

Blue Ant International has inked deals with nine international broadcasters, including Discovery Networks Italy, across 82 territories for its series Prison.

Cineflix Rights has acquired the exclusive global distribution rights to the brand-new science and natural history series Storm Stories: The Next Chapter from The Weather Channel.

Viacom International Studios UK (VIS UK) has appointed Richard Hastings to the position of head of non-scripted programming.