Passion Distribution Signs Deals for Talent-Led Documentaries

Passion Distribution has closed a raft of sales for five talent-led documentaries, including the three-part Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland.

The docuseries follows actors Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming around Scotland as they go on a mission to uncover the country of their youth. It has been licensed in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Sweden and Greece.

Produced by Blink Films for Channel 4, Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland has been sold to ABC (Australia), Gusto/Living Discovery (New Zealand), APT (the U.S.), URTV (Sweden) and ERT with Tanweer as agent (Greece).

Myleene Klass: Miscarriage & Me, a one-hour documentary in which Myleene Klass seeks to break the taboo that surrounds miscarriage, has been acquired by SBS (Australia), Nelonen (Finland), NRK (Norway), Ananey (Israel) and BBC Persia. The film is produced by Hall of Mirrors for W (UKTV).

The immersive documentary Stacey Dooley: Inside the Convent, produced by Firecracker Films in association with Little Dooley for BBC One, has been picked up by SBS (Australia), TV4 (Sweden), MTV3 (Finland) and NHK (Japan). The one-off documentary follows Stacey Dooley as she spends ten days living alongside the Order of the Holy Paraclete Anglican religious community.

Also starring Dooley, season three of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over has been sold to SBS (Australia), Bravo (New Zealand), NRK (Norway) and TV2 (Norway). The series is produced by Firecracker for W (UKTV).

Lastly, Walking Hadrian’s Wall with Robson Green has been licensed by SBS (Australia), Top TV (New Zealand), APT (the U.S.), UR (Sweden) and Ananey (Israel). Produced by Firecracker for Channel 5, the three-part docuseries follows actor and presenter Robson Green as he travels the length of one of the largest remnants of the Roman Empire.