{"id":11909,"date":"2018-11-23T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2018-11-23T02:15:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:15:02","slug":"dov-freedman-charlie-russell-team-up-for-factual-indie-curious-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/dov-freedman-charlie-russell-team-up-for-factual-indie-curious-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Dov Freedman &amp; Charlie Russell Team Up for Factual Indie Curious Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Producer Dov Freedman (<em>The Trouble with Dad<\/em>, <em>An Hour to Save Your Life<\/em>) and director Charlie Russell (<em>Chris Packham: Asperger\u2019s and Me<\/em>, <em>The Trouble with Dad<\/em>, <em>Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die<\/em>) are launching a new independent production company, Curious Films.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to popular factual, Curious Films already has a number of projects in development. The company has secured its first commission from BBC Three for a documentary series about West Ham United Women\u2019s Football Club titled <em>Britain\u2019s Youngest Football Boss<\/em> (working title). The series will follow the\u00a0progress\u00a0of a team of female players\u00a0as they debut in the professional\u00a0Women\u2019s Super League.<\/p>\n<p>Freedman said: \u201cCharlie and I share a vision to make quality factual television with an unashamedly popular touch. We have a desire to innovate at every turn, and we\u2019re thrilled with how our first major commission is shaping up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell added: \u201cWhat makes Dov and I different is our approach to talent and our ability to support, harness and challenge big names for exclusive access, telling heart-warming and intimate stories for the widest possible audience\u2014something that\u2019s reflected in our second commission, to be announced soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Producer Dov Freedman (The Trouble with Dad, An Hour to Save Your Life) and director Charlie Russell (Chris Packham: Asperger\u2019s and Me, The Trouble with Dad, Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die) are launching a new independent production company, Curious Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3292],"class_list":["post-11909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-curious-films","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dov Freedman &amp; 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