{"id":13998,"date":"2020-01-24T11:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:26:03","slug":"smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Channel Expands Aerial Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Channel has upsized its <em>Aerial<\/em> franchise with the addition of <em>Aerial Greece<\/em>, a four-part series that will explore Greece\u2019s landscape, culture and history.<\/p>\n<p>Produced in partnership with Dublin\u2019s Tile Films, the hour-long episodes will uncover the ancient splendor of the birthplace of Western democracy and surprise viewers with dramatic human stories. <em>Aerial Greece<\/em> follows the channel\u2019s <em>Aerial America<\/em> series and several subsequent titles, including <em>Aerial Britain<\/em>, <em>Aerial Ireland<\/em> and <em>Aerial New Zealand<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed in 6K ultra high definition using helicopters and the latest drone technology, <em>Aerial Greece<\/em> will reveal the iconic sites and stories of the Greek mainland and its islands, from the major landmarks of the Parthenon and Olympia to the daredevil aerial dancer of the Pindus Mountains and the bungee jumpers of the Aradena Gorge. As we descend over the Aegean islands, viewers will discover famous pop culture moments\u2014how The Beatles found inspiration in the islands\u2019 folk music to the doorway that became one of the most Instagrammed in the world after appearing in <em>The Bourne Identity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmithsonian Channel prides itself on being the industry leader in aerial programming,\u201d said David Royle, executive VP and chief programming officer at Smithsonian Networks. \u201cOur viewers love being transported across magical landscapes and <em>Aerial Greece<\/em> enables us to tell stories as varied as the epic history of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae to the filming of <em>Mamma Mia!<\/em> on the island of Skopelos. The talented filmmakers at Tile Films have a wonderful way of capturing the visual richness of a landscape and we are delighted that they will be bringing the dramatic, surprising and sometimes quirky story of Greece to our growing international audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Channel has upsized its Aerial franchise with the addition of Aerial Greece, a four-part series that will explore Greece\u2019s landscape, culture and history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":13999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4634,180],"class_list":["post-13998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-aerial-greece","tag-smithsonian-channel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smithsonian Channel Expands Aerial Franchise - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smithsonian Channel Expands Aerial Franchise - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smithsonian Channel has upsized its Aerial franchise with the addition of Aerial Greece, a four-part series that will explore Greece\u2019s landscape, culture and history.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T16:18:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T16:26:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Smithsonian-Aerial-Greece-120.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/\",\"name\":\"Smithsonian Channel Expands Aerial Franchise - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-24T16:18:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T16:26:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-expands-aerial-franchise\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Smithsonian Channel Expands Aerial Franchise\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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