Blue Ant International is unveiling a refreshed slate this spring that includes over 60 hours of new content across its tent-pole categories, including high-impact documentary series, factual entertainment and specialist factual.<\/p>\n
Highlights of the new slate include a second season of the award-winning docuseries Prison<\/em>, season two of Rich Kids Go Homeless<\/em> and Malawi Wildlife Rescue<\/em>. Blue Ant International has also taken over distribution activity for 70-plus hours of premium, blue-chip programming from the global natural-history and factual production house NHNZ.<\/p>\n The NHNZ agreement bolsters Blue Ant International\u2019s catalog of specialist-factual content with over 70 titles, including Extreme Animals<\/em>, a series that takes a look at the most extreme personalities and behaviors in the animal kingdom; Inside the Pack<\/em>, an inside look at the survival skills and power struggles within wild animal packs; Siberia\u2019s Wild Year<\/em>, which reveals the challenges animals face in Siberia\u2019s unrelenting winter; seasons one and two of China From Above<\/em>, which takes viewers on an exploration of China as never seen before; seasons one and two of World\u2019s Deadliest<\/em>, which reveals the struggle that species face every day just to survive; Wild Peru: Andes Battleground<\/em>, an exploration of the fascinating animals that live in the country\u2019s diverse habitats; and Mexico Untamed<\/em>, a series that follows the extreme measures animals go to survive in the rugged landscapes of Mexico.<\/p>\n Additional specialist-factual series Blue Ant International is debuting this spring include Pridelands: Wilderness Reborn<\/em>, which follows a family as they transform a derelict farm in South Africa into a sanctuary; Amazing Animal Friends<\/em>, a look at unlikely animal friendships like a rhino and a lamb and an elephant who thinks she\u2019s a buffalo; and a tenth season of Hope For Wildlife<\/em>, featuring ten new episodes that follow wildlife advocate Hope Swinimer and her staff who rescue, rehabilitate and release thousands of animals each year.<\/p>\n Notable new documentary series include the second season of Prison<\/em>. The second season shifts its focus from a men\u2019s U.K.-based facility to HMP Foston Hall, a women\u2019s prison, also in the U.K. Season two highlights the unique challenges incarcerated women face. Also joining this category is Hate Crime: Uncensored<\/em>, a one-hour documentary revealing disturbing accounts of religious and racist hate crimes.<\/p>\n Blue Ant International is also presenting a new slate of diverse factual-entertainment series, including Ultimate Supercar<\/em>, a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the design and engineering of the world\u2019s most lust-worthy, luxury cars; season three of Best Cake Wins<\/em>, which sees two cake masters compete to design confectionery delights based on a child’s own colorful drawings; season two of Coolest Places to Stay<\/em>, a peek inside some of the most unique and charming short-term rentals; and season two of Expat<\/em>, which takes viewers to exotic and legendary locations where expatriates are creating new lives for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blue Ant International is unveiling a refreshed slate this spring that includes over 60 hours of new content across its tent-pole categories, including high-impact documentary series, factual entertainment and specialist factual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":14228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[639,3261,272],"class_list":["post-14227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blue-ant-international","tag-malawi-wildlife-rescue","tag-nhnz","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n