{"id":16139,"date":"2021-05-07T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-alex-gale\/"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:52:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:52:24","slug":"bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios International Production Inks First-Look Deal with Alex Gale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios International Production has signed a first-look development deal with the award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gale.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will see Gale co-develop premium non-scripted content with BBC Studios&#8217; local production companies in Australia, India, South Africa and Germany. BBC Studios will produce and distribute the developed programs internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Gale, founder of Amped Pictures, directed Amazon Prime\u2019s <em>Sons of the Soil<\/em> for BBC Studios India. The docuseries followed the fortunes of Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan and his pro kabaddi team across a season in the fast-growing sport in India. Gale\u2019s previous work includes the BAFTA Scotland-winning BBC documentaries <em>Scotland 78: A Love Story<\/em>, <em>Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions<\/em> and the RTS Scotland-winning <em>The Fort<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Forde, managing director of international productions at BBC Studios, said: \u201cAlex is a remarkable documentarian who has a unique approach to creating candid and thought-provoking films; his handle on the sporting world and bringing their iconic figures and stories to life are unparalleled. We\u2019ve been lucky enough to partner with Alex previously and so we\u2019re incredibly proud to be working with him to create original content for our audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gale commented: \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting, there\u2019s such a range of untapped storytelling opportunities across these distinct and contrasting cultures. The aim is to create high production value docuseries with characteristically local narratives that also have the potential to engage an international audience. BBC Studios\u2019 local knowledge, industry relationships and brand recognition in these countries are invaluable, it will help us secure access to talent, previously unseen environments and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios International Production has signed a first-look development deal with the award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5502,5503],"class_list":["post-16139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alex-gale","tag-bbc-studios-international-production","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios International Production Inks First-Look Deal with Alex Gale - 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\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios International Production Inks First-Look Deal with Alex Gale - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios International Production has signed a first-look development deal with the award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gale.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-07T13:47:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-07T14:52:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/alex-gale-bbc-studios-521.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\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\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios International Production Inks First-Look Deal with Alex Gale - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-07T13:47:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-07T14:52:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-studios-international-production-inks-first-look-deal-with-alex-gale\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios International Production Inks First-Look Deal with Alex Gale\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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