{"id":18758,"date":"2022-09-21T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-launch-netflix\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:39:01","slug":"human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Playground Docuseries to Launch on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The six-part docuseries <em>Human Playground<\/em>, from Banijay companies Scenery (the Netherlands) and Workerbee (the U.K.), is slated to launch on Netflix on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>Narrated by Idris Elba, the series explores the origin and evolution of exceptional sports around the world, from centuries-old rituals to billion-dollar businesses. It dives into the worlds of robot camel races in the United Arab Emirates, eagle hunting in Kyrgyzstan, big wave surfing in Portugal and more.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the series began in the form of a book by creator Hannelore Vandenbussche, who was inspired during her work as the assistant photographer on the photo-book <em>Before they pass away<\/em>. She then made it her mission to portray the world\u2019s most special sports. An exclusive coffee table photo-book published by TeNeues will accompany the series.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Kaan (editor of BBC Earth and <em>Our Planet<\/em>) directed <em>Human Playground<\/em>, and Elba served as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>The docuseries is the first Dutch-produced documentary series to launch worldwide on Netflix. Later this year, it will also launch on the Chinese streamer Youku.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Human Playground<\/em> takes a look at the most impressive playing fields in the world and shows how far people are willing to go when it comes to playing a game,\u201d Vandenbussche said. \u201c<em>Human Playground<\/em> is not just about sports, it&#8217;s about what makes us human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew we had something to grab when we decided to use play as a lens to examine ourselves\u2014the playing human being,\u201d said Kaan. \u201cHowever, I could not have imagined in advance how many sides this story has to it. All those smells and colors, emotions and cultures. Blood and sweat splashing against the lens. <em>Human Playground<\/em> was an unforgettable adventure in every way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isidoor Roebers, producer of <em>Human Playground<\/em> and founder of Scenery, said, \u201cAfter four years of shooting under all kinds of conditions in 25 countries during a pandemic, we are extremely proud of the end result of this Netflix docuseries. The thought that this series will soon be shown all over the world still feels unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rick Murray, executive producer and managing director of Workerbee, added, \u201cWhen Scenery introduced us to this project, it felt like a perfect fit for Idris as narrator and for Netflix. We are delighted to have helped get the project off the ground. The team in Amsterdam are world-class, and we hope to work with them again in the not-too-distant future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six-part docuseries Human Playground, from Banijay companies Scenery (the Netherlands) and Workerbee (the U.K.), is slated to launch on Netflix on September 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[269,6421,5104],"class_list":["post-18758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-netflix","tag-scenery","tag-workerbee","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Human Playground Docuseries to Launch on Netflix - 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\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human Playground Docuseries to Launch on Netflix - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The six-part docuseries Human Playground, from Banijay companies Scenery (the Netherlands) and Workerbee (the U.K.), is slated to launch on Netflix on September 30.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-21T14:39:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/SceneryandWorkerbee-HumanPlayground-0922.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/\",\"name\":\"Human Playground Docuseries to Launch on Netflix - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-21T14:39:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-21T14:39:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/human-playground-docuseries-to-launch-on-netflix\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Human Playground Docuseries to Launch on Netflix\"}]},{\"@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\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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