{"id":24159,"date":"2025-11-17T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:33:35","slug":"bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Delves into Papal Conclave in New Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has commissioned the hour-long documentary special <em>Secrets of the Conclave<\/em> from Fremantle\u2019s Wag Entertainment and Stand By Me for BBC Two and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>The special provides unprecedented access to the Vatican during the conclave that followed the death of Pope Francis earlier this year. Featuring exclusive footage and interviews with cardinals who attended to cast their vote, it offers a rare glimpse into the ancient ritual made up of prayer, discussion, spiritual reflection and divine guidance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you loved the book, the movie or neither, this insight into the process of a conclave promises to be an eye-opening, world-first glimpse into one of the most important religious rituals on earth,\u201d said Daisy Scalchi, head of religion and ethics for television at the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs filmmakers, we felt it was an extraordinary privilege to hear from the cardinals themselves about what truly happened inside the Sistine Chapel,\u201d commented Eliya Arman, executive producer at Wag Entertainment. \u201cTheir openness allowed us to illuminate the humanity behind a moment of immense historic and spiritual importance, giving audiences a glimpse into a world usually hidden from view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simona Ercolani, CEO and creative director of Stand By Me, added, &#8220;It was a great honor to recount the conclave through the voices of the cardinals. Thanks to our collaboration with Vatican Media, we were able to discover how 133 cardinals from around the world, guided by faith and common sense, gathered to elect the new Pope\u2014a moment very different from how one might imagine it. Thanks to the BBC, this story will reach a new audience and offer them an authentic glimpse into a historic event in which the sacred and the human are at the center.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has commissioned the hour-long documentary special Secrets of the Conclave from Fremantle\u2019s Wag Entertainment and Stand By Me for BBC Two and iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[517,9080,11917,3226,11918,11919,2182,3895],"class_list":["post-24159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc","tag-daisy-scalchi","tag-eliya-arman","tag-fremantle","tag-secrets-of-the-conclave","tag-simona-ercolani","tag-stand-by-me","tag-wag-entertainment","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 Delves into Papal Conclave in New Special - 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-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Delves into Papal Conclave in New Special - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BBC has commissioned the hour-long documentary special Secrets of the Conclave from Fremantle\u2019s Wag Entertainment and Stand By Me for BBC Two and iPlayer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-17T15:33:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-17T15:33:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/BBC-SecretsoftheConclave-1125.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\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\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Delves into Papal Conclave in New Special - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-17T15:33:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-17T15:33:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-delves-into-papal-conclave-in-new-special\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Delves into Papal Conclave in New Special\"}]},{\"@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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