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The Hot Ones — Docs: Playboy Bunny Crime, The Story Of Disco & Andrew Tate Profile Headed To Mipcom Cannes
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Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s three top docs headed for the Croisette.
Distributor: Blue Ant International
Length: 2×60’
Producers: Soho Studios, Future Studios
The Playboy Bunny Murders is a story so pressing that its presenter Marcel Theroux was “going to do it whether there was a TV commission or not,” says executive producer John Farrar of the ITVX two-parter.
Theroux, older brother of recent MacTaggart lecture giver Louis Theroux, had been following the story of disturbing murders of three young women in London the 1970s. The journalist, author and filmmaker’s long-time obsession with the killings of Playboy Bunny Eve Stratford, croupier Lynda Farrow and schoolgirl Lynne Weedon had led him to conduct his own research and audio interviews with many involved and affected by the events.
The murders centered around the Playboy Club in Mayfair, which for a time was the golden goose of Hugh Hefner’s empire. “The time period was fascinating—a sexual revolution, feminism and it all centered around the club,” Farrar says.
The series will see Theroux travelling around London’s W1 postcode and beyond to track down police files, examine new breakthroughs and find key figures linked to the case.
Theroux had told Ian Lamarra, founder of Soho Studios and former co-chief at Alaska TV, about the story some time
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Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s several big new formats for your perusal.
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The Hot Ones — Drama: Korean Survival, British True Crime & Female Action Stars Set For Mipcom
Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s our pick of top scripted titles headed for the Croisette.
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