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Greenlit: The Holiday Park, BBC3
The Holiday Park w/t (3 x 60′) – Woolacombe, in north Devon, is a sedate seaside resort that prides itself as the place people come to for a quiet family holiday. It’s also the unlikely home to Europa, an 18-30s campsite, proudly flying the flag for Britain by striving to supply Balearic fun on a […]
Greenlit: The Human Tissue Team, BBC3
The Human Tissue Team w/t (2 x 60′) – With unprecedented access to the UK’s largest human tissue facility, this series lifts reveals the world of tissue donation. Following the extraordinary work of the young donor retrieval team and staff at Liverpool’s Tissue Bank, which supplies 350 NHS hospitals around the country, it will show […]
Greenlit: Slum Survivors, BBC3
Slum Survivors w/t (3 x 60′) – A group of young people are put through their paces as they embark on a crash course in urban survival in some of the world’s biggest slums in Lagos, Mumbai and Jakarta. With jobs in mind they want to do back in the UK, working as a plumber, […]
Greenlit: My Brother The Terrorist, BBC3
My Brother The Terrorist (1 x 60′) – Documentary that looks at the issues surrounding the Islamic radicalization of some young Brits. Channel: BBC3 Producer: Grace Productions TX: 28th April 2014 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Dead Behind Bars, BBC3
Dead Behind Bars (1 x 60’) – In the last five years 41 offenders under 21 have killed themselves while in custody. They weren’t angels but they were young people in the care of the state. This film tells their story people through the testimony of their families and friends, as well as revealing the […]
Greenlit: Stacey Dooley on Teen Domestic Violence, BBC3
Stacey Dooley On Teen Domestic Violence (1 x 60’) – Stacey Dooley is on a mission to investigate domestic abuse amongst young Britons. It’s estimated that a quarter of girls aged 13 to 17 have experienced physical violence from a boyfriend. In this documentary, Stacey is going behind the startling statistics to meet the victims […]
Greenlit: Life and Death Row, BBC3
Life and Death Row (3 x 60’) – Some young Britons want the UK to follow in America’s footsteps and reintroduce capital punishment. But do they really know what it means to live in the shadow of the death penalty? Now, for the first time ever, this three-part series will tell the story of capital […]
Greenlit: Prostitution: What’s the Harm? BBC3
Prostitution: What’s The Harm? (1 x 60’) – This documentary sets out to examine the attitudes and experiences of young people in the UK to prostitution. Presented by Billie J D Porter, the programme will reflect a wide range of opinions and experiences. It will feature the young men who buy sex and the young […]
Greenlit: Sex, Money, Beauty: The Secrets of South America, BBC3
Sex, Money, Beauty: The Secrets of South America (3 x 60’) – Billie J D Porter explores life in South America in three films through Argentina’s attitude to sex; Brazil’s moneyed elite and struggling poor, and Venezuela’s obsession with beauty and body image. South America is a continent packed with contrasts. Poor developing nations are […]
Greenlit: Old Before My Time, BBC3
Old Before My Time (3 x 60’) – Presented by Cherry Healey, this series looks at the health implications, diseases and conditions associated with either drinking too much, taking too many party/club drugs or eating too much. Many of these conditions are presenting in people in their teens, 20s and early 30s and are normally […]
Greenlit: Junior Paramedics: Your Life In Their Hands, BBC3
Junior Paramedics: Your Life In Their Hands (7 x 60′) – They are the first on the scene in an emergency and their speed and expertise save thousands of lives every single year. But with government cuts and huge competition for jobs, it has never been tougher to become a paramedic. Following a group of Paramedic […]
Greenlit: No Country for Young Men, BBC3
No Country for Young Men w/t (6 x 60′) – In Christchurch, Dorset, over a third of the population is over 65. The region is crying out for new blood to breathe life into the town and those new arrivals can benefit from the elderly residents’ years of experience and know how. In a huge social […]
Greenlit: Underage and Over the Limit, BBC3
Underage and Over the Limit w/t (1 x 60′) – The North East of England has the highest number of underage drinkers in the UK, and this film follows the youth workers who are reaching out to help them. More children aged 11-15 in the North East have drunk alcohol than anywhere else in the […]
Greenlit: Knight Club, BBC3
Knight Club w/t (1 x 60′) – Follows a group of modern-day English knights as they enter the international ‘Battle of the Nations’ tournament in France – the world’s biggest and most brutal full-body contact medieval tournament and a super-tough version of historical re-enactment. As the sun rises above the tranquil French countryside, the medieval […]
Greenlit: School of Rock, BBC3
School of Rock w/t (1 x 60′) – Follows students at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) – where young adults study to become rock stars. Think Skins meets Fame Academ’, in a school where your success is measured by your individuality and out-spoken passion. ACM in Guildford, Surrey, is one of the leading colleges for students […]
Greenlit: Does Skunk Make You Crazy? BBC3
Does Skunk Make You Crazy? w/t (1 x 60′) – Lifts the lid on cannabis-induced psychosis and asks if this mental health condition is an unintended, man-made consequence of scientific progress and economic efficiency as traditional ‘organic’ cannabis production has moved out of the fields and into the lab, with intensively produced high-grade strains dominating […]
Greenlit: Webcam Girls, BBC3
Webcam Girls w/t (1 x 60′) – An intimate and stylish exploration of the secret lives of three ‘webcam girls’ making a living performing for fans online. The film looks at the way ‘camming’ has affected their home-lives and relationships, and how the pressure to perform more hardcore shows in order to gain a bigger […]
Greenlit: Growing Up Down’s, BBC3
Growing Up Down’s w/t (1 x 60′) – In a film that aims to redefine perceptions and explode the myths about Down’s syndrome, we follow the incredible journey of a theatre group of young adults with Down’s syndrome as they put together a touring production of Hamlet. Filmed both inside and outside the rehearsal room […]
Greenlit: New Drug Frontiers: Stacey Dooley Investigates, BBC3
New Drug Frontiers: Stacey Dooley Investigates (3 x 60′) – Stacey Dooley investigates the new battles being fought in the global war on drugs. Travelling to remote and hostile regions, Stacey speaks directly to the producers, traffickers, addicts and locals whose lives are impacted by the industry and the law enforcement agencies battling to stop […]
Greenlit: Shoplife, BBC3
Shoplife w/t (6 x 60′) – Fact ent series following a group of young people who work in the North East’s MetroCentre, the largest shopping mall in the UK. In this ambitious new series, meet retail’s liveliest workforce who dream big, work hard, and play hard, as they take their first tentative steps in the […]
Greenlit: Tough New Teachers, BBC3
Tough New Teachers (pka Brand New Teachers w/t) (6 x 60′) – Follows six trainee teachers in three challenging London schools over a full academic year. The series has unprecedented access to Teach First, a fast-track training scheme that takes the brightest young graduates and drops them into tough schools with only a few weeks […]
Greenlit: The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened? BBC3
The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened? (1 x 60′) – A fast-turnaround documentary on the incredible story of the three women in Cleveland, Ohio, found alive 10 years after they went missing. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were discovered after a neighbour heard screams from Ariel Castro’s house. The three women who had […]
Greenlit: Boom Town, BBC3
Boom Town (6 x 30′) – A structured reality television programme, celebrating some of Britain’s most wonderfully eccentric individuals. Some of the programme’s scenes have been enhanced for viewers’ entertainment but the individuals starring in the show are all real: their lives, passions and dialogue are all their own, and all have the ability to entertain, […]
Greenlit: The Call Centre, BBC3
The Call Centre (5 x ) – A series set inside the self-styled world of Nev Wilshire, the CEO of a Swansea call centre. Nev’s motto is “Happy People Sell”, and Nev stops at nothing to make people happy. Whether he is matchmaking, coming to work on a horse, or helping the tea lady arrange […]
Greenlit: Hotel of Mum and Dad, BBC3
Hotel Of Mum And Dad w/t (6 x 60′) – Factual entertainment show about the growing trend of young couples having to move back in with their parents or in-laws. One in 10 young people have moved back home with their partner – that’s a staggering 300,000 couples. But with sky-high house prices, fewer jobs, […]
Greenlit: The Horsemeat Banquet, BBC3
The Horsemeat Banquet (1 x 60′) – Fast-turnaround programme inspired by the discovery of horsemeat in a range of beef ready meals in the UK, in which people are invited to eat recipes made from 100% horsemeat. Channel: BBC3 Producer: Dragonfly TX: 27th March 2013 Source: TBI Vision
Greenlit: Barely Legal Drivers, BBC3
Barely Legal Drivers (6 x 60′) – Britain’s young drivers are some of the most dangerous in Europe. This series follows inexperienced teen drivers to see what they’re really like behind the wheel. Each week two novices will be let loose on the road in their family car. They believe they’re filming a slice of […]
Greenlit: Football, Schizophrenia and Me, BBC3
Football, Schizophrenia and Me w/t (1 x 60′) – This film will tell the story of an extraordinary football league, in which every player suffers from a mental health problem – be it OCD, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Following a number of key characters over one season, from training sessions to the hotly-contested end-of-year final, […]
Greenlit: Rachel Bruno: Me and My Dad, BBC3
Rachel Bruno: Me and My Dad w/t (1 x 60′) – Twenty-six-year-old Rachel Bruno lives at home with her brother and sister, and works as a waitress in a pizza restaurant. But Rachel is also the daughter of Frank Bruno, ex-heavyweight boxing champion of the world and much-loved national treasure. Since being sectioned for the […]
Greenlit: Inside A Teenage Mental Health Unit, BBC3
Inside a Teenage Mental Health Unit w/t (3 x 90′) – For a year cameras were given unparalled access to the McGuinness Unit in Manchester, one of the largest teenage mental health units in Britain. It’s the place of last resort for young people with psychosis or eating disorders, who self-harm or have OCD. We […]
Greenlit: Minds Like Ours, BBC3
Minds Like Ours w/t (1 x 90′) – Bold, thought-provoking, ambitious, this powerful new documentary will ask young people with mental health disorders to turn the camera on themselves – and show us the world through their eyes. Using handheld cameras, 20 extraordinary young people will take us with them as they navigate the rocky […]
Greenlit: Mental Me, BBC3
Mental Me w/t (1 x 60′) – Mental illness affects us all and often strikes in the late teens and early 20s. In this film we’ll explain the science behind the most common mental illnesses that affect young people – why they develop in the first place, what’s going on inside our bodies and what […]
Greenlit: OCD Camp, BBC3
OCD Camp w/t (2 x 60′) – Follows six British teens and young adults living with OCD as they embark on a unique, life changing week-long treatment course in the USA. The series documents their incredible journey to the Blue Compass OCD camp near Seattle, where course leaders use exposure therapy to enable their participants […]
Greenlit: Oscar Pistorius Documentary, BBC3
Oscar Pistorius Documentary (1 x 60′) – Rick Edwards presents a fast-turnaround documentary on the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, allegedly shot to death by her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius, who won two Gold medals and a Silver at the Paralympic Games in London in 2012, is accused of murder, though pleads not guilty. Channel: BBC3 […]
Greenlit: Bollywood Live, BBC3
Bollywood Live (1 x 60′) – Romance, music, intrigue and drama are set to hit the city of Bradford, UK, this summer as the story of Bizet’s Carmen is retold in a contemporary Bollywood style As well as special arrangements of some of Bizet’s best-loved themes from the opera, there will be a new original […]
Greenlit: The Hoff’s Best Film Ever! BBC3
The Hoff’s Best Film Ever! (6 x 30′) – Actor David Hasselhoff explores what makes great movie moments. Channel: BBC3 Producer: BBC TX: TBC Source: Broadcast
In Development: Chris Ramsay’s Social Network, BBC3
Chris Ramsay’s Social network (1 x pilot) – The show sees the Hebburn star take on the week through everything that is happening in social media. Channel: BBC3 Producer: Avalon Scotland TX: TBC Source: BBC press release
Greenlit: Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera, BBC3
Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera (1 x 60′) – Fast-turnaround documentary that uses amateur footage filmed on the mobile phones and cameras of people caught up in the storm. Channel: BBC3 Producer: Mentorn Media TX: 15th November 2012 Source: Realscreen
Greenlit: Poor Teens, BBC3
Poor Teens (2 x 60′) – Following on from the award-winning documentary, Poor Kids, this two-part series will examine life through the eyes of teenagers who are struggling to make ends meet in the depths of Britain’s worst recession. Three girls and three boys from around the UK with different struggles to contend with tell […]
Greenlit: Jack Osbourne: Beating MS, BBC3
Jack Osbourne: Beating MS w/t (1 x 60′) – Jack Osbourne, at the age of just 26, has just been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, which has left him technically blind in one eye. However, Jack isn’t taking this lying down and is determined to find out as much […]
Greenlit: Stacey Solomon: Teenage Mums, BBC3
Stacey Solomon: Teenage Mums w/t (1 x 60′) – At age 17, Stacey Solomon became pregnant. The birth of her son should have been one of the happiest times of her life but it became one of the worst when she developed post-natal depression (PND). Five years on, in her first television documentary, X Factor […]
Greenlit: Prison Dads, BBC3
Prison Dads w/t (1 x 60′) – There are almost 10,000 young offenders in Britain and a shocking 25% are fathers or dads-to-be. For all young parents, having a baby is the biggest challenge of their lives. But how do they cope with the added pressure of parenting behind bars? Prison Dads follows 18-21 year […]
Greenlit: The Batman Shootings, BBC3
The Batman Shootings (1 x 60′) – Fast-turnaround documentary on the Colorado cinema shootings in the USA. Presenter Amal Fashanu travels to Aurora, Colorado, and speaks to survivors including Jansen Young who lived because her boyfriend shielded her from bullets. Amal also discovers how the gunman tried to join a local rifle club in the […]
Greenlit: I Want to Change My Body, BBC3
I Want to Change My Body (1 x 60′) – Diving beneath the surface of Britain’s body confidence crisis, this film follows up to 30 young people aged 16 to 25 who are unhappy with their appearance as they go on a personal quest to transform their bodies with the hope that the changes will […]
Greenlit: Free Speech, BBC3
Free Speech (1 x 60′) – Jake Humphrey hosts an interactive, live debate show that considers how much body image impacts on young people’s lives. Four panellists will join the studio audience in the programme that involves viewers from beginning to end. Viewers have their say on which aspects of body image should be discussed […]
Greenlit: Pumping Up, Pumping Down, BBC3
Pumping Up, Pumping Down w/t (1 x 60′) – Follows four young men who feel that their size and shape is negatively impacting their life, as they attempt to achieve their dream physique. Two are skinny men who’re going to be pumping up and two will be super muscular men desperate to come down in […]
Greenlit: How Your Body Works, BBC3
How Your Body Works w/t (1 x 60′) – Using computer graphics to travel inside the body this documentary explores the physiological and psychological changes that happen as young people strive to alter their appearance. We find out how crash diets can actually alter your brain and show how ultrasound waves can destroy fat cells […]
Greenlit: Jackie Green Transexual Beauty Queen, BBC3
Jackie Green Transsexual Beauty Queen (1 x 60′) – follows the world’s youngest transsexual as she attempts to win Miss England and draw attention to the challenges she’s faced to become her true self. From bullying to suicide attempts, surgery to the catwalk, follow one girl’s brave attempt to achieve acceptance for who she really […]
Greenlit: Dying for Clear Skin, BBC3
Dying For Clear Skin (1 x 60’0 – A documentary that considers how society’s obsession with looks puts extraordinary pressure on young people to have perfect, smooth skin. In 2011 Jesse Jones went missing and five days later his body was found at the bottom of a cliff. Presenter, Gemma Cairney, speaks to his friends […]
Greenlit: New Kids on the Block, BBC3
New Kids on the Block w/t (4 x 60′) –Follows four new sets of parents as they face the most pressurised experience of their lives: the challenge of becoming first-time parents. The couples will head straight from the hospital to an apartment block, where they will spend the first months of their parental lives living […]
