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Greenlit: Inside Holloway, Channel 5

Inside Holloway–  (2 x 60′) – Documentary series that goes behind the scenes of a women’s prison and uses interviews with inmates, warders and psychologists to explore the differences between male and female offender, and what this means for their incarceration. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Wildfire Television / Group M Entertainment TX: TBC Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: OAPs Behaving Badly, Channel 5

OAPs Behaving Badly (1 x 60′) – These OAPs blow their children’s inheritance, final salary pensions and winter fuel allowance on cut price alcohol, wild parties and crazy after-dark shenanigans in sunny Tenerife.  Club 18-30 can’t keep up with these sixty-plus, booze fuelled OAPs! During the film we’ll meet Leapy Lee, a 74-year-old entertainer with a […]

Greenlit: D-Day’s Sunken Secrets, Channel 4

D-Day’s Sunken Secrets (1 x 90′) –  Takes a look at a unique expedition to the bottom of the ocean to explore the lost battlefield of D-Day – the seabed off the coast of Normandy.  Using sonar technology and expert divers, the film uncovers the military treasures thought to be lost forever, and hears from some of […]

Greenlit: Too Tough to Teach? Channel 5

Too Tough to Teach? (2 x 60′) – When kids arrive at Ian Mikardo School, they are aggressive, disaffected and at risk of ending up in custody. The school is the very end of the line for children with severe and complex behavioural problems. Home to the toughest kids in East London and beyond, the […]

Greenlit: Gypsies on Benefits and Proud, Channel 5

Gypsies on Benefits and Proud – Documentary that examines the lives of Roma gypsies who’ve come to the UK from Romania after work restrictions were lifted in January.  The programme brings a fascinating insight into the lives of Roma gypsies, both established in the UK, and coming to Britain as first-time immigrants in 2014. The […]

Greenlit: 9/11: The Final Chapter? Channel 5

9/11: The Final Chapter –  Documentary that chronicles the continued forensic search for the remains of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at Ground Zero.  It combines expert testimonial with interviews with the victims’ families who are still hoping for closure, 13 years after the tragic events happened. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Bearkatt Productions / […]

Greenlit: Stand By Your Man, Channel 5

Stand By Your Man – Girls, get your glad rags on and get in line as Brian McFadden and Laura Jackson host this new dating show.  Which of our single guys will win over the hearts and votes of the majority of the girls and who, from their queue of adoring fans will our eligible bachelors choose to take […]

Greenlit: Watch Out, There’s A Shoplifter About! Channel 5

Watch Out, There’s a Shoplifter About!  (1 x 60′) –    This documentary from reveals the incredible deceit and trickery used by the sophisticated world of shoplifters, plus how to spot and shop them. Store thieves strike every seven minutes – and cost the retail industry £0.5bn every year. With access to amazing CCTV footage of […]

Greenlit: Running Riot: Britain’s Teen Crims, Channel 5

Running Riot: Britain’s Teen Crims w/t (1 x 60′) – Explores the realities of life for some of Britain’s most notorious young offenders, and the incredible life-shattering crimes they perpetrate. The documentary follows the ‘ASBROS’ – two brothers amongst the country’s youngest ever to receive an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order) who terrorised a whole community […]

Greenlit: Britain’s Crime Capitals, Channel 5

Britain’s Crime Capitals (4 x 60′) – Nick Wallis exposes the fight on crime in some of Britain’s major cities including Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester.   The series explores Birmingham’s gang crime; Liverpool’s long battle with guns; Manchester and its war on drug related crime and Glasgow’s long association with knife crime and stabbing. Exploring […]

Greenlit: The Limbless Mountaineer, Channel 5

The Limbless Mountaineer – Documentary that follows quadruple amputee Jamie Andrew as he attempts to climb the Matterhorn. The ascent is hard going for any experienced mountaineer with 1,200 rescues made on the peak every year, but 15 years ago Jamie lost his hands and feet to frostbite. This film pays tribute to his extreme […]

Greenlit: Greatest 80’s Movie Moments, Channel 5

Greatest 80’s Movie Moments (1 x 180′) –  Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Ferris Bueller, all the classics are included in this fabulous feast that’s got more great moments than ruffle son a rara skirt. So relive the heart-warming moment that ET met Elliot and hear how Spielberg and Lucas came up with the film while building […]

Greenlit: TV’s Greatest Detectives, Channel 5

TV’s Greatest Detectives w/t (1 x 180′) –   Is Morse more cunning than Columbo? Are the cosy ruminations of Miss Marple wiser than deductions of the new sexy Sherlock? We’re celebrating the top 50 detectives of all time, featuring the most fabulous super sleuths and the stars that played them. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Objective Productions / […]

Greenlit: The Greatest Ever War Films, Channel 5

The Greatest Ever War Films (1 x 180′) –  From the wartime stiff upper lip tales of George Deeing Deering in The Dam Busters to the thought provoking horrors of the Vietnam War in Apocolypse Now, we’re celebrating these incredible films that have attracted the greatest actors and directors of all time. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Objective Productions […]

Greenlit: TV’s Nastiest Villains, Channel 5

TV’s Nastiest Villains (1 x 180′) –  Everyone loves a TV baddie and we’ve got a whole host of them as we celebrate TV’s nastiest villains both fictional and real. From JR Ewing to Dirty Den, we’re counting down the men and women we love to hate. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Objective Productions / Crook Productions TX: […]

Greenlit: Britain’s Favourite Double Acts, Channel 5

Britain’s Favourite Double Acts (1 x 180′) – How do the legendary Morecambe and Wise compare to the Two Ronnies? How beloved are Ant and Dec? Or ice skating supremos Torvill and Dean? All will be revealed when we count down Britain’s best loved pairings from the worlds of comedy, drama, music, sport and television. Channel: Channel […]

Greenlit: The Most Shocking Moments in Pop, Channel 5

Most Shocking Moments in Pop (1 x 180′) –  From the potty mouthed Sex Pistols to the twerkings of Miss Miley Cyrus, Most Shocking Moments in Pop relives those outrageous occurrences in the music world that sent Britain reeling over the last five decades. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Objective Productions / Crook Productions  TX: Spring 2014 Source: Channel 5 […]

Greenlit: The Ulitimate Action Movies, Channel 5

The Ultimate Action Movies (1 x 180′) – Presented by the great action film star himself Vinnie Jones, this show will be rammed with the biggest movie stars, car chases, catchphrases, stunts, pyrotechnics and evil baddies as we count down the best action movies of all time. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Objective Productions / Crook Productions TX: […]

Greenlit: The Plane That Vanished: Live, Channel 5

The Plane That Vanished: Live – Looks at the fateful mystery gripping everyone of what happened to missing Malaysian flight MH370. With the flight and its occupants now missing nearly a week, this live programme takes a look at how the hi-tech Boeing 777 apparently vanished without trace off the coast of Malaysia, leaving friends […]

Greenlit: Britain’s Biggest Debtors, Channel 5

Britain’s Biggest Debtors (1 x 60′) – From payday loans to loan sharks and credit cards to catalogue finance, Britain is addicted to debt.  This film reveals some of the worst case scenarios as we meet four people in huge debt and hear their tales of debt disasters which are beyond most borrowers’ worst nightmares.  […]

Greenlit: Taken to the Cleaners, Channel 5

Taken to the Cleaners (1 x 60′) – Bev Lawton, Debbie Davey and Irene Bridges all thought their savings were safe.  But the criminals who targeted them weren’t shady burglars or strangers off the street.  They were their closest friends.  Between them, Bev, Debbie and Irene have lost over £700,000 – all stolen from them […]

Greenlit: Fingers in the Till, Channel 5

 Fingers In The Till (1 x 60′) – Money’s never been tighter and it seems if we can’t earn it at work, we’re prepared to steal it from work instead.  This film reveals the fast-growing trend of employee theft by exploring some of the most shocking cases – a stealing secretary, a corrupt council clerk […]

Greenlit: Hercules: The Human Bear, Channel 5

Hercules: The Human Bear (1 x 60′) – Documentary that focuses on the story of wrestler Andy and his wife Maggie Robin who bought a bear from a zoo; the bear went from wrestling partner to star of Hollywood films. Channel: Ch5 Producer: Middlechild Productions TX:  April 2014 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Treblinka: Hitler’s Killing Machine, Smithsonian Channel / Ch5

Treblinka: Hitler’s Killing Machine –  It’s one of the most notorious cold cases of World War II – 900,000 Jews transported by the Nazis to a camp in eastern Poland, never to be seen again. Rare documents and eyewitnesses claimed Treblinka was a death camp even more ruthlessly efficient than Auschwitz-Birkenau, but evidence was thin, […]

Greenlit: Killing Spree, Channel 5

Killing Spree ( x 60′) – Docuseries that uses experts to reveal the truth behind some history’s most appalling murders. Channel: Channel Producer: Crackit Productions TX: TBC Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Fathers Who Kill, Channel 5

Fathers Who Kill (1 x 60′) – Documentary that tells the story of a man who was jailed for stabbing to death six family members and friends at a family BBQ. Channel: Channel Producer: Title Role TX: TBC Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper, Channel 5

Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper (1 x 60′) -Documentary that tells the story of the people who survived being attacked by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: BriteSpark Films TX: March 2014 Source: C21 Media

Greenlit: Living on the Social, Channel 5

Living on the Social w/t – Documentary series that features people living on welfare benefits around Britain. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Channel 5 TX: Late 2014 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: The Dating Show, Channel 5

 The Dating Show w/t (aka Stand by Your Man) – Studio based dating show styled to look like a nightclub. The men chosen for the show attempt to impress the women in the audience; the women band together to decide which man is the most appealing and he then wins the opportunity to ask one […]

Greenlit: Murdered: The Bodies in the Bog, Channel 5

Murdered: The Bodies in the Bog (1 x 60′)  –  Archaeologist Melanie Giles sets out to solve one of history’s most intriguing murder mysteries…a rash of brutal killings carried out in peat bogs two thousand years ago. Using technology and forensic techniques more commonly employed by modern crime scene investigators, she teams up with leading […]

Greenlit: The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door, Channel 5

The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (6 x 60′) –  A eries in which viewers will be able to delve into the most extreme and extraordinary neighbour disputes and witness some of Britain’s worst offenders in a compelling portrait of modern Britain. There are six million complaints about nightmare neighbours every year and most people have […]

Greenlit: The Big British Immigration Debate: Live, Channel 5

The Big British Immigration Row: Live (1 x 120′) –  A live studio debate on one of the hottest topics in Britain today – the influx of immigrants and how it’s affecting our country. MPs, decision-makers, opinion-formers and immigrants themselves will discuss a subject which is dividing the nation. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: ITN Productions TX: […]

Greenlit: Great British Castles, Channel 5

Great British Castles (6 x 50′) – Documentary series presented by Dan Jones that uses reconstructions, CGI and aerial shots to explore the history of some of the most significant castles in Britain. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Sideline Productions / GroupM Entertainment TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Police 5, Channel 5

Police 5 –  Crime prevention series that helps viewers avoid becoming victims of crime. Presented by Joe Crowley, with Kate McIntyre as roving reporter, the series is presented on location in a real-life CCTV control room. Complete with a unique brand of hidden camera crime prevention, the secrets of the thieves’ trade, up-to-the-minute crime news […]

Greenlit: Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!, Channel 5

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! (4 x 60′) – Five years on from the credit crunch, this programme uncovers the dramatic stories of Brits on the sharp end of bad debt – and follows the people whose job it is to get the money back. With exclusive access to some of the most experienced bailiff […]

Greenlit: Help! I’m Snowtrapped, Channel 5

Help! I’m Snowtrapped (1 x 60′) – Documentary that uses user generated footage and eyewitness interviews to explore what happens when people get trapped in the snow in the countryside, in the mountains or on the road. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Leopard Films/ Group M Entertainment TX: TBC Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: The Surgery: Medicating Lewisham, Channel 5

 The Surgery: Medicating Lewisham (4 x 60′) –  A series that takes us to the heart of the doctors’ surgery. By fitting a fixed camera rig to the consulting rooms of a local surgery in Lewisham we are given exclusive access to some of the 500+ patients who pass through St John’s Medical Centre every […]

Greenlit: First Kill, Last Kill, Channel 5

First Kill, Last Kill – Takes a chilling and compelling look at the first and last murders of one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, the Stockwell strangler. Terrorising the elderly population of South London, Kenneth Erskine claimed seven victims over a period of four months. By breaking into his victims’ houses, sexually assaulting them and […]

Greenlit: The Truth About Your Dog’s Food, Channel 5

The Truth About Your Dog’s Food (1 x 60′) – Dogs are man’s best friend who we shower with care, love, affection and gifts, but how much of what we put into our pooch’s food is actually good for them? What if through the attention we put into our canine’s culinary delights we are actually […]

Greenlit: Body Donors, Channel 5

Body Donors – Documentary series that follows the stories of people who want to donate their bodies to medical science. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Daisybeck Productions, GroupM Entertainment TX: 2014 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Celebrity Wedding Planner, Channel 5

Celebrity Wedding Planner (1 x 60′) –  Most of us can only dream of a glamorous “celebrity style” wedding so what happens when two actual celebs plan the big day for one ordinary couple? Helen Flanagan and Hugo Taylor are teaming up and turning their hand to wedding planning… But there’s a catch. The bride […]

Greenlit: She’s 78, He’s 39: Age Gap Love, Channel 5

She’s 78, He’s 39: Age Gap Love (1 x 60′) –   In this startling documentary we meet couples who see age as no barrier to true romance.  Meet Mike (74) and Lindsey (33) who are proud parents of an eight week old whilst Joan (69) and Phil (39) became lovers with a little help from cosmetic […]

Greenlit: Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History, Channel 5

Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History (2 x 60′) –   Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, and asks: Was it really love that brought them together? And was it love that tore them apart? Using first-hand accounts from the time […]

Greenlit: Baby Faced Brides, Channel 5

Baby Faced Brides (1 x 60′) –  These Baby Faced Brides are truly going for it early and bucking the national trend of getting married later in life. We’ll meet 17-year-old teen mum Rebecca, so determined to wed she’ll use what little money she has for the ultimate budget big day, 17-year-old Emmie who got […]

Greenlit: Autopsy: The Last Hours of…, Channel 5 / Reelz

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of … (3 x 60′) – Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Anna Nicole Smith – three global celebrities who died suddenly, unexpectedly and tragically. In the wake of their passing, claims, counter claims, wild rumours and salacious theories were everywhere. But the real truth about how they died doesn’t lie in trashy […]

Greenlit: Harold Shipman: 10 Years On, Channel 5

Harold Shipman: 10 Years On (2 x 60′) – Documentary that tells the story of the killer doctor and his victims. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Crackit / Group M Entertainment TX: Late 2013 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Fred and Rose: The Untold Story, Channel 5

Fred and Rose: The Untold Story (3 x 60′) – Documentary series that uses interviews with friends and family to explore the lives of two of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Nine Lives Media TX: Late 2013 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Blinging Up Baby, Channel 5

Blinging Up Baby (1 x 60′) – For some parents a visit to Baby Gap or Mothercare just doesn’t cut it. If it’s not designer clothes, jewellery most of us couldn’t dream of owning or a pair of mini Louboutins then they just aren’t interested.  It’s not unusual for parents to spoil their children from […]

Greenlit: Pothole Britain, Channel 5

Pothole Britain (1 x 60′) – Pay-outs from local authorities to pothole victims totalled £50million in 2012 and it’s going to take a further £12.93 billion to clear the clogged-up road maintenance backlog in the UK. This is a story about the frustration surrounding the country’s ever-expanding pothole problem: meet the pothole victims, councils and […]

Greenlit: Nightmares Next Door, Channel 5

Nightmares Next Door w/t (6 x 60′) – Docuseries that explores some of Britain’s worst neighbourly conflicts. Channel: Channel 5 Producer: Flame TV TX: Spring 2014 Source: Broadcast