Greenlit: Blood River, Smithsonian

Blood River (1 x 50′) – Documentary following the hazardous annual migration of wildebeest along the Mara River, Tanzania, using a mix of techniques including super slow-mo and remote mini-drones.  Channel: Smithsonian Producer: Earth Touch USA TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Trashopolis, Smithsonian Channel / ARTE / History Television Canada

Trashopolis (5 x 45′) –  Comic book writer Jesse Blaze Snider narrates a docuseries that explores how Paris, New York, Rome, Cairo and London were built on trash. Channel: Smithsonian Channel (USA)  / ARTE (France) / History Television Canada Producer: Pixcom Productions (Montreal) / Taxi-Brousse (Paris) TX: 6th November, 2011 Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Venom Island, Smithsonian Channel / NGCI

Venom Island (1 x 60′) – Wildlife documentary. Channel: Smithsonian Channel / NGCI Producer: Earth Touch TX: TBC Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Death Beach, Smithsonian Channel

Death Beach (1 x 60′) – Wildlife documentary. Channel: Smithsonian Channel Producer: Earth Touch TX: TBC Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Speed Kills, Smithsonian Channel / NGCI

Speed Kills (3 x 60′) – Wildlife documentary series that uses a high speed camera to capture the movement of some of the fastest animals on Earth. Channel: Smithsonian Channel / NGCI Producer: Earth Touch TX: TBC Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Titanoboa: Monster Snake, Smithsonian Channel / History Television Canada

Titanoboa: Monster Snake (1 x 120′) – Documentary that uses CGI to reveal a 1 1/2 ton, 48-feet long  prehistoric snake. Channel: Smithsonian Channel / History Television Canada Producer: Wide-Eyed Entertainment / Yap Films TX: Spring 2012 Source: Broadcast

Greenlit: Cheetah – Price of Speed, UKTV Eden / Smithsonian Networks

Cheetah – Price of Speed (1 x 60′) – Documentary that looks a family of cheetahs living in the Southern Serengeti. Channel: UKTV Eden HD / Smithsonian Networks Producer: Earth-Touch TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Pride in Battle, UKTV Eden / Smithsonian Networks

Pride in Battle (1 x 60′) – Documentary that looks at the lions in a remote area of Botswana. Channel: UKTV Eden HD / Smithsonian Networks Producer: Earth-Touch TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Diving with Crocodiles, UKTV Eden / Smithsonian Networks

Diving with Crocodiles (1 x 60′) – Documentary that explores the life and habitat of the Nile crocodile. Channel: UKTV Eden HD / Smithsonian Networks Producer: Earth-Touch TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Gannets – The Wrong Side of the Run, UKTV Eden / Smithsonian Networks

Gannets – The Wrong Side of the Run (1 x 60′) – Documentary that looks at how two huge sardine populations affect other creatures such as the gannet. Channel: UKTV Eden HD / Smithsonian Networks Producer: Earth-Touch TX: TBC Source: Realscreen

Greenlit: Concorde: The Supersonic Age, Smithsonian Channel / Channel4 / Discovery UK

Concorde: The Supersonic Age (1×90′) – Definitive documentary about one of the most distinctive aircraft in the world. Channel: Smithsonian Channel / Discovery UK / Channel 4 Producer: Darlow Smithson TX:  TBC Source: C21

Greenlit: Panda Breeding Diary, Smithsonian Channel

Panda Breeding Diary – Documentary series profiling the work of the Wolong Panda Research and Conservation Center in China. Channel: Smithsonian Channel TX: 11th April 2010 Source: C21

Greenlit: Women in Science, Smithsonian

A Woman Among Wolves – a documentary about a woman’s close encounter with wolves during a five-week expedition to the wilds of Canada, which  is the first in a new programming block Women in Science. Trailer: A Woman Among Wolves Channel: Smithsonian TX: 7th March 2010 Source: Smithsonian Channel

Greenlit: Apocalypse: The Second World War, Smithsonian

Apocalypse: The Second World War (6×60′) – Martin Sheen narrates this documentary series that focuses on never-seen-before witness archive from WWII. Channel: Smithsonian Channel / France 2 Producer: CC&C Louis Vaudeville TX: 11th November 2009 Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story, Smithsonian Channel

Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story (2×60′) – HD documentary that tells the story of the Great Depression and the Federal Writers Project programme, which employed 6,600 of jobless writers including Saul Bellow and Studs Terkel, to produce a set of state guidebooks. But the writers went off message when they wrote about the […]

Greenlit: Mystery of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Channel

Mystery of the Hope Diamond – a documentary about the Hope Diamond, a 45.52-carat blue diamond, which was a gift to the American people from legendary jeweller Harry Winston. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the diamond is being reset and the American people are being invited to vote their favourite design. Voting is open from  […]

Greenlit: Convoy, History Canada, Ch4, Nat Geo, Smithsonian

Convoy (4×60′) – Archive, interviews and reconstructions tell the story of the largest WWII naval campaign.

Channel: History Canada, Channel 4, Nat Geo International, Smithsonian US and the Canadian Navy. (Sounds like the co-pro from hell.)

Producer: Darlow Smithson/Cream Productions

Source: Realscreen

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