Two Stern & Wild directors Zoe Dobson and Helen Nixon have joined CNN’s upcoming culinary travel series Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain. The series is a reboot of the Searching For franchise, which began in 2021 with the first of two series featuring Stanley Tucci’s exploration of Italian culture and cuisine.
Read MoreStern & Wild filmmakers Fred Hepburn and Kate Quine are working on the upcoming CNN Original Series Breaking Bird: The Rise and Fall of Twitter (w/t), a four-part docuseries charting the history of the social media platform from its creation in 2006 to its multi-billion dollar sale in 2022. The series is a co-production with the BBC. Fred Hepburn will serve as showrunner on the project with Kate Quine as series director.
Read MoreManchester United documentary 99, helmed by Stern & Wild’s own Sampson Collins, is set to launch on Amazon Prime on Friday 17 March. The three-part docuseries explores the final days of the 1998/99 campaign which saw the team achieve the first treble in English football history, winning the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup.
Read MoreAfter 15 months of Robin’s work on the project, Nat Geo announces major new series No Taste Like Home
Read More4 stars in the Guardian for last night’s Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour, made by Lana Salah’s newer indie Rex TV. Dominique Walker came in as a consultant executive producer to shape the format with Lana that got Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour commissioned and Dominique supported the team throughout production and the edit.
Read MoreCongratulations to Paul Mitchell, director of Storyville - Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes, nominated for the BAFTA 2024 Curren Affairs Award
Read MoreITV’s hugely successful drama Mr Bates vs. The Post Office is matched tonight on ITV by documentary Mr Bates vs. The Post Office - The True Story. The 60’ documentary, directed by Stern & Wild’s own Clare Richards and narrated by Toby Jones.
Read MoreHostile environment extravaganza Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin goes live today on Nat Geo, Disney+ and Hulu for its second season
Read MoreFanny: The Other Mendelssohn is the feature doc executive produced by Annabel Hobley. Already with a four-star review from the Guardian, it goes on general cinema release across England and Wales following tomorrow night’s premiere at the Picturehouse, Fulham.
Read MoreWe announced last week that every Nat Geo newly announced production had Stern & Wild people making it, but we forgot one.
Read MoreTom Macdonald announced three major new Nat Geo productions this week in Deadline, and Stern & Wild clients have been busy making, well, … all of them!
Read MoreSome of our senior executive producers like to work as consultants on productions, which is a really cost-effective way for an indie to keep the project on track.
Read MoreMassive congratulations to Miles Blayden-Ryall, Director/Producer/Camera of Silverback - winner of 3 separate awards at last night’s Jackson Wild Media Awards 2023.
Read MoreWanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn, the glossy 2-part doc series from Box To Box streams on Apple+ from tomorrow. The series was written and crafted by top Senior Edit Producer Kate Hampel , and originated with co-executive producer Chris Martin.
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Congratulations to Raw TV, Series Director Kat English helming Swamp Kings and Producer Chris Wilson.
Untold: Swamp Kings goes live on Netflix today with a big hungry audience. Series Produced by Chris Wilson and Series Directed by Katharine English, two excellent Stern & Wild film-makers.
Read MoreVice News won the Best Programme Acquisition title at last night’s Broadcast Digital Awards 2023 last night. Our congratulations to the original commissioner at Vice and executive producer of the 45’ documentary, Milène Larsson
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