FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY (ITV1; ITVX)
50 years on, environmentalist Steve Bachshall retraces a young Prince Charles’ Arctic adventure, uncovering the dramatic changes to our planet and the urgent need for action. Features a frank, forthright and often humour-filled conversation with His Majesty King Charles III.
CHILDREN’S DOCUMENTARY (SKY KIDS; SKY NEWS)
Fresh from reaching the final of Britain’s Got Talent, inspirational young comedian Eva Abley has set herself a massive new challenge: putting on a Ball to raise money for her local hospital. Nominated for an International Emmy
Ecoflix, a not-for-profit global streaming platform with a focus on wildlife conservation and environmental issues, launched in 2021 with Fresh Start Media’s documentary Free Billy. The moving film exposes the neglect of an elephant called Billy and chronicles a long campaign to free him from Los Angeles Zoo. It is narrated by iconic UK actress Virginia McKenna OBE and won best human and nature documentary at the 2022 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in New York.
In the middle of the Covid pandemic Fresh Start Media was commissioned by Sky Kids to deliver a major documentary to play at the next international COP climate conference, being held in 2021 in Glasgow in the UK. COP26: In Your Hands features six young climate activists in six continents, each with their own story to tell about how climate change has affected their country and with a message for world leaders. The documentary is introduced by HRH The Prince of Wales with the UK Prime Minister responding to the activists’ messages. The film made international headlines.
Reporting from Africa, ten year old Braydon investigates why some of our most iconic species are on the brink of extinction. He meets local children joining the battle to save animals including elephants and lions before it’s too late.
Soon after Covid hit in 2020, we made a Special presented by two of our young reporters from lockdown to help children separate the facts from the huge amount of fake news circulating about the virus.
FYI Investigates Rio de Janeiro – one the most dangerous places to live, where children in the poorest parts of the city see daily gun battles between the Police and criminal gangs. Braydon meets children caught in the crossfire who are fighting for a better life.
1 x 30 minutes for CBBC My Life series. Christopher, whose 15-year-old brother was killed, is now one of America’s youngest gun control campaigners.
1 x 30 minutes for CBBC My Life Series. Thirteen-year-old Rustam lives in Delhi in India. He is a reporter for a newspaper run by street kids and about street kids – there is no other paper in India like it!