EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has picked up world distribution rights to Hell Jumper, the BBC‘s upcoming doc sequence a couple of British help employee who died in Ukraine.
Produced by Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation and revealed by Deadline final 12 months, Hell Jumper makes use of first-person footage to observe a gaggle of volunteers who got down to save lives through the struggle.
Chris Parry headed in a white van with buddies and took to TikTok and Instagram to point out footage of their daring rescues, however he was tragically killed attempting to save lots of an aged girl trapped in her residence together with one other volunteer, Andrew Bagshaw.
Fremantle will promote outdoors the UK because the present will get set to launch on the BBC within the coming weeks. The producer-distributor’s worldwide senior acquisitions boss Céire Clark described Hell Jumper as a “outstanding story of resilience.”
“We’re wanting ahead to sharing this extraordinary and heart-wrenching story,” she added. “Hell Jumper not solely illuminates the bravery and idealism of youth in occasions of disaster but in addition underscores the ability of affection within the darkest moments. We’re delighted to be working with Expectation TV, and sit up for bringing this story to a world viewers.”
Fremantle additionally sells the likes of the BBC’s Elizabeth Taylor: Insurgent Famous person [working title] and the Drake-produced A Transient Historical past of the Future.
Hell Jumper is directed by BAFTA-nominee Paddy Wivell and EP’d by Expectation’s Colin Barr. Producer is Adriana Timco and commissioning editor is Carl Callam.
