Netflix Unveils Victoria Beckham, Take That, Gordon Ramsay Docs at Edinburgh TV Festival
Streaming giant Netflix has revealed a slate of upcoming titles at the Edinburgh TV Festival, including docuseries on Victoria Beckham and British boy band Take That.
Among the new commissions is a show about Beckham, formerly Posh Spice of the Spice Girls and married to ex-soccer star David Beckham, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at her fashion and beauty businesses. Award-nominated producers Nicola Howson and Julia Nottingham are attached to the project from Studio 99 and Dorothy St Pictures.
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Other shows announced include a documentary on Take That, one of the U.K.’s biggest boy bands, with members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams all taking part, and David Soutar set to direct. Fulwell 73 are producing.
Details of another doc about the multi-Michelin-star British chef Gordon Ramsay have been released, following the food expert over nine months in the lead-up to his biggest restaurant venture to date, as well as balancing his personal time with wife Tana and their six children. The show will be produced by Studio Ramsay Global, a Fox Entertainment company.
Documentaries about 7/7, the bombing attack in London that killed 52 people in July of 2005 from The Garden, part of ITV Studios, as well as Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen, which gets up close and personal with the biggest sports promoters in the world, from snooker and darts to fishing and boxing from Box to Box, were also unveiled.
Plus, a scripted series called Legends from BAFTA-winning writer Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt) was announced alongside the news of How to Kill Your Family with Anya Taylor-Joy.
Renewals of Black Doves, a Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw spy thriller, as well of season two of Love Is Blind: UK, were also part of Netflix’s slate update Wednesday.
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