EXCLUSIVE: The Responder and Massive Temper maker Dancing Ledge Productions has signed a improvement cope with historian, The Relaxation is Historical past podcaster and creator Dominic Sandbrook.
The settlement will see Sandbrook develop and government produce a variety of scripted and factual collection on the London-based Dancing Ledge, which can be behind true-life drama The Salisbury Poisonings.
Sandbrook will work with the inventive group at Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge to create a slate of restricted collection, returning dramas and factual codecs that rework how modern historical past is delivered to the display screen.
He’s identified for his Goalhanger Podcasts-made collection The Relaxation is Historical past, which sits in a steady alongside The Relaxation is Politics and The Relaxation is Leisure, and has led to sell-out stay excursions within the U.S. and UK. The Relaxation Is Historical past is usually within the high ten podcasts within the U.S. and has practically 50,000 paying subscribers.
Earlier this yr, Sandbrook teamed with Wheelhouse to develop unscripted applications from the podcast’s library of over 600 episodes.
As an creator, Sandbrook has written ‘By no means Had it So Good’, ‘White Warmth’ and ‘State of Emergency’, all of which try and decode complicated eras of recent historical past and them accessible. Sandbrook’s newest e book, ‘Who Dares Wins’ tells the story of Britain from 1979 to 1982, as Margaret Thatcher rose to energy.
“Historical past is finally about storytelling, and I’m thrilled to have the possibility to discover a few of the most gripping moments in human historical past,” he stated. “Memorable characters, jaw-dropping narratives, sweeping sagas: these are the issues that make us fall in love with historical past within the first place.”
Chris Carey, Dancing Ledge Managing Director, stated: “Dominic’s grasp of fashionable historical past — and his distinctive capability to attach it to the current in such a vivid, emotional means — makes him a uncommon inventive pressure. His work sparks dialog and curiosity throughout generations, and we’re excited to construct on that.
This deal permits us to channel his mind, wit, and narrative power into daring, high-impact tv that may resonate with world audiences. These aren’t simply historical past tales – they’re tales about now.”
Fatima Salaria, the previous boss at one other Fremantle label, Bare, who’s now EP of Factual and Factual Drama at Dancing Ledge, added: “I’ve labored with Dominic on a number of hit documentary collection, and he has a rare intuition for locating the tales from our previous — significantly fashionable and modern historical past — that resonate powerfully at the moment.
“What’s thrilling about this partnership is the chance to remodel these concepts into emotionally wealthy, compelling TV, whether or not by way of drama or factual codecs. These are daring, shocking, character-driven tales that really feel pressing and related. Dominic brings actual variety of thought — he’s genuinely curious, all the time difficult assumptions, and sees historical past not as one thing fastened prior to now, however as a residing lens by way of which we are able to perceive the current.”
Dancing Ledge not too long ago had Nicola Coughlan comedy collection Massive Temper renewed for a second season.
