Back2back Productions has unveiled details about its new science series, "Engineering Repurposed," which has been pre-bought for Quest, while "Unexplained: Caught on Camera" will return for Really. “As a regional indie, we thought we were doing well to still be trading after the last two years, which have seen so many small creative businesses go under," David Notman-Watt, founder and managing director of back2back, said. "To be able to announce a new commission — and a commission from a media giant, at that — is genuine cause for celebration. With Quest and BossaNova on board, Engineering Repurposed is not only guaranteed to be seen and sold around the world, but will be a welcome addition to our growing slate of returnable bankers.”
A 10-part series, "Engineering Repurposed" has been pre-sold to Quest, with funding from Paul Heaney’s BossaNova Media, which holds the worldwide distribution rights. The returnable engineering series analyzes structures, machines and gadgets that have been transformed from their original purpose into something completely different — such as the former industrial grain factory that is now one of Africa’s largest art galleries or the jet engine that’s been converted into a mobile home. The series producer is Hannah Assenza (Food Unwrapped; The Undateables).
Back2back will also produce a third season of "Unexplained: Caught on Camera," for Discovery +, Really and the Travel Channel. The clip-show format explores UGC footage, from poltergeist activity caught on mobile phones to ghostly apparitions on CCTV systems and car dash-cams. A team of paranormal experts casts a critical eye over the footage and listens to the first-hand accounts of the people involved as they attempt to explain the unexplainable. Unexplained: Caught on Camera is produced by Brett Lawrence (Gogglebox; Dating No Filter) and represented globally by Canadian distributor Boat Rocker Media.
In other deals, back2back has also pre-sold the fifth season of "The World’s Deadliest Weather," to BBC Earth and M6 France. The new season, which is distributed internationally by Drive, features archive and user-generated footage of extreme weather events from across the planet. As in the previous four series, the star of the show is nature, whose awesome power has claimed the lives of millions — and continues to do so, as the climate crisis accelerates the scale and impact of extreme-weather phenomena. The series producer is Nigel Gainsborough.