"Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight"
Keshet International has acquired the international distribution rights to two timely documentaries commissioned for linear TV channels in the UK: "Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight" and "Ellie Simmonds: My Secret Family", both produced by Flicker Productions for Channel 5 and ITV1 respectively.
Kelly Wright, Keshet International MD of Distribution says, “As a team, we are excited to have secured two additional high-quality documentaries from Flicker for our growing factual catalogue of English-language finished tape. These two very different one-offs demonstrate the power of well-crafted factual television to drive change in society, by opening the conversation around difficult subjects such as the abuse of power within the police, and the relationship between adoption and disability.”
Produced by an all-female production team at Flicker Productions, Channel 5’s 1x90’ documentary "Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight" explores the failings of the investigation into the serving Met Police Officer who used his position to rape and murder Sarah Everard in 2021. Using Couzens as a thread, the documentary examines the wider story of sexual violence in the police force, where sexual predators and domestic abusers were hidden in plain sight, to ask if women’s faith in policing can be restored while representing voices of survivors of police sexual violence.
"Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family" is a raw and emotional 1x60’ journey of personal discovery in which the multiple Gold Medal-winning Paralympian reveals that she herself was adopted, while also exploring the relationship between disability and adoption.
"Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family" premieres in the UK on ITV 1 on 6 July and follows the success of Flicker Productions’ multi-award-winning BBC One documentary featuring the Strictly Come Dancing star, "Ellie Simmonds: A World without Dwarfism."
These latest acquisitions by Keshet International bolster a factual catalogue that already includes Flicker Productions’ "38 Minutes to Live", "Ellie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism" (BBC1), "Finding the Cornish Dream" (Ch4), among others.