Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels available internationally, announced today a new slate of original programming. This diverse slate includes fully financed returning series and a new original co-production, illustrating Love Nature’s commitment to investing and collaborating on quality programming. "Tusker" (w/t), from Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Allison Argo and Bob Poole, chronicles the life of a bull elephant and his pivotal role in the wilderness of Kenya. "My Best Friend’s an Animal" returns with a delightfully adorable second season, while the Enchanted franchise expands with a spellbinding new installment, "Enchanted Waters", from Oscar-winning factual production company, Off the Fence.
Alison Barrat, SVP, Production & Development, Love Nature referred to the characteristics of the company's portfolio.“These titles demonstrate the breadth of Love Nature’s portfolio. Truly moving animal stories and fresh perspectives on wildlife give our audiences a fascinating look inside the natural world. We’re continuing to work with natural history specialists on beloved returning series and ambitious new projects. This underscores our commitment to creating a line-up of high-quality content that makes Love Nature a destination for natural history programming," commented.
In addition to premiering on Love Nature’s branded linear and streaming platforms, the new programming will also roll out on Sky Nature in the UK, Germany, and Italy. The slate leverages Love Nature’s relationship with Blue Ant Studios’ rights division, which oversees licensing opportunities for the new titles outside of the commissioning territories.
The new slate, which bolsters Love Nature’s position as a premium supplier of fresh, contemporary natural history programming, includes the series “Tusker (working title). It follows a bull elephant who has witnessed over five decades of life and death challenges, lasts for one hour, and has been produced by ArgoFilms and Poole Films, with distribution by The WNET Group.
On the other hand, the series “Enchanted Waters (working title)” explores the mysterious realms of our planet’s waterworlds through six captivating episodes, lasts for six hours, and has been produced by Off the Fence. Finally, the series “My Best Friend’s an Animal Season 2” showcases heartwarming stories of unlikely bonds formed between humans and animals, consists of six episodes lasting one hour each, and has been produced by Big Wave Productions.