MIPCOM 2025: Sphere Abacus to launch new scripted and unscripted shows

Ahead of MIPCOM 2025, Sphere Abacus (SA) highlights a number of high quality scripted and unscripted shows available to buyers at the market. Among the many brand-new titles in the company’s extensive and diverse content portfolio, Sphere Abacus will present drama and comedy series: "Small Prophets" (BBC), "Hunting Alice Bell" (Channel 4), "Pierre" (Channel 4), Bell Media’s "Heated Rivalry" (Crave) and the second season of Sphere Media’s "Small Achievable Goals" (CBC).

Another titles are "The Maya: War of the Five Kingdoms" (Canal+), "Original Gangsters with Sean Bean" (Sky History), "Dolly the Sheep" (Channel 4) and contemporary history series "Elvis and The Mob" and "Marilyn and The Mob" (both for Channel 4), which will be available, alongside season 2 of "Queens That Changed the World" (BBC Select) and "Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child?"(Channel 4).

The slate continues with talent-led travelogues "Neil and Martin’s Bon Voyage" (U&Gold), "Kevin McCloud’s Classic Drives" (Channel 4) and "Arabia’s Best Kept Secrets with Clive Standen" (Discovery).

Further factual documentaries include "I’m Carl Lewis!, Wilder" (American Masters), "Freddie Mercury: A Secret Daughter?" (Channel 5), "Prince William: A Life in Pictures" (Channel 5) and "Charles: The Comeback King" (Channel 5).

Sphere Abacus’ Head of Acquisitions, Will Stapley, comments, “We are delighted with the diverse range of strong shows we have to share with our clients in Cannes. We are proud to be able to help finance two thirds of the shows in our MIPCOM slate. Under our exciting new partnerships with Bell Media and Sphere Media, we can now offer producers co-production opportunities in Canada, as well as achieving pre-sales to Bell Media.”