Distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment is launching a crime and punishment strand at this year’s MIPCOM.
The strand includes four new documentaries and a total of 17 hours of programming produced through a variety of shops, including Wild Pictures and Animal Planet, which have a first-look distribution deal for the content.
The titles include Louisiana Lockdown (8 x 60-minutes), a series about maximum security penitentiary Angola Prison, produced by Original Media for Animal Planet; Child Traffickers (1 x 60-minutes), a documentary about London cops working in the human trafficking division, produced by Wild Pictures for ITV1; Aylesbury (2 x 60-minutes), a doc about the UK’s longest-serving youth offenders, produced by Wild Pictures for ITV1; and Frontline Cops, a series about a former police officer who returns to the force, produced by ITV Studios for Channel 5.