EXCLUSIVE: secret backyardthe pure historical past collection directed by David Attenborough and just lately extremely praised by the BBC, is offered in america in format kind.
Plimsoll Productions takes the bizarre step of providing a pure historical past program to networks and streamers as a format after secret backyard reaching a 30% viewers share in prime time and changing into the largest unscripted launch within the UK this yr. The present can be the very best rated UK authentic format launch of the final 5 years.
Pure historical past exhibits are nearly all the time bought as completed tapes resulting from their filming prices and logistical challenges, however the contained nature of the exhibits secret backyard means a special method may very well be taken. Plimsoll makes the present for the British public broadcaster BBC, however owns the underlying rights due to British tv industrial phrases.
The five-part collection launched on BBC One on April 5 and ran till Might 3, simply 5 days earlier than Attenborough celebrated his one centesimal birthday. Its centenary was marked with tributes from throughout the UK and past and numerous broadcasts together with David Attenborough’s 100 years on planet Earth.
The collection befell in 5 completely different gardens throughout the UK, with broadcaster and naturalist Attenborough revealing the lives of the key animals that inhabit the hidden worlds inside them. The American model will goal to convey viewers into America’s backyards, from the center of the Rockies and to metropolis rooftops, it’s stated.
Grant Mansfield, CEO of Plimsoll, stated: “secret backyard was the brand new unscripted format that made a splash on British tv in 2026, attracting an viewers share of over 30%, retaining audiences all through the collection and doubling its viewers quantity on digital viewing over 28 days. We’re thrilled to convey this magical, uplifting and eye-opening household present to america, the place the secrets and techniques of gardens are much more wonderful and far larger.
Plimsoll is a pure historical past specialist by means of exhibits akin to Disney+’s Awakwafina. The lifetime of an actual bug and ITV’s Stephen Fry A yr on planet Earth. It additionally made headlines final yr due to Netflix’s occasions program. Skyscrapers dwellwhich attracted 22 million viewers worldwide and a billion impressions on social media.
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