October Films is an independent television production company based in London and New York. We produce high-quality, innovative programmes for broadcasters worldwide.
This is Football
DocumentaryA six-part premium documentary event series exploring the emotions, stories, passions and triumphs at the heart of the world’s most loved sport.
Filmed across the globe from Iceland to Argentina, Spain to Rwanda, China to the United States, and including a glittering cast of characters from legendary players to presidents, poets to priests, managers to mathematicians – This is Football creates a unique and timeless portrait of the game and humanity itself.
Can Science Make Me Perfect?
DocumentaryAnatomist Alice Roberts embarks on an audacious scientific stunt - to rebuild her own body from scratch, editing out errors left behind by evolution; to create the perfect body.
With the help of one of the world's best virtual sculptors, Scott Eaton, and top SFX model maker Sangeet Prabhaker, Alice creates a life-size model of the perfect human body, to be revealed in front of 150 people at London's Science Museum.
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How The Victorians Built Britain
DocumentaryIn less than a century, the Victorians totally transformed the face of Britain. They built iconic buildings, constructed amazing transport networks and invented cutting edge technology.
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Journey In The Danger Zone: Iraq
DocumentaryIn 2003, as a young soldier in the Royal Engineers, Adnan Sarwar was part of the British forces occupying southern Iraq. Now a journalist and writer he returns, 15 years after the invasion.
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Carry on Brussels: Inside the EU
DocumentaryCarry on Brussels: Inside the EU steps into the curious world of the Brussels bubble, following an eclectic group of MEPs from across the political spectrum, as they buckle up for the ride of their lives on the Brexit roller coaster.
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Eight Days That Made Rome
Cross-PlatformBettany Hughes relives eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and made it the world's first superpower.
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David Jason's Secret Service
Only Fools and Horses star Sir David Jason has a secret passion – the Secret Service. In this new three-part series for More 4, he uncovers people, places, and stories which give new and often astonishing insights into the history of Britain’s spies.
The Bulger Killers: Was Justice Done?
DocumentaryFebruary 2018 marked the 25th anniversary of a unique crime that continues to impact British life: the abduction and murder of James Bulger by two ten-year-old boys – Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. Key individuals involved in the trial are brought together for the first time since 1993 to debate whether, with Britain having one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world, justice was truly served.
From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier
DocumentaryWalking the Americas explorer Levison Wood's new challenge: an epic 2600-mile journey from Russia to Iran, taking him through the vast hidden world of the Caucusus mountains and its unique peoples.
Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan
Cross-Platform70 years after India and Pakistan were divided by Partition, journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma travel either side of the 2,000 mile-long border to experience the lives of those living along it.
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Annie: Out of the Ashes
DocumentaryAnnie has grown up believing that her severe facial scarring is the result of mother trying to kill her by setting fire to the caravan in which Annie was sleeping. 30 years later, having been adopted, Annie wants to investigate her past.
October Films is an independent television production company based in London & New York.
