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1st Discovery Campus Open Training Session "Seriously on Series"

Munich, Germany - 7 & 8 March 2009

The interviews were conducted during the 1st Discovery Campus Open Training Session "Seriously on Series" in Munich on 7th and 8th of March 2009. A fabulous line-up of programmers and producers from across the globe shared their knowledge on documentary series with us. To learn what they have to say, click on the links below.

Dawn Porter

Iikka Vehkalahti

Richard Bradley, Lion TV, UK
doc series, docu-soaps, UK market, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC Two, BBC Three, ITV, British Sky Broadcasting, topics, coproduction

Hans Robert Eisenhauer, ZDF/ART, Germany
doc series, ARTE „Thema“, ZDF/ARTE, German market, UK market, commissioners, slots, coproduction, topics, BBC, History Channel, “360° - GEO Reportage”

Tom Koch, PBS International, USA
doc series, US market, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, A&E, History Channel, PBS, WGBH, WNET, WETA, commissioners, slots, topics, factual entertainment

Christine Lubrano, IFC, USA
doc series, web series, US market, topics, slots, IFC, “The IFC Media Project”, budget

Olivier Mille, Artline Films, France
doc series, French market, international coproduction, „Global Food“, topics, France 2, France 3, France 5, ARTE

Lynne Polak, EBU, Switzerland
talks about: EBU collections, which are genuinely 'co-produced' series in which each partner produces an episode or part of an episode, and then receives the rest from the others

Jan Ronca, Fox International Channels, Italy
doc series, docu soap, Italian market, coproduction, topics, slots, commissioners, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Fox, National Geographic, RAI, La7, budget

Thomas Wartmann, Filmquadrat.dok, Germany
doc series, „Under the Spell of Horses“, international coproduction, MEDIA, ARTE, SWR, development, budget

Lisa Weinbrenn, Discovery Network Europe, UK
doc series, UK market, topics, BBC Two, Discovery Channel, commissioners, development, coproduction, factual entertainment

Interested in learning more about the Open Training Sessions? Download the latest Yearbooks containing transcripts from each session here!