Professor Hannah Fry has been nominated for a prestigious Grierson Award for her role as the presenter of Curious Films 'Making Sense Of Cancer' (BBC2). Used to investigating the world around her through numbers, when Hannah is diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 36, she starts to interrogate the way we diagnose and treat cancer, to ask whether we are making the right choices in how we treat this disease. Hannah charts her own cancer journey in raw and emotional personal footage, where the realities of life after a cancer diagnosis are laid bare.

A+E has ordered Secrets of Penthouse from Curious, revealing the rise and fall of Bob Guccione, who founded Playboy rival Penthouse magazine. The venture pushed the envelope on adult entertainment and made Guccione a multimillionaire, but when he died in 2010 the founder had lost his fortune. The four-part doc features access to Guccione’s family and friends to reveal the truth behind the entrepreneur and explores the impact he had on those closest to him. Secrets of Penthouse is exec produced by Dov Freedman and Charlie Russell, alongside Elaine Frontain Bryant and Brad Abramson for A+E, which handles global distribution rights to the series. It will TX on A+E network on 21 August. 

The story of a Dutch YouTuber accused of fathering more than 500 children is to be explored in a Netflix documentary series titled Fertility Fraudster [working title]. Curious Films, which made Netflix John McAfee doc Running With The Devil, is behind Fertility Fraudster along with AJH Films, the producer of Discovery+ Donald Trump doc Unprecedented. EPs are Dov Freedman, Jessie Versluys, Natalie Hill and Alex Holder. Josh Allott is director and series producer is Kathryn Taylor.

As always, the list has been compiled with the input of linear and streaming executives, agents, distributors, production peers and other stakeholders, and this year we are grateful that a wide range of industry folk from around the world sent us their feedback. While we say every year that the list is intended to be a snapshot of the vibrancy of the international unscripted and non-fiction production business, we hope this year’s Global 200 provides a picture that’s even more vivid in detail.

The producer of the new Curious Films documentary on TV presenter Paula Yates reflects on the questions the film raises over the treatment of women in the public eye.

U.K. network Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary from Curious Films about TV host and author Paula Yates. The doc promises to “reveal the real Paula Yates behind the tabloid-driven narrative, drawing on an extraordinary set of never-before-heard interviews, the words of some of those who knew her best and a wealth of archive to tell her story in her own words.”

Curious Films is producing a single documentary for BBC Three and BBC iPlayer that explores the secret workings of the tabloid press, public relations, agents and the ‘WAGs’ themselves, which led to the high-profile public bust-up between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy. With access to key sources who didn’t give evidence at the trial, including those who were involved in the stories that led to Coleen’s infamous tweet, Wagspiracy: Vardy vs Rooney is a very different take on a story that has attracted huge media attention.

Calum Best takes on the role of chairman of Dorking Wanderers Ladies FC in new documentary series 'Dorking 'Til I Die'

Joe Cochrane and Elliot Bowell of Splice Post-Production have been nominated for a Broadcast Tech Innovation Award 2022 in the category of 'Excellence in Audio Post-Production (Non-Scripted) for their work on Curious Films' Netflix Original 'Running With The Devil: The Wild World Of John McAfee'

Curious Films has been named one of Britain's top 50 'true Indies' in Televisual Magazine's annual survey of the British Television Production Sector. Also breaking into the top 100 production companies by size for the first time, CEO Dov Freedman was interviewed for the magazine about the company's rapid growth and the benefits of being a 'true indie'

What happened to John McAfee? The tech mogul who went on the run His software made him millions, but John McAfee was also a paranoid eccentric convinced the FBI was on his trail. Last year, he was found dead in prison. A new Netflix film, Running with the Devil, investigates this controversial figure

The Netflix Original is the number one film on the streaming site in the UK

Landmark Channel 4 documentary marks the ten year anniversary of Operation Yewtree

The inventor of one of the most successful (and most hated) pieces of software of all time goes on the run — and invites a film crew with him.

Curious Films has won a commission from BBC Two for a one-off film following mathematician, author, and presenter Professor Hannah Fry as she documents her treatment for cancer and investigates whether current medical thinking about how to tackle the disease needs reassessing.

Kim Shillinglaw, a former BBC Two Controller and Endemol Shine Factual Director, has become a Non-Executive Director of Curious Films. Shillinglaw, who has held some of the most senior roles in British TV, will guide the non-scripted company's strategic direction.

Curious Films to follow Calum Best’s first year as Dorking Wanderers FC Ladies chair. Broadcaster Insight TV joins the third series of BBC3’s women’s football doc series Squad Goals which will air on BBC3 and Insight TV later this year

Curious Films' landmark documentary 'Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story' has been nominated as best documentary at the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 

'Caroline Flack: Her Life & Death' has been nominated in the best factual television category at the NTAs

Curious Films has hired Voltage TV’s Becky Kent as Head of Development and Mark Raeburn as Finance and Commercial Officer (FCO).

Executive Producer Dov Freedman interviewed by Variety Magazine about Curious Films' acclaimed Amy Winehouse documentary 'Reclaiming Amy'

Meet the 108 ordinary Brits who Sir David Attenborough says we should listen to. This warm and honest documentary reveals how everyday people feel about the climate crisis.

The documentary entitled Reclaiming Amy is set to be released in July and was commissioned by the UK‘s BBC Two and BBC Music. The piece will mark the 10th anniversary of the singer’s death and is produced by Curious Films.

A tribute to one of Britain's biggest TV stars, telling the story of Caroline Flack's life and the impact that fame, mental health issues, press and social media had on her

Charlie & Dov tell the behind-the-scenes story of the making of 'Caroline Flack: Her Life & Death' in Broadcast

BAFTA host special screening of 'Caroline Flack: Her Life & Death' with Dermot O'Leary chairing Q&A session

'Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story' watched by 2 million viewers and is pick of the week in Times; Telegraph; Guardian; Evening Standard