Australia, Poland take Vatican doc

Broadcasters in Australia, Portugal and Poland have picked up investigative documentary Secrets of the Vatican from US distributor PBS International.

SBS (Australia), TVI (Portugal) and TVN (Poland) have all signed up for the 90-minute doc, which exposes the threats and scandals that rocked Benedict’s papacy and the challenges facing Pope Francis as he tries to reform the powerful Vatican bureaucracy.

The show, from director, writer and producer Antony Thomas, aired on US pubcaster PBS’s Frontline documentary strand last month.

Secrets of the Vatican is a Quicksilver Media production for WGBH/Frontline and UK broadcaster Channel 4. It will be available from PBS’ distribution arm at the forthcoming MipTV in Cannes.