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This month’s C21 Marketplace Hot Properties playlist offers 18 new titles for buyers to consider, including explorations of lost worlds, a look at how nature and tourism coexist in some of Europe’s major cities, and the return of a beloved detective.

To kick things off, from the world of documentary, comes Life After Ice: The Birth of a Canyon from StudioFact Rights. Hidden in France’s Massif des Écrins, a canyon revealed recently by a glacier’s retreat offers a rare glimpse into a lost world. Discovered by local children, this untouched terrain unlocks new opportunities for glaciologist Lucas Davaze and botanist Sébastien Lavergne to explore emerging ecosystems shaped by climate change.

Next, we have Arte Distribution’s Europe’s Wildest Heritage. Every year, Europe’s most famous cities and breathtaking sites attract tourists from around the world. But hidden from view lie fascinating and unexpected stories: those of the wildlife living in these places. Today, preserving these sites also means considering wildlife. After centuries of ignoring each other, these two worlds are now coming together to show natural and historical heritage can be allies.

And while our planet is in a state of flux and entire ecosystems are transformed under the pressure of a rapidly changing climate, the very identity of natural habitats is being rewritten. Axolotl: Salamander from the Underworld from Autentic Distribution explores this troubling phenomenon.

As the Second World War ended and the full scale of its atrocities came to light, the world faced a pressing question: who would be held accountable? World War II: History on Trial (Blue Ant Media) explores the global pursuit of justice in the aftermath of humanity’s most devastating conflict. Meanwhile, the chronicles of history are brimming with tales of secret plots, shadowy villains and shocking crimes. Cineflix Rights’ Ancient Justice is the investigative series that brings them all to life.

Food icon Maggie Beer delivers care home residents a new appetite for life in Maggie Beer’s Big Mission (ABC Commercial), a compelling three-part factual entertainment series from Artemis Media. Maggie’s most ambitious project is the one she’s most proud of – providing a roadmap to a new model for aged care.

ABC Japan’s The Secret Game Show secretly films office workers as they compete to win cash prizes without their colleagues finding out, creating a reality and variety show that can be enjoyed across language barriers; while couples, matched by experts, are marooned on a deserted island and left to fend for themselves for three weeks in Seven.One Studios International’s Stranded on Honeymoon Island.

Finally in formats comes 100 Choices from Sony Pictures Television. Have gameshows become too complicated? With 100 choices the answer is there – you just have to find it.

From the world of drama comes season 10 of Banijay Entertainment’s Beck. Based on the characters of the popular Martin Beck series of novels by Swedish husband-and-wife writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, the much-loved detective is once again brought to life on the small screen.

Meanwhile, The Game (Sphere Abacus) tells the story of Huw Miller, a police detective still haunted by the one case he failed to solve: a stalker who taunted his town, mercilessly toying with his victims before eventually killing them.

A gritty crime drama set against an idyllic backdrop, StudioCanal’s The Corsican Line offers a thrilling insider’s look into Corsica’s ruthless Mafia underworld, as a polar-opposite brother and sister forge a perilous alliance to bring down the local godfather.

There is more gangland intrigue when a motorbike accident changes one family’s fortunes forever in NHK/NHK Enterprises’ ¥30,000,000. When a son brings home the crash victim’s bag, he finds it contains a criminal ring’s cash and, in the aftermath, decent people are drawn into a world of wrongdoing.

Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a Mix Tape (Boat Rocker). That was 20 years ago, and Alison hasn’t thought about him in a very long time. Then, via social media, they reconnect and the balance of the lives they have made is suddenly turned upside-down.

In Transaction from ITV Studios, writer and creator Jordan Gray stars as Liv, a lazy transgender egomaniac who causes havoc ‘working’ the night shift at Peko, a budget supermarket; while Federation Studios proves that to discover the truth, you may well need to Log Out and disappear first.

For the kids, the team behind multi award-winning Horrible Histories turns its attention to the world of science in BBC Studios Kids & Family’s Horrible Science.

Hit Korean adventure series Bubblegem (Cake) is a magical tale of friendship, courage and self-discovery from Korean studio Campfire Aniworks for EBS and China’s Tencent Video.

Finally, Magic Light Pictures’ Tiddler tells the tale of a little fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the deep, wide ocean until he is saved by his own storytelling.

That’s all for this month – stay tuned for more Hot Properties throughout the year!