This month’s C21 Marketplace Hot Properties playlist offers 16 new and returning titles for buyers to enjoy, including a nail-biting bomb disposal thriller, a sweeping investigation into polar bear trafficking and a provocative re-examination of Australian identity.

ABC Commercial opens this month’s Hot Properties playlist with The Idea of Australia, a bold and provocative documentary series that unpacks the past to look to the future, asking what it really means to be Australian in the modern world.

The natural world is also under the spotlight in TVF International’s Trade Secret: The Polar Bear Market, a winner of the Golden Panda Award at Wildscreen. Shot over six years across nine countries, the film exposes the dark and sprawling global trade in polar bear fur and trophy hunting, revealing how those tasked with protecting the species may in fact be driving its exploitation.

Autentic Distribution marks 50 years of Apple with The Apple Story – Selling the Revolution, exploring how one company’s vision transformed the way we communicate, work, create and think. Meanwhile, Bomanbridge Media’s Decisions, Decisions: The Science of Choice takes a fascinating dive into why humans are so poor at making good choices – and how the latest discoveries in decision science might help us do better.

Cineflix Rights brings The Wall, a compelling 10-part documentary series focusing on the world’s most iconic walls and borders, and the gritty, powerful stories of the communities whose lives have been shaped by division. DCD Rights continues its charming island-hopping adventure with Tiny Islands S2, celebrating the secret places, extraordinary people and gripping local histories of Britain’s most hidden treasures.

Sphere Abacus returns with The World’s Tallest Man: The Next Chapter, revisiting Sultan Kösen – the young man from a remote Turkish village who was officially crowned the world’s tallest man in 2010 – to find out where life has taken him since. And Blue Ant Media’s unscripted format Trading Places puts members of contrasting social groups together for a week, filming around the clock to capture what happens when values collide and preconceptions are challenged.

Bear Grylls is back on screens courtesy of Propagate Content with Bear Grylls is Running Wild, taking A-list celebrities on wild outdoor adventures and pushing them well beyond their comfort zones.

On the drama front, All3Media International delivers the eagerly anticipated Trigger Point S3, the edge-of-seat thriller from executive producer Jed Mercurio. Vicky McClure returns as explosives officer Lana Washington, leading her team through heart-stopping tension and high-stakes action as they work to keep London safe from terror threats.

Banijay Entertainment offers something altogether more tender with Falling, written by Bafta-winner Jack Thorne. Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu star as a nun and a Catholic priest navigating the complexity of an unexpected love story. Federation Studios’ The Shift takes a more unflinching approach, offering a delicate portrayal of men and women in the police force whose beliefs are shaken by a case gone wrong.

From Studio TF1 comes Kraken, a gripping Spanish thriller in which a former criminal profiler, now living quietly as a professor, is pulled back into darkness when two rare book owners are murdered – and he receives a call revealing that his mother, presumed dead for 40 years, may still be alive. StudioCanal returns with the final season of Paris Police 1910, bringing its acclaimed period drama to a close with a scandal-driven investigation set against the media manipulation and political unrest of early 20th-century Paris.

Viaplay Content Distribution rounds out the drama slate with Irreversible, a taut coastal thriller in which a psychologist and a police inspector join forces to investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, uncovering hidden secrets in a community willing to do anything to protect its own.

In children’s television, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation brings Tales From Outer Suburbia, in which siblings Klara and Pim move to a new neighbourhood that turns out to be anything but ordinary, as weird encounters and wondrous experiences test their bond and resilience.

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

This month’s C21 Marketplace Hot Properties playlist offers 16 new and returning titles for buyers to enjoy, including a nail-biting bomb disposal thriller, a sweeping investigation into polar bear trafficking and a provocative re-examination of Australian identity.

ABC Commercial opens this month’s Hot Properties playlist with The Idea of Australia, a bold and provocative documentary series that unpacks the past to look to the future, asking what it really means to be Australian in the modern world.

The natural world is also under the spotlight in TVF International’s Trade Secret: The Polar Bear Market, a winner of the Golden Panda Award at Wildscreen. Shot over six years across nine countries, the film exposes the dark and sprawling global trade in polar bear fur and trophy hunting, revealing how those tasked with protecting the species may in fact be driving its exploitation.

Autentic Distribution marks 50 years of Apple with The Apple Story – Selling the Revolution, exploring how one company’s vision transformed the way we communicate, work, create and think. Meanwhile, Bomanbridge Media’s Decisions, Decisions: The Science of Choice takes a fascinating dive into why humans are so poor at making good choices – and how the latest discoveries in decision science might help us do better.

Cineflix Rights brings The Wall, a compelling 10-part documentary series focusing on the world’s most iconic walls and borders, and the gritty, powerful stories of the communities whose lives have been shaped by division. DCD Rights continues its charming island-hopping adventure with Tiny Islands S2, celebrating the secret places, extraordinary people and gripping local histories of Britain’s most hidden treasures.

Sphere Abacus returns with The World’s Tallest Man: The Next Chapter, revisiting Sultan Kösen – the young man from a remote Turkish village who was officially crowned the world’s tallest man in 2010 – to find out where life has taken him since. And Blue Ant Media’s unscripted format Trading Places puts members of contrasting social groups together for a week, filming around the clock to capture what happens when values collide and preconceptions are challenged.

Bear Grylls is back on screens courtesy of Propagate Content with Bear Grylls is Running Wild, taking A-list celebrities on wild outdoor adventures and pushing them well beyond their comfort zones.

On the drama front, All3Media International delivers the eagerly anticipated Trigger Point S3, the edge-of-seat thriller from executive producer Jed Mercurio. Vicky McClure returns as explosives officer Lana Washington, leading her team through heart-stopping tension and high-stakes action as they work to keep London safe from terror threats.

Banijay Entertainment offers something altogether more tender with Falling, written by Bafta-winner Jack Thorne. Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu star as a nun and a Catholic priest navigating the complexity of an unexpected love story. Federation Studios’ The Shift takes a more unflinching approach, offering a delicate portrayal of men and women in the police force whose beliefs are shaken by a case gone wrong.

From Studio TF1 comes Kraken, a gripping Spanish thriller in which a former criminal profiler, now living quietly as a professor, is pulled back into darkness when two rare book owners are murdered – and he receives a call revealing that his mother, presumed dead for 40 years, may still be alive. StudioCanal returns with the final season of Paris Police 1910, bringing its acclaimed period drama to a close with a scandal-driven investigation set against the media manipulation and political unrest of early 20th-century Paris.

Viaplay Content Distribution rounds out the drama slate with Irreversible, a taut coastal thriller in which a psychologist and a police inspector join forces to investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, uncovering hidden secrets in a community willing to do anything to protect its own.

In children’s television, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation brings Tales From Outer Suburbia, in which siblings Klara and Pim move to a new neighbourhood that turns out to be anything but ordinary, as weird encounters and wondrous experiences test their bond and resilience.

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