BBC and RTÉ order factual series from Rare TV’s Belfast and Dublin production hubs

Forensics documentary series Expert Witness

Unscripted production outfit Rare Television has announced several commissions from the BBC and Irish broadcaster RTÉ, including forensics documentary series Expert Witness.

The fifth season (15×30’) has been acquired by the BBC and reveals how science helps solve some of the UK’s toughest criminal investigations.

The UK public broadcaster has also snapped up the 13^th season of Digging for Britain (6×60’), which sees Professor Alice Roberts and her team of experts uncover exciting artefacts spanning 10,000 years of British history.

RTÉ, meanwhile, has taken science series Futureville Ireland (S2&3, 3×60’), S10 of Irish crime appeals show Crimecall (10×60’, coproduced with Green Inc Film and TV), and true crime format The Case I Can’t Forget (4×60’, with Green Inc).