BBC Three orders docuseries on Chloe Ayling kidnapping

Chloe Ayling was initially accused of faking her ordeal

NEWS BRIEF: The BBC has commissioned documentary series Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping for its youth-skewing BBC Three channel and VoD platform iPlayer from BBC Studios.

The three-part doc focuses on the 2017 kidnapping of glamour model Chloe Ayling in Italy by international criminal gang Black Death after they lured her to what she believed was a photoshoot in Milan. The series was commissioned by Clare Sillery, head of commissioning for BBC Documentaries, and Fiona Campbell, controller for youth audiences. BBC Studios holds global distribution rights.