The Trial of Alec Baldwin leads Blue Ant’s Mipcom slate of 45-plus shows

The Trial of Alec Baldwin looks at the fallout from the accidental death of Halyna Hutchins

Feature documentary The Trial of Alec Baldwin will head Blue Ant Media’s Mipcom slate, which comprises more than 45 new and returning programmes across premium docs, true crime, history, factual entertainment, science and natural history.

Produced by Moxie Films, the 1×120’ doc is said to offer intimate access to the actor during the personal and legal fallout from the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, examining the tragedy, his involuntary manslaughter trial and the intense media scrutiny surrounding the case.

Other docs and limited series on Blue Ant’s slate include true crime docs Billion Dollar Hash Hunt (3×60’, Alibi), The Poison Seller (1×60’, Blue Ant Studios) and Mafia: Behind the Code (4×60’, Picasso Film); travel series South America with Levison Wood (4×60’, Blackmane Media); music doc Rebbeca (1×120’, Creature Films, Lionsgate, Lady & Bird Films) and season two of sustainable fishing series Hope in the Water (3×60’, Intuitive Content).

Other crime projects include Live Stream Killer (2×60’, Longwave Studios and Krempelwood), Death in the Sun (10×60’, Hello Mary Productions), season five of Killers: Caught on Camera (10×60’, back2back) and S2 of See No Evil (13×60’, Arrow Media).

In factual entertainment and formats, Blue Ant has Cruising Paradise: Above & Below Deck (10×60’, Crackit TV), Salvage Rescue Down Under (10×60’, WildBear Entertainment), S1-2 of Smuggled (16×60’, Lucky 8), S4 of Warplane Workshop (6×60’, Air TV), S3-4 of The Jury: Murder Trial (8×60’, ScreenDog Productions), S3 of Northwoods Survival (16×60’, Blue Ant Studios) and S9 plus a Christmas special of Gone Fishing (7×30’ and 1×60’, Owl Power TV).

History projects on Blue Ant’s slate include Pharaohs: Rise & Fall (6×60’, Go Button Media), Beyond the Mask: The Story of Tutankhamun (6×60’, At Land Productions), Bettany Hughes’s Gods & Myths: Artemis & Apollo (2×60’, SandStone Global), Bettany Hughes’s Lost Worlds: Dawn of Civilisations (2×60’, SandStone Global), Revolutions that Changed History (6×60’, Go Button Media) and S1-2 of Cursed Histories (12×60’, Go Button Media).

Also in the history space are Secret Ops: Revealed (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios), How to Survive History (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios), Forgotten Frontlines (6×60’, Go Button Media), To Kill a Dictator (6×60’, Go Button Media), S6 of Hitler’s Last Stand (8×60’, Omnifilm Entertainment), Victoria & Albert: Love, Power & Control (1×90’/1×60’, PA Productions), Death of a Prince: The Tragedy of William of Gloucester (1×90’/1×60’, ITN Productions), The Forgotten Prince: Mystery of the Duke of Kent (1×90’/1×60’, ITN Productions), Windsor Fire: Minute By Minute (1×90’/1×60’, ITN Productions) and The Royal Popularity List (1×90’/1×60’, PA Productions).

Nature, wildlife and environment shows include Life On the Edge (3×60’, Passion Pictures), Animal Crowds (3×60’, Bonne Pioche), Search for the Biggest Mako (1×60’, Lucky 8), Boss Shark 3: Chasing Giants (1×60’, WildBear Entertainment), Big Cats: Nine Lives (3×60’, WildBear Entertainment), Legion of the Shark (3×60’, WildBear Entertainment) and Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers (1×96’, Fin and Fur Productions).

Also on Blue Ant’s slate are science and health titles Engineering Evolved (6 x 60’, Go Button Media) and S2 of Engineering From Above (8×60’, Blue Ant Studios).

Rounding out the slate are vet- and pet-focused series including S3 of For the Love of Pets (8×60’, Context Media) and S4 of Wildlife ER (6×60’, WildBear Entertainment).