The past several years have seen increased interest in science documentaries from audiences and buyers, what with the pandemic, increased warnings about climate change and a slew of other societal ...

At a Manhattan dinner last week Professor Maurice Ewing, director of Columbia University’s Lament Geological Observatory, received the first $25,000 Vetle-sen Prize-for high achievement in the earth ...

Science is one of the central themes of leading European doc film festival CPH:DOX. Alongside the broad selection of films on offer in the CPH:SCIENCE section, the event also opens the floor to ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and PBS have set their latest landmark science series, an exploration of how modern humans came into being. In Human, which is in the process of crewing up, archaeology, travelog ...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Kathleen Finch broke a lot of science producers’ hearts in Austin, Texas last week when she said that Science Channel was “not very high on our priority list”. Chairman and ...

A global documentary initiative between seven public broadcasters was unveiled on the first day of this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc event. Announced by representatives of several of the participating ...

SSOD: France Télévisions (FTV) has launched a major global co-funding initiative with six other public broadcasters in a bid to attract more ambitious high-end science documentaries. Joining FTV are ...

ZDF Studios has forged a first-time coproduction partnership with China Media Group for a blue-chip documentary project on the subject of time. Time: A Journey Through Thousands of Years (2 x 50 min., ...