True Crime series distributed worldwide by Keshet International
For Immediate Release:
London – Wednesday 3rd July 2019 – Woodcut Media is thrilled to announce a fourth season of the hit true crime series Britain’s Most Evil Killers (10 x 60’) and its international counterpart World’s Most Evil Killers (10 x 60’). Season Four is scheduled to TX in the UK and Ireland on Sky.
Britain’s Most Evil Killers and World’s Most Evil Killers burrows deep into the real-life stories of the world’s most shocking and terrifying killers. This gripping series which continues to fascinate viewers worldwide, now enters a fourth season unveiling further disturbing and gruesome crimes by some of the most notorious murderers. The new season will cover the likes of Harold Shipman, Robert Napper, Robert Ben Rhoades (The Truck Stop Killer), Richard Chase (The Vampire of Sacramento) and many more, offering first-hand accounts from the detectives working on the case, those who reported the stories, as well as moving contributions from relatives and some of the survivors.
Narrator Fred Dinenage (The Krays, The Richardsons, Murder Casebook, Fritzl) returns for the fourth season, as well as leading criminologists, crime journalists, forensic pathologists, authors and psychologists who continue to examine the minds of these warped killers, looking at why they made headline news and what drove them to commit such heinous acts.
The series is executive produced by Jinal Patel (Woodcut Media) and is being distributed internationally by Keshet International.
“The appetite for true crime continues across all platforms, and World’s Most Evil Killers has hit all the right notes internationally, especially in the U.S. The series offers shocking stories, powerfully and sensitively told that deliver on all the crucial attributes of the best crime story-telling, and we are delighted to be working with SKY and Keshet once again,” said Koulla Anastasi, Director of International Development, Woodcut Media.
To date, Keshet International has sold multiple series of World’s Most Evil Killers to Reelz and the Justice Network in the US, Bell Media in Canada, Foxtel in Australia, RTL in Germany, Numero 23 in France, and CBS Reality in EMEA. KI is negotiating sales with all for the fourth series now, while also undertaking advanced negotiations with a raft of new broadcast partners.
Notes to Editors
About Woodcut Media:
With offices in London and Hampshire, Woodcut Media, a member of the Anthology Group of businesses, is one of the fastest growing Indies in the UK, producing a broad range of factual programming. A leading true crime producer in the UK (The Killer in My Family, How I Caught the Killer, Jo Frost on Killer Kids, World’s Most Evil Killers, The Krays: The Prison Years), Woodcut’s growing catalogue also includes specialist factual series (Wings of War, Combat Machines, Football: A Brief History by Alfie Allen), premium one-off and talent led docs (Fiennes: Return to the Nile featuring Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, Cut From A Different Cloth and Mandela, My Dad and Me featuring Idris Elba and The Ivy) factual entertainment shows (How Hacks Work, Around the World in 80 Tricks, World’s Scariest Hauntings). www.woodcutmedia.com
About the Anthology Group:
Anthology Media is the parent of a diverse media group comprising two wholly owned subsidiaries, Anthology Studios (a group of six TV and film production companies and a licensing company) and Anthology Theatre (a theatre production, investment and advisory business). Founded by Bob Benton to bridge the gap between creativity and finance, the Group combines expertise in both areas to develop and produce scripted and unscripted TV, film, and theatre. Carolyn Bennett chairs Anthology Media; Jeremy Mills chairs Anthology Studios; Bob Benton chairs Anthology Theatre; Hilary Strong is Chief Executive Officer of the group. http://theanthologygroup.co.uk/
About Keshet International:
A leading global content producer and distributor, Keshet International (KI) has a network of seven production companies and distribution hubs – KI in Tel Aviv, Keshet UK in London, Tresor in Germany, Keshet Asia in Hong Kong, Keshet Studios’ two offices in the US (Los Angeles and New York), and a majority stake in Greenbird Media. Beyond developing and producing original content within this network, Keshet 12 in Israel and the KI Content Fund, KI offers acquired content from its global partners as well. KI is a part the Keshet Media Group, Israel’s most successful media company. www.keshetinternational.com
