EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has picked up global distribution rights to Hell Jumper, the BBC‘s upcoming doc series about a British aid worker who died in Ukraine.
Produced by Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation and revealed by Deadline last year, Hell Jumper uses first-person footage to follow a group of volunteers who set out to save lives during the war.
Chris Parry headed in a white van with friends and took to TikTok and Instagram to show footage of their daring rescues, but he was tragically killed trying to save an elderly woman trapped in her home along with another volunteer, Andrew Bagshaw.
Fremantle will sell outside the UK as the show gets set to launch on the BBC in the coming weeks. The producer-distributor’s international senior acquisitions boss Céire Clark described Hell Jumper as a “remarkable tale of resilience.”
“We’re looking forward to sharing this extraordinary and heart-wrenching story,” she added. “Hell Jumper not only illuminates the bravery and idealism of youth in times of crisis but also underscores the power of love in the darkest moments. We’re delighted to be working with Expectation TV, and look forward to bringing this story to a global audience.”
Fremantle also sells the likes of the BBC’s Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar [working title] and the Drake-produced A Brief History of the Future.
Hell Jumper is directed by BAFTA-nominee Paddy Wivell and EP’d by Expectation’s Colin Barr. Producer is Adriana Timco and commissioning editor is Carl Callam.
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