EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has turned to the co-producer of Squid Game: The Challenge to secure access to elite UK emergency medics for a docuseries.
Under the working title Critical, The Garden is in production on a six-part series embedded with top paramedics, doctors, nurses, and surgeons from across London.
Netflix is planning to stream the series in 2025, with The Garden following the stories of patients brought back from the brink of catastrophe through the eyes of those administering live-saving treatment.
The Garden has rich experience in producing similar docuseries for UK broadcaster Channel 4. It has made 33 seasons of 24 Hours in A&E, while Emergency gained access to London’s major trauma network.
Unlike 24 Hours in A&E, however, Netflix’s docuseries will not use fixed-rig camera filming techniques. The action is being captured on portable single cameras and bodycams.
The Netflix series is directed by Jermaine Blake. Spencer Kelly is the executive producer, with Rebecca Arnold and Louise Bartmann serving as co-executive producers. Series producers are Andrew Fitzpatrick and Mahi Iftikhar. Jack White is production executive and the line producer is Charlotte Permutt.
In a Deadline interview in January, The Garden CEO John Hay talked about expanding the ITV Studios-backed company’s horizons. “We are evolving from being a company best known for domestic fixed rig shows to being a company that still has fixed rig at its heart but is taking something we’ve learned from that and applying it across a wider range of genres,” he said.
The Garden co-produced Squid Game: The Challenge with Studio Lambert. The reality spin-off of the megahit drama series won a BAFTA earlier this year and has been renewed for a second seaon.
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