Netflix announced a huge string of new star-studded shows set to appear on the streaming giant’s platform during the Edinburgh Film Festival on Wednesday.
Shows including a Victoria Beckham documentary, a Gordon Ramsay biopic and an Anya Taylor-Joy thriller, How To Kill Your Family, will debut on the platform in the coming months.
Alongside Victoria and Gordon’s docuserieses, subscribers can also expect Take That, 7/7: Hunting the London Bombers and Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen to appear on the site.
Netflix also revealed scripted series Legends as a new production as a new release on the webpage.
It also announced season two of Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw‘s upcoming spy thriller Black Doves, which SISTER and Noisy Bear produce.
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Netflix announced a huge string of new star-studded shows set to appear on the streaming giant’s platform during the Edinburgh Film Festival on Wednesday
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Shows, including a Victoria Beckham documentary, a Gordon Ramsay biopic and an Anya Taylor Joy thriller, How To Kill Your Family, will debut on the platform in the coming months
The streamer also confirmed plans for season two of Love is Blind: UK.
The streaming platform will begin production on a documentary series following Victoria Beckham and her fashion and beauty business.
Through an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Victoria’s business, access to Victoria and her family and a never-before-seen archive, the series will tell the story of Victoria’s reinvention as a Creative Director.
Netflix is also producing a series about multi-Michelin-starred British chef Gordon Ramsey.
The series will follow Gordon over nine months in the lead-up to his most significant restaurant venture to date.
He is opening five culinary experiences in London’s 22 Bishopsgate.
It will have exclusive access to the Ramsay family as Gordon balances other work commitments and life as a husband and father, with wife Tana and their six children – Megan, Holly, Jack, Matilda, Oscar and Jesse.
Take That is the story of one of the greatest boy bands in UK history.
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It also announced season two of Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw’s upcoming spy thriller Black Doves, which SISTER and Noisy Bear produce
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Netflix also announced season two of Love is Blind: UK
For over 30 years, they have brought us hit after hit, 12, of which became UK number one.
The series will give unprecedented insight into one of the most successful and well-loved British bands, with access to Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen and featuring interviews with Jason Orange and Robbie Williams.
Netflix also announced a new series from BAFTA-winning writer Neil Forsyth – Legends.
It is a six-part high-stakes, thrilling drama series which is inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted.
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Netflix also announced year three of the Documentary Talent Fund at the festival
Based on extensive research and interviews with those involved, the story follows an unlikely group of British customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.
Netflix also announced year three of the Documentary Talent Fund at the festival.
The Fund, which supports the work of the next generation of documentary filmmakers, will give five filmmakers the chance to make a short documentary film with a budget of £30,000 each.
All teams will be under the guidance of Netflix and other filmmaking professionals.
