Amazon Unveils UK Docs ‘Fake Sheikh’ And ‘The Greatest Show Never Made’ In True-Crime Push — Edinburgh TV Festival

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Amazon’s push into true crime continues with several new UK originals unveiled here at the Edinburgh TV Festival today.Fake Sheikh and The Greatest Show Never Made come from Voltage TV and Factual Fiction, respectively, and will launch on the streamer next year.

They will be joined by a previously announced ITN Productions doc, whose titles been revealed as The Confession, Firecrest Films’ three-part series Three Mothers (working title), a film about YouTuber KSI and Bern Stokes: Phoenix From the Ashes.Fake Sheikh tells the story of maverick British reporter Mazher Mahmood, whose exposés generated headlines by his use of false identities to ensnare royals, sports stars, politicians, celebrities and members of the public.

The three-part documentary series will track his meteoric rise (he was twice winning Reporter of The Year at The British Press Awards) and subsequent downfall and imprisonment.Members of Mahmood’s inner circle are among the interviewees and will give those who were affected by his stings th chance to their side of the story.

Ceri Isfryn is directing, with Sanjay Singhal and Jonathan Smith the executive producers.The Greatest Show Never Made follows the story of how, on a wet morning in June 2002, four cameras filmed 30 contestants who had quit jobs and given up their homes and travelled to a park in South East London, to take part in the biggest reality show on TV.