Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse Secures Sky ‘Lockerbie’ Doc As Co-Founders Talk Moving Into Scripted, “Leaning Into The U.S. Market” & The BBC’s Controversial Jimmy Savile Drama
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse Productions is making a premium Sky documentary about the tragic Lockerbie bombings as the celebrated documentarian and his Mindhouse co-founders talk moving into scripted, “leaning into the U.S.
market,” future investment and the BBC’s controversial Jimmy Savile drama. Alongside Co-Founder and Creative Directors Nancy Strang and Arron Fellows, Theroux sat down with Deadline for lunch at Soho House Hotel for a rare interview as the trio’s fledgling production company turns three, following what has been a whirlwind 36 months where they have secured multiple commissions, struck distribution deals, developed meaningful relationships with talent and set their sights Stateside.
Deadline can reveal three-parter Lockerbie, which is described as the “first premium box-set series about the disaster” by Sky and has been commissioned several months after a Sky/Peacock drama on the tragic event that led to the death of almost 300 people and poses unanswered questions to this day.
Prior to 9/11, Lockerbie was the worst terrorist attack to take place against the U.S., leaving almost 300 dead when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above the small Scottish town.
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