Sky Unveils Documentaries On England World Cup Hero Geoff Hurst, Serial Killer Fred West & Music Producer Phil Spector – Edinburgh TV Festival

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Sky has greenlit documentaries on England World Cup winner Geoff Hurst, serial killer Fred West and music producer Phil Spector.

Scroll down for the full slate below.The shows come on a seven-strong slate at the Edinburgh Television Festival, which also includes Whales with Steve Backshall, a follow-up to the nature presenter’s Shark series, along with Secret World of Sound [working title] about animal behavior.Intrusion: Stasi FC uses personal testimony from survivors and an extensive archive to tell the compelling story of how The Stasi, East Germany’s secret service, abused football to destabilize the last oasis of free speech in the country, meanwhile.

Finally, The Good Fight Club will follow a dynamic, young team of mixed martial arts fighters from South East London in training.The slate, which is led by Matthew Lorenzo Productions’ Hurst: The First and Only, telling off the life of the man who scored a hat-trick in England’s 1966 World Cup winning side, will be spread across Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky Crime.Sky Director of Documentaries and Factual Poppy Dixon said: “From celebrating talented, young, underrepresented voices in an exciting growth sport, to asking uneasy questions about one of Britain’s most notorious killers, to using cutting-edge technology to listen to the natural world with new ears, we are thrilled to be showcasing such an innovative, thought-provoking and entertaining range of true stories on our factual slate.”Spector (4×60)Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW.

A Sky Original documentary produced by Lightbox in association with Showtime. Endeavor Content handles rights outside of the UK and US.TX: 9 October 2022In the early hours of February 3rd, 2003, a 911 call was placed