Documentary series “Stuff the British Stole” to be remade as a script for a heist drama

The British Stolethe popular Australian-Canadian documentary series, which deals with the controversy surrounding cultural assets stolen by British colonialists, is to be relaunched as a big-budget, staged heist series. The new version will be produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (The Twelve, Love me) and wooden horse (The Glade, Mama’s boy).

The partners describe the series, which will consist of six one-hour episodes, as “a provocative and sharply observed deep dive into the complexities of history and identity in our modern world through an irreverent and dryly humorous lens.”

The new drama was written by playwright and emerging television writer Anchuli Felicia King, who has already written for the HBO series The sympathizer And The babyAmazon DeadholeAnd The Twelve for Foxtel. Ben Chessell (The great, Giri Haji, Doctor Who, Deadhole) will direct and also write episodes. The core creative team is joined by Kacie Anning (Graduation class of 2007, Upload, The other type) and award-winning First Nations author and playwright Dylan Van Den Berg.

Marc Fennell, creator of the original documentary series, will join the team as executive producer. Other executive producers include Richard Finlayson and Jude Troy of Wooden Horse and Hamish Lewis and Michael Brooks of WBITVP Australia.

“Under the direction of Anchuli Felicia King, the writing team, along with assistant director Ben Chessell, have developed a unique cast of diverse and fascinating characters who almost accidentally become heroes of a global repatriation movement,” the producers said in a joint statement. “If there is one thing we can take away from the brilliant The British Stole “The point of a reality series is that the story is complex – a lesson our characters will learn the hard way.”

Fennell’s documentary series was based on his internationally successful podcast of the same name. The first season of the documentary series adaptation achieved high ratings on ABC TV Australia and CBC Canada, and the second season premiered on ABC TV in Australia on June 17. A third season is currently in development by producers Wooden Horse, WildBear Entertainment and Cream Productions.