Indie factual distributor TVF International (TVFI) is gearing up for the London markets with 140 new hours of programming.

Leading the weighty slate is TVFI’s original production, Great British Train Journeys From Above (3 x 47 min.) for Channel 4. The aerial series, narrated by Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, Downton Abbey), showcases three of Britain’s most iconic steam train journeys: through the Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia National Park, and the North Yorkshire Moors. The aerial docuseries Bulgaria From Above (2 x 52 min.) from Art Winner Productions is also launching at the event. 

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, TVF is launching 24 Hours That Changed the World (2 x 60 min., pictured right), from Like a Shot Productions for Channel 4. Featuring special episodes on VE Day and VJ Day, the series uses newly colorized archive and reconstructions to count down the 24 hours before the surrenders of Germany and Japan.

Also in the history/war category: Norway’s Nazis: Lottery of Death (2 x 47 min. / 1 x 90 min.), produced by NRK, which investigates the execution of 25 Norwegian citizens in the aftermath of WWII; and Nazi Space Race (1 x 47 min.), from Unity House Productions for Channel 4, which reveals how Nazi scientists were spared trial by the U.S. and given senior roles at NASA in a bid to outpace the Soviets. 

Also in history, TVFI is launching Ulysses: From Myth to Science (2 x 47 min. / 1 x 60 min. / 1 x 90 min.), produced by Mediatika for France Télévisions, which follows archaeologists and geologists investigating the truth behind the legend of Homer’s Odyssey, featuring cutting-edge CGI from Ubisoft.

On the world affairs front, TVFI is launching Stan’s How to Poison a Planet (1 x 78 min.) from iKandy Films, featuring actor Mark Ruffalo and the real-life lawyer he played in the film Dark Waters, Rob Bilott, exposing one of the biggest environmental disasters in human history: the global contamination of drinking water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

In the science category is Secrets of the Brain with Jim Al-Khalili (2 x 60 min., pictured left), from Furnace Ltd. for the BBC, in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili unravels the mysteries of the most complex object in the cosmos: the human brain. 

Wild Kingdom: Inside Britain’s National Parks (2 x 52 min. / 4 x 52 min.) for ZDF/Arte follows biologists and conservationists working year-round to protect the biodiversity of Britain’s national parks, while Quiet the Sirens (1 x 52 min. / 1 x 74 min.), from All In Pictures for Telus, follows a group of firefighters with PTSD as they undergo psychedelic-assisted therapy.

TVF is also launching a trio of science titles produced by Mediacorp for CNA: The Resurrection Quest (4 x 47 min.), about scientists racing to resurrect dead and extinct animals; Rewilding Sharks (2 x 47 min.), which follows a team in Indonesia conducting the first-ever shark rewilding project to protect them from extinction; and Tech to Save the World (2 x 47 min.), which explores the latest developments in tech-based climate solutions.

The engineering series New York Super Airport (1 x 52 min. / 3 x 49 min.), produced by Windfall for National Geographic, gives exclusive access to one of the biggest American infrastructure projects of recent times, the $8 billion LaGuardia Airport reconstruction.

Finally, the factual entertainment series Collar of Duty (32 x 26 min.) follows heart-warming stories of individuals paired with service and support animals.