Archive · 1 Jul 2025
New TV Drama 'Unforgivable' and Streaming Documentary Trends
In the UK, there's a new drama called 'Unforgivable' coming out, starring Anna Maxwell-Martin, about a person going to rehab after prison.
A company called Blast Films has hired someone new to make more shows, including documentaries.
Australians really love watching documentaries on streaming services; a lot of people watch them regularly.
People are watching more documentaries now compared to last year.
This shows that documentaries are popular around the world.
Anna Maxwell-Martin stars in Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama 'Unforgivable', set in Liverpool and focused on a character's rehabilitation after prison.
Blast Films, backed by Sky Studios, has hired Barnaby Coughlin as Creative Director to expand into popular factual and formats.
Coughlin previously worked at Mindhouse, producing projects like 'KSI: In Real Life' and 'Sex Actually with Alice Levine'.
A study reveals Australians are the most avid streamers of documentaries, with 75% watching at least 20 minutes between January and March 2024.
The average time spent streaming documentaries per month has increased from 4 hours and 8 minutes in 2023 to 4 hours and 34 minutes in 2024 across 17 countries.
- Who
- Anna Maxwell-Martin and other actors will star in Jimmy McGovern's 'Unforgivable'. Barnaby Coughlin is now Creative Director at Blast Films. Australians are the most engaged documentary viewers.
- What
- Overview of new TV drama and production news, plus streaming trends.
- When
- Between January and March 2024, the study was conducted.
- Where
- The BBC drama is filmed in Liverpool. Australia is the country with the most documentary streaming.
- Why
- The news articles report on the creation of a drama series and the recent trends in documentary streaming.
- Show Title
- Unforgivable
- Lead Actors
- Anna Maxwell-Martin, Bobby Schofield, Anna Friel, David Threlfall
- Production Company (Unforgivable)
- LA Productions
- Creative Director (Blast Films)
- Barnaby Coughlin
- Focus (Blast Films)
- Popular factual and formats
- Study Focus
- Streaming documentaries
- Countries Surveyed
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