Proper’s Red Hot History goes into production

October 25, 2011 by Katie Bailey

Putting a new spin on a tried-and-true format, Toronto’s Proper Television’s Red Hot History is now in production.

The series, which profiles historical personalities with a tabloid-style treatment, is being produced by Proper for a 2012 broadcast on Shaw Media’s History Television.

The series (13 x 30 min) is being shot in Toronto, as well as France, Germany, Italy, England, Russia and Egypt. The on-location footage will be combined with interviews, re-enactments, archival images and footage and CGI.

The series is being executive produced by Cathie James and Laine Drewery and produced by Jennifer Scott. In the director’s chair is Michelle Metivier.

 

 

Tags: Africa, Egypt, England, Europe, France, Germany, IPL, Italy, Ontario, Proper Television, Red Hot History, Russia

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