Norma Percy Making More ‘Putin Vs The West’; Trevor Noah’s ‘LOL South Africa’ Sets Cast & Tanweer European Film Awards Ceremony Broadcast Deal — Global Briefs

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Norma Percy Making More ‘Putin Vs The West’

Veteran filmmaker Norma Percy is producing two additional episodes of her seminal Putin vs the West documentary series for the BBC and Arte France. Zinc Media’s Brook Lapping and Les Films d’Ici are attached to co-produce Putin vs the West: War (working title) , which will cover Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, the proceeding war and the response from the West. The first three episodes explored Putin’s relationship with the West, from the invasion of Crimea to the brink of its wider invasion of Ukraine. “As we always do, we will take viewers behind the scenes to show how and why the crucial decisions were made, and what it was like for Ukraine’s President Zelensky, Britain’s Prime Ministers and Western leaders as they struggled against Putin’s invasion without provoking World War Three,” said series producer Percy. European pubcaster SVT, VPRO, NRK and DR are also attached to the new episodes, with BBC Studios Distribution taking international sales rights.

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