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[03/12/12 - 03:03 PM]
BBC America to Adapt SBS Australia's Landmark Documentary Series "Go Back to Where You Came From"
The four-part series sparked heated national and international debate when it aired on SBS Australia last year.







GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM (BBC AMERICA)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/12/12
STATUS:
previously in development (2012-2013 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
four episodes
DESCRIPTION:
(from BBC America's press release, March 2012) BBC AMERICA and SBS Australia announce today a format deal for the landmark documentary series Go Back to Where You Came From. The series sparked heated national and international debate when it aired on SBS Australia last year. Refugees and asylum seekers are a controversial issue around the globe and Go Back to Where You Came From (4 x 60) followed six Australians who agreed to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by retracing their harrowing journeys from their original homelands... in reverse. The Australian series was produced by Cordell Jigsaw productions.
CREW INFORMATION:
· no information is available
GENRE(S):
· reality
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Cordell Jigsaw Productions