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Netflix UK Unscripted Slate: Bear Grylls, Holly Willoughby Team For ‘Bear Hunt’; Guy Ritchie Boards True Crime Doc ‘Millennium Diamond Heist’

Netflix has unveiled a slate of UK originals, including reality competition series 'Bear Hunt' starring Bear Grylls and Holly Willoughby.

Announced at the Next on Netflix showcase in London, Bear Hunt(working title) will feature survival expert Grylls preying on an unlikely group of British celebrities in the Central American jungle. The series will premiere next year and will be co-produced by Grylls’ The Natural Studios; Workerbee, the Banijay-backed outfit behind Discovery’s Idris Elba: Fighter; and Fremantle’s Talkback, which makes Too Hot To Handle for Netflix. Netflix has also confirmed Rogan Productions’ documentary on the Euro 2020 Final, which featured a dramatic England penalty defeat to Italy and chaos as thousands of un-ticketed fans attempted to storm Wembley Stadium.

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