Brock producers turn to fans for archival footage
Seven reportedly says no to archival footage, leaving Brock producers to hunt out archival amateur footage of Peter Brock.
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Producers of TEN’s Brock miniseries have turned to fans for archival footage, amid reports they have unable to strike a deal for race vision from Seven.
A post on Facebook has advised, “Calling all King of the Mountain enthusiasts! We are near completion on Peter Brock’s mini series for Network Ten. We want to tell a complete story and we need your help. If you have any amateur Bathurst, Sandown and/or other great Aussie car racing footage from 1969 through to 1996, we need to hear from you”
The series, starring Matt Le Nevez, is due later this year.
The Herald Sun reports Endemol Shine has also approached Brock’s family and the ABC for footage after failing to strike a deal with Seven.
An unnamed source even suggests: “People are saying it could be a ploy by Seven to actually buy the series for a reduced price.”
TEN programmer Beverley McGarvey previously described the series as fantastic. “It doesn’t matter if you’re not a sports fan, it is such a great story. Matt is fantastic in it. It starts in 1969 and is really compelling. There’s all the cars and soundtrack from the ‘70s, so we’re really excited about it coming later in the year,” she said.
An airdate for the Brock miniseries is yet to be announced, but September marks 10 years since the racing champ’s death.
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I would’ve thought Ten would air it on Bathurst day.
And if they’re actually able to pull a heap of footage from random fans, It will most likely give the whole series a more gritty, authentic feel.
Ten could always front up another 50% and recreate each race..
Unnamed source obviously doesn’t work in drama. There will be an exclusive contract with Ten and a set production budget. It would cost 7 whatever the production budget would cost, but I doubt ES could take to Seven regardless at it was their job to ensure they could clear the footage.
Very surprised 7 owns the footage and not the V8 Supercars like the sporting codes all do.
I won’t bore you with motorsport history but V8 Supercars (or, back then, the Australian Vee Eight Super Car Company) has only existed since 1996. Seven has had a contract to film and broadcast the Bathurst race since 1963 and presumably owns the footage along with that of the then Touring Car Championship races.
A deal was signed with Ten in 1996 although that couldn’t include the traditional Bathurst race which is why there were two big races at the circuit for a couple of years. Ten presumably own this later footage.
V8 Supercars TV started filming and producing their own broadcast footage sometime after 2000 (and owns it).
Good summary. The only thing to add is the other sporting codes are much the same e.g. AFL only own footage of matches since 2002, NRL since (I think) 1999 – although I believe both have also bought some rights for some specific earlier games.
The vast majority of Brock’s career pre-dates any of the sports bodies owning footage of their competitions. As you say, 7 own the Bathurst race footage from the vast majority of the relevant time – though I think the ABC was still covering the other races into the early 70’s?
Thanks!