Channel 4 has commissioned ITN Productions to produce fast-turnaround doc, Musk v Trump: The Showdown.
Commissioned on Friday 6th June to air on Friday 13th at 8pm, the 1 x 60′ programme documents the public fallout between President Trump and his former Head of DOGE, Elon Musk.
This film will explore the fall out for America and the rest of the world, as the gloves come off, and ask what both men may do next.
With leading voices, insiders, and commentators, the programme will ask if the two men need each other more than they realise and whether their fall out was only about economic policy or if there were deeper rifts and what it could mean for America’s deep space aspiration and any potential missions to Mars.
ITN Productions’ previous documentaries Trump Revolution: 100 Days That Changed the World and Can Elon Musk Rule the World? both aired on Channel 4 earlier this year.
Musk v Trump: The Showdown is executive produced by ITN Productions Deputy Head of UK Factual, Jeremy Daldry and Daniel Smith and produced/directed by Oliver Price. It was commissioned by Louisa Compton, Head of News, Current Affairs, Specialist Factual & Sport and Nevine Mabro, commissioning editor, News & Current Affairs.
Deputy Head of UK Factual, ITN Productions Jeremy Daldry said: “After the bromance, the split was always on the cards, but few could have predicted the scale and vitriol when Elon Musk and President Trump finally fell out. Musk v Trump: The Showdown will be delivered down to the wire to bring us bang up to date with the fallout and global implications in this short-lived alliance.”
Louisa Compton, Head of News, Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport, Channel 4, added: “The nimbleness of Channel 4 commissioning allowed us to have pitched to ITNP and then commissioned the documentary as the row between Trump and Musk was still unfolding in real time on Thursday evening. Reactive documentaries are an important part of Channel 4’s current affairs offering as they allow our viewers to witness events unfolding in real time.”
Jon Creamer
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