ITN Productions’ is prepping a new Channel 4 documentary that goes behind the headlines to analyse Trump’s tumultuous first hundred days.
Trump Revolution: 100 Days That Changed the World will air on Channel 4 on Thursday 24th April and is presented by Channel 4 News anchor, Matt Frei.
In the 1 x 60’ documentary, Frei considers whether Trump’s actions are part of a thought-out strategy with creating chaos in the world’s markets as a key plank and whether billionaire supporters and voters still have faith in his leadership.
Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary, 2017, Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Prime Minister, 2015 – 2018, and K.T. McFarland, Deputy National Security Advisor, 2017, are among the experts contributing to the documentary.
The 1 x 60’ programme is the latest fast-turnaround current affairs commission for Channel 4 to go behind the headlines of an unpredictable, developing situation with global impact. Other current affairs documentaries for C4 are Trump v Harris: The Battle for America, Inferno: LA on Fire and Can Elon Musk Rule the World?
Jeremy Daldry, ITN Productions Deputy Head of UK Factual, said: “The challenge when making any current affairs documentary is how to pin down evolving situations. Trump is more unpredictable than most which has made the first 100 days of his second term so riveting and the need for our programme that presses ‘pause’ to allow us to consider the facts and implications even more essential.”
Nevine Mabro, Commissioning Editor News and Current Affairs, at Channel 4, said: “From trade tariffs to new alliances; Gaza to Ukraine Trump’s second term has seen him hit the ground running with hurricane force. This documentary combs through the chaos left in the wake of the US President’s first hundred days and goes behind the headlines to examine the seismic events that has shaken the US and the world.”
The documentary was executive produced by Jeremy Daldry, Deputy Head of UK Factual ITN Productions. Tom Reeves was producer/director and Nickie Hyde was production manager. Post-production was by ITN Post. It was commissioned by Nevine Mabro Commissioning Editor News and Current Affairs at Channel 4.
Jon Creamer
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