BBC Factual has commissioned Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone (w/t), a new six part series from True North in association with House of Panthera for BBC Three and iPlayer, in which former footballer Ashley Cain visits some of the world’s most dangerous cities to “explore the issues that affect young men born into a life that exists on the fringes of society.”
Ashley Cain says: “I have a genuine passion for the people of this world and true compassion for every person’s situation. I am also incredibly inquisitive about the human mind and how people operate on the other side of their comfort zone. So, I’m heavily invested in this series that explores the minds and lives of fellow young men based on the hardship they face in each adverse environment. It’s not my intention to judge. It’s my intention to understand. I will be as deeply immersed as I can be to truly understand how they think, feel and what they choose to or have to do in their lives to provide, protect or simply just survive. And ultimately ask myself… would I do the same if I lived in their world?”
Ricky Cooper, BBC Commissioning Editor, says: “Ashley connects with young men in a truly exceptional way – with no agenda, no judgement and a ferocious desire to genuinely understand whoever he meets, no matter how shocking their lives or actions may be, or where in the world they live. It’s these qualities that make this series so exciting, and I’m delighted Ashley will be taking the BBC Three audience along for this no-holds-barred journey into some of the world’s most dangerous places to be a young man.”
From mercenaries in Marseilles to the gangs within a Philippine prison and poachers in South Africa, Ashley wants to know what it takes to survive in these environments and ask himself – what would he do in their shoes?
In each episode, Ashley will have to earn the trust of the men he meets as he immerses himself as an impartial observer in their worlds. Once inside, he’ll discover what life is like in the inner circle of men whose moral lines are blurred as they fight for survival.
Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone (w/t), a 6×60’ series for BBC Three and iPlayer, is made by True North in association with House of Panthera. It was commissioned by Catherine Catton, Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Nasfim Haque, Head of Content, BBC Three. The Executive Producers are Christian Hills and Katy Thorogood for True North and Antonia Hurford-Jones and Duncan Gray for House of Panthera, the Series Producer is Minna Sedmakov, the Producer is Orlaith Macintyre and the DoP is James Scriven. The BBC Commissioning Editor is Ricky Cooper. It is distributed by ITV Studios.
House of Panthera is an independent production company founded as a joint venture by Ashley Cain, Off Limits Sport and Twenty Six 03 Entertainment. Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone (w/t) is House of Panthera’s first project.
Jon Creamer
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