Sky in driving seat with Noah’s Stewart

Noah Media Group has announced that feature documentary Stewart has been picked up by Sky UK and a number of international broadcasters.

Sky Germany and Italy join their UK counterpart, as well as Viaplay (Nordics, Benelux, Baltics and Poland), Canal+ (France, French speaking Europe and Africa), Vapet (Czech Republic) and A Contracorriente (Spain), and multiple airlines. Further announcements on other major territories are expected in 2023.

Sky UK will be launching the film on 30 December 2022 with other territories following in the new year.

Stewart is a new documentary on the former Formula 1 World Champion, team owner and businessman, Sir Jackie Stewart. It was written and directed by Patrick Mark (Fabergé: A Life of Its Own), produced by Sarah Bayntun and Gareth Dodds (Spitfire, Armstrong) and executive produced by Jackie’s son, Mark Stewart (The Last Man on the Moon, Gazza) for MSP. Also executive producing are Bill Pohlad (American Utopia, 12 Years a Slave) and Jean-Marc Huët.

Using restored and previously unseen archive footage, Stewart charts the rush of excitement that heralded the driver’s first F1 World Championship title in 1969. From his humble beginnings outside Glasgow, through the darker years of the early 1970s when, despite opposition from those who believed that F1 should be ‘gladiatorial’, Stewart set out to improve racing safety.

Catherine Quantschnigg, head of sales at Noah Media Group, said: “It’s been great to see how positively buyers have responded to this powerful documentary about Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart and how strong the title is performing in sales across many territories.”

Noah is currently in production on an access-all-areas documentary on British boxing champion Ricky Hatton, as well as a feature length study of the intense friendship and tragic rivalry between Formula 1 legends, Villeneuve and Pironi, also in partnership with Sky Studios & NBCUniversal.

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