Discovery Health Channel Announces Production of “Skeleton Stories,” an All-New Forensic Science Series
Discovery Health Channel in the U.S. announces production of SKELETON STORIES, a six-part series that falls within the popular forensic science genre. SKELETON STORIES delves into forensic anthropology, which focuses on the examination and identification of skeletal, decomposed and/or unidentified human remains. The series is scheduled to premiere on Discovery Health Channel in the U.S. the fourth quarter of 2005. Atlas Media maintains the international rights and will be offering it at MIPCOM for the first time.
SKELETON STORIES is a co-production between Discovery Health Channel and Atlas Media Corp., the production company which co-produces Discovery Health Channel’s number-one rated series, DR. G: MEDICAL EXAMINER. This new series serves as companion programming to DR. G: MEDICAL EXAMINER. Bruce David Klein is the executive producer for Atlas Media Corp. Executive producer for Discovery Health Channel is Alon Orstein.
“SKELETON STORIES is a compelling angle on a highly specialized area of forensic science,” says Bruce David Klein, president and executive producer for Atlas Media Corp. “Discovery Health has been a wonderful creative and business partner, and we look forward to continued ratings success together.”
“Our viewers have an insatiable appetite for forensic science and medical mysteries,” says Eileen O’Neill, senior vice president and general manager of Discovery Health Channel. “What’s more, forensic programs like SKELETON STORIES help us learn more about health, science and the human anatomy.”
SKELETON STORIES follows a team of the country’s leading forensic anthropologists as they unearth the last remains of a human being – the bones. Through these remains, experts reveal surprising details about a person’s life and death. The series mixes forensic analysis, dramatic reenactment, candid interviews and computer graphics.
About Atlas Media Corp. Founded in 1989, Atlas Media Corp. today ranks among the world’s leading independent documentary/reality/lifestyle/docudrama producers, dedicated to the development, production and distribution of the best in non-fiction programming. Atlas’ award-winning productions have become staple programming for services such as The History Channel, Food Network, A&E, Warner Bros./Telepictures, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, TLC, Outdoor Life Network, Fine Living, WE: Women’s Entertainment, The Weather Channel and Discovery Health – as well as national syndication, home video, and international distribution in 100+ markets.
About Discovery Health Channel Discovery Health Channel takes viewers inside the fascinating and informative world of health and medicine to experience firsthand, compelling, real-life stories of medical breakthroughs and human triumphs. Currently in more than 58 million homes, Discovery Health Channel is the only 24-hour network and Web site – discoveryhealth.com – devoted to what matters most – health.
