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Here Come Pod With James Gay-Rees

February 04, 2024 Danny Season 2 Episode 60
Here Come Pod With James Gay-Rees
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Here Comes Pod
Here Come Pod With James Gay-Rees
Feb 04, 2024 Season 2 Episode 60
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When Netflix launched Formula One: Drive To Survive it heralded the golden age of sports access documentaries. This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Box To Box Films co-founder James Gay-Rees,  is very much in pole position to talk about this golden age. Having started his film career at Miramax, James then segued into producing award-winning documentary features like Senna, Amy and Maradona. Pivoting to producing TV series, James co-founded Box To Box which has built on the success of Drive To Survive to  go behind the scenes of the world's leading sports with shows like Break Point (tennis), Full Swing golf) and Six Nations: Full Contact (Rugby). James talks about the joys and challenges of producing these shows and shares his thoughts on the direction of travel for the genre. Enjoy!  

Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV industry. You can find them at c21media.net

You can find Here Comes Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or most other podcast outlets. If you enjoyed this episode of Here Comes Pod please do leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts

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When Netflix launched Formula One: Drive To Survive it heralded the golden age of sports access documentaries. This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Box To Box Films co-founder James Gay-Rees,  is very much in pole position to talk about this golden age. Having started his film career at Miramax, James then segued into producing award-winning documentary features like Senna, Amy and Maradona. Pivoting to producing TV series, James co-founded Box To Box which has built on the success of Drive To Survive to  go behind the scenes of the world's leading sports with shows like Break Point (tennis), Full Swing golf) and Six Nations: Full Contact (Rugby). James talks about the joys and challenges of producing these shows and shares his thoughts on the direction of travel for the genre. Enjoy!  

Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV industry. You can find them at c21media.net

You can find Here Comes Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or most other podcast outlets. If you enjoyed this episode of Here Comes Pod please do leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts