{"id":20954,"date":"2022-08-26T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1699130"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:23:27","slug":"disney-plus-announces-wagatha-christie-doc-keanu-reeves-f1-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/disney-plus-announces-wagatha-christie-doc-keanu-reeves-f1-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Plus announces \u2018Wagatha Christie\u2019 doc, Keanu Reeves F1 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Disney Plus has announced a raft of new original unscripted series, including a documentary focused on the so-called Wagatha Christie saga and another fronted by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/keanu-reeves-mcu-role-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> and focusing on Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>The first docu-series, currently titled Wagatha Christie, will be made up of three parts and will tell \u201cthe jaw-dropping story that has gripped a nation\u201d, through \u201cexclusive access to the woman at the heart of it all, Coleen Rooney.\u201d Rooney recently won the libel case fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy levelled against her for a viral Instagram post in which Rooney revealed Vardy\u2019s accounts had been selling stories about her to the press.<\/p>\n<p>The Disney Plus series will also feature \u201cinterviews with family, friends and key players involved in the resulting trial\u201d alongside Rooney\u2019s own testimony.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the case itself, the series will \u201cexplore how Coleen has had her life played out in public for the last 20 years\u201d telling her story as a \u201cworking-class teenager turned confident mother of four and businesswoman\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the second series for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Disney Plus<\/a>, currently titled Brawn; The One Pound Formula 1 Team, will be a four-part documentary narrated by Reeves, who will also conduct the show\u2019s interviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1699143\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1410368366-163b0fb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Keanu Reeves<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Albert L. Ortega\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It will tell \u201cthe remarkable story of the British Formula 1 team that cost just \u00a31\u201d, when \u201can understaffed, underfinanced and independent team won the World Championship\u201d in 2009. The series will include contributions from Jenson Button and Ross Brawn.<\/p>\n<p>The story will have \u201cexclusive access to the F1 archives\u201d including unseen footage and interviews from those who were on the ground when the team won.<\/p> <p>Reeves said of his involvement with the series: \u201cI am honoured to be a part of telling the incredible story of Brawn GP and their remarkable F1 Championship Season in 2009 with those who lived it in this four-part documentary series. It has been great to have the support of Disney Plus and producing partnership with North One to bring this story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two series were both announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2022, with release dates yet to be confirmed. The Wagatha Christie series follows the commission of a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/coleen-rooney-rebekah-vardy-channel-4-drama-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">two-part Channel 4 drama<\/a> focussed on the media saga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1636895&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sign up for Disney Plus for \u00a37.99 a month or \u00a379.90 a year<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Check out more of our<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/&quot;\"><strong> Documentaries<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:00 am Disney Plus has announced a raft of new original unscripted series, including a documentary focused on the so-called Wagatha Christie saga and another fronted by Keanu Reeves and focusing on Formula 1. 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