![]() ![]() “Someone clearly cared about what we were doing, which was good for us.” “When these things are happening you know you are on the right track,” he said. ![]() ![]() The four -part documentary series is being produced by Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion in association with Sky Studios.'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks' Program To Honor Tina Turner With 'Golden Mile' Cascadeīeetz believes his emails were being read and phone was being tapped, and his team started taking precautions, including placing their phones in the fridge – a move made famous by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Executive Producers at Sky Deutschland are Christian Asanger and Felix Kempter, and for Sky Studios, Barnaby Shingleton. The series is produced by Grimme Prize winner Christian Beetz, who created the series with Anne von Petersdorff and Georg Tschurtschenthaler from Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion, and author Pedro Barbadillo. This series pulls back the curtain o n a modern -day royal scandal with unprecedented access to those who saw it unfold. It’s a remarkable story and one that we have sought to tell with out fear or favour.”īarnaby Shingleton, Director of Factual, Sky Studios : “ Our focus at Sky Studios is to produce exclusive premium documentaries of scale and ambition that resonate with Sky customers and viewers around the world. Bit by bit, a web of intrigue, greed and power games unravelled, rooted deep in the highest circles of Spanish society that continue to be protected by the Spanish secret service CNI to this day. Ĭhristian Beetz, Co-Author, Producer, G ebr ue der b eetz Filmproduktion : "When we started producing this investigative series about King Juan Carlos I of Spain, we were unaware of the magnitude, scale and reach of the royal, financial and political scandal. Juan Carlos : Down f all of The King features exclusive interviews with the King’s former lover, Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein as well as c lose friends, confidants and supporters of the King, former secret service employees, palace insiders and investigative journalists who sh a re their eyewitness accounts of th is remarkable period in modern Spanish history. The house of cards began to crumble when questions w ere raised about the King’s financial affairs, his lucrative links with the Spanish establishment and alleged global c orruption, including a € 65 million payment. This new documentary shows how a fateful hunting trip to Botswana revealed the King’s secret love affair with his companion, Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, and set off a series of events that shook the Spanish monarchy to its core. So, how did this revered Monarch take such a drastic fall from grace that he was forced to abdicate in 2014 and eventually fle e into exile in 2020? King Juan Carlos had a loyal Queen, a loving family, international respect, friends in high places and faithful subjects he had everything a King could wish for. He led his country from the Franco dictatorship to parliamentary monarchy, transformi ng Spain into a modern Eu ropean state and becoming the most popular Spanish ruler in history. įor many years, King Juan Carlos I was a Spanish hero, celebrated around the world for reforming Spain with his modern, progressive, democratic values. The four-part series will also receive its world premiere in competition at Canneseries on April 17 th. Juan Carlos: Downfall of T he King, a sensational Sky Original documentary series, charting the rise and fall of the former Spanish K ing Juan Carlos I, will be coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW on 21 st May 2023. ![]()
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