Shiver to produce Land Of the Midnight Sun for ITV

Shiver to produce Land Of The Midnight Sun for ITV

ITV Studios Global Entertainment signs book deal to tie-in with TV series

ITV Studios' factual division, Shiver has been commissioned by ITV to produce Land Of The Midnight Sun, a 3 x 60' documentary series following Alexander Armstrong on an epic 8,000-mile journey around the Arctic.

Alexander's voyage will begin in Scandinavia, before he heads westwards into Iceland and Greenland, through Canada and Alaska and finishing on the international dateline that divides the continents of North America and Alaska. He'll witness the world's most stunning natural wonders and find out why the far north has such a magnetic lure for its extraordinary inhabitants, in a challenging adventure in which he'll need to survive wildly unpredictable weather and temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius in the harsh Arctic winter. Land Of The Midnight Sun will air later this year on ITV.

Jeremy Phillips, executive producer, Shiver said: We think of the Arctic as a desolate wasteland, but Land Of The Midnight Sun will shatter that perception. Alexander is the ideal presenter, as he's not afraid to take on every challenge to discover this magical world of jaw-dropping spectacle and confound our expectations.

Andrew O'Connell, ITV's Commissioning Editor, said: We are delighted to have Alexander doing his first prime time factual series for ITV. In sub zero conditions he brings warmth, wit and charm to the screen."

Alexander Armstrong added: This has been an incredible journey, a chance to get up close to the beauty of the Arctic region and see how magnificently nature appears in the extreme cold. But the real joy of the series was meeting the extraordinary people who live at sub-zero for so much of their lives. It was a testing journey to complete in the depths of winter - always cold, often perilous, frequently hilarious - but the warmth we found in the communities we stayed with and the inspiring surroundings we travelled through made it the experience of a lifetime.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has brokered a deal with Transworld for Alexander Armstrong to write a book describing his epic journey, which will be published to accompany the TV series.

Land Of The Midnight Sun is executive produced by Jeremy Phillips, series produced by Jamie Batten and series directed by Dominic Ozanne for Shiver. It was commissioned by Richard Klein, ITV's Director of Factual and Andrew O'Connell, Commissioning Editor. The book deal was brokered by Shirley Patton, Head of Publishing for ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

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