BBC SELECT to Exclusively Stream The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship in the U.S. and Canada on May 11
All-new documentary seeks to uncover the truth behind the Britney Spears conservatorship
New York, NY – Announced today, new streaming service, BBC SELECT, has the exclusive premiere of The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship. The all-new documentary will be available to stream on May 11, 2021 – BBC SELECT (@bbcselect) is available on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV app in the U.S. and Canada.
BAFTA-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar (@Mobeen_Azhar) seeks to uncover the truth behind the conservatorship that Britney Spears has been held under for the last 13 years. The film includes never-before-seen interviews with Britney’s makeup artist Billy Brasfield, her former choreographer Brian Friedman, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, lawyer Lisa MacCarley and Catherine Falk, daughter of Columbo’s Peter Falk who was the subject of a conservatorship in his final years.
The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship is produced by Forest. The Producer is Laura Kaye and the Executive Producer is Jeremy Lee. It was commissioned by Patrick Holland, Controller, BBC Two and the Commissioning Editor for BBC Music, Owen Courtney.
The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship joins BBC SELECT’s expanding slate of all-new and award-winning documentaries and series that cover culture, politics and ideas.
For further information, please contact:
Devin Johnson Amy Mulcair
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About BBC SELECT
BBC SELECT, launched in February 2021 in the U.S. and Canada, is an ad-free, streaming service offering an antidote to the predictable – all-new, premiere documentaries across culture, politics and ideas – an area of significant expertise for the BBC. Available on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app, SELECT is owned and run by BBC Studios – creator, producer and distributor of unparalleled British content globally.
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