MSNBC FILMS TO AIR DOCUMENTARY SERIES “David Frost Vs”
BEGINNING SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Immersive Journey into the Most Important Moments of the 20th Century Through the Eyes of David Frost, Six-Part Series Examines Staggering Relevance Today
(Feb. 19, 2025 – NEW YORK) – MSNBC Films will air the six-part documentary series David Frost Vs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET starting April 27.
David Frost Vs charts half a century of dizzying social, political, and cultural change through the eyes of the one man who had a front-row seat to it all: Sir David Frost. Made in collaboration with Frost’s son Wilfred, each episode is built on 50 years of rare or never-before-seen footage, revealing a unique view of transatlantic history from 1960 to 2000.
Drawing from an archive of over 10,000 era-defining interviews, many of which have been lost for a generation, David Frost Vs presents a fresh perspective on the battles of yesterday, which have striking parallels to today’s culture. Frost’s work shows the mid-to-late 20th century as a furnace of change and uncertainty that continues to permeate current affairs.
Each episode is anchored around Frost’s numerous interviews with one key personality spanning over multiple decades, providing a jumping board into deeply relevant subject matters – fiery encounters with Muhammad Ali discussing the Civil Rights Movement that led to a life-long friendship, a look at the student protest movement with Jane Fonda as her views were making her one of the most reviled women in America at the time, exploring mental health and the dark side of fame with Elton John, The Beatles as they were becoming vanguards in a cultural revolution shaping new ways of thinking around the world, a forensic look at the infamous Nixon tapes outtakes and all, and world leaders revisiting the Israel-Palestine conflict via Frost’s unparalleled conversations with the protagonists including Moshe Dayan, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu and Tony Blair.
Across the series, Frost’s career acts as a spine, as viewers journey through recent history via his astonishing rise, with commentary and insights from the family and famous faces who knew him best. The archive footage is supplemented by interviews with an extraordinary list of new contributors including Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Joanna Lumley, Khalilah Ali, Tony Blair, and Lady Carina Frost who help uncover Frost’s incredible life as one of the world’s most renowned television hosts and journalists. Time and again viewers find Frost with a front-row seat to a key moment in history, always with a piercing set of questions at the ready and the easy charm to elicit a revealing response.
“I have learned an enormous amount, and I think our viewers will too. Dad’s archive allows us to go behind the scenes of key moments in our recent history and re-examine those moments in a deeply personal way from the mouths of the protagonists themselves at the moments in their lives when it really mattered,” said Wilfred Frost.
MSNBC Films have acquired David Frost Vs for the US. The series is a Sky Studios production, co-produced with Paradine Productions and White Horse Pictures, directed by Liz Mermin, Francis Longhurst, Marion Milne, Matthew Hill and Tom McCarthy. Executive Producers are Wilfred Frost (Paradine Productions), Nigel Sinclair (White Horse Pictures), Cassidy Hartmann (White Horse Pictures) and Danielle Peck (Sky Studios). Rashida Jones, Rebecca Kutler and Amanda Spain serve as Executive Producers for MSNBC Films.
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