UK content creation, funding and distribution company BossaNova Media has greenlit historical mystery series Ruins Rise & Fall.

The 8×60’ series, produced by London-based prodco Like a Shot (Secrets of the Lost Ark), was first pitched at BossaNova’s Development Day event, an in-house initiative that aims to fast-track the commissioning and production of factual projects with international potential.

Ruins Rise & Fall takes viewers to eight digitally recreated global locations, from Mongolian fortress cities lost in the sands to Roman settlements built to defend against Celtic warrior tribes.

The series provides a glimpse into lost worlds, with cutting-edge technology helping to uncover each location’s most intriguing stories.

Paul Heaney, founder and CEO of BossaNova, said: “Some projects you invest in are bit of a risk, Ruins Rise & Fall isn’t one of them.

“This is where BossaNova can work its magic. Like A Shot delivered the evergreen, returning worldwide hit Abandoned Engineering over 10 years ago (following a brief from that Channel Seven Australia legend, Angus Ross). The rest is history… or rather history and engineering. If I had a TV channel, I’d buy Ruins Rise & Fall.”

Heaney is here in Lisbon at C21’s Content Europe event and will appear on today’s Fundamentals: What the Big Players Want to Invest in and Why panel.