Hearst, Super Channel Greenlight Black Watch's 'Missing Pieces' — SkimNews
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- Black Watch Entertainment's 20-episode true-crime series "Missing Pieces" — shot back-to-back as two seasons of 10 — has been greenlit by Hearst Networks UK and Canada's Super Channel, with ITV Studios attached as international distributor.
- Each hourlong episode reconstructs a murder from a single dismembered body part (severed limb, torso, etc.), following investigators through DNA evidence, missing persons files, and forensic work from discovery to conviction.
- The Manitoba-shot series qualifies for up to 65% provincial tax credits with no CanCon requirements, plus an additional 25% federal tax incentive because creator Meghan Duffy is the founder of Black Watch.
- Duffy said the show offers "a truly unique perspective," with investigators starting from one piece of a victim and working backward to identify them and find whoever was responsible.
- Diana Carter and Mark Marabella executive produce for Hearst; Kim Ball is Executive in Charge of Production for Super Channel; Alison Reid serves as showrunner.
- Black Watch, founded in 2010, has prior credits including "Finally Caught and Secrets, Lies and DNA Ties" (Super Channel/ITV), Lifetime's "The Woman With Red Lipstick," and CBC's "Moral Injuries: The Art of Jordan Van Sewell."
Why it matters: The combined 65% provincial Manitoba tax credits plus a 25% federal incentive — the latter unlocked specifically because Meghan Duffy both founded Black Watch and created the show — stack into a financial-structure story as much as a content one. Manitoba continues to pitch itself as a low-friction hub for international true-crime productions that can sidestep CanCon requirements entirely.
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