UK-based Hat Trick International has acquired distribution rights to Livewire Pictures celebrity game show format TV Showdown. The show is an updated version of entertainment format Telly Addicts, which Livewire has licensed from owner and creator Unique Television. Its UK version, Paul Sinha’s TV Showdown (6 x 45-minutes) airs in a prime-time Saturday night slot […]
All3Media shops ‘Extraordinary Escapes’ All3Media International has acquired distribution rights to factual series Extraordinary Escapes With Sandi Toksvig. Produced by Tuesday’s Child Television for Channel 4, the four-part series is set to premiere in the UK tomorrow (10 February) and follows comedian, writer and broadcaster Toksvig as she joins familiar faces from the worlds of […]
Discovery orders Sydney Harbour obs-doc Discovery UK and Discovery Australia and New Zealand have commissioned Sydney Harbour Force, a new obs-doc from Australian indie WTFN. The 10-hour series will follow the work of the men and women who control every aspect of Sydney Harbour, one of the largest and busiest natural harbours on the planet. […]
Hat Trick International, the distribution arm of UK indie Hat Trick Productions, has signed a first-look deal with Pat Younge and Narinder Minhas’ recently launched outfit Cardiff Productions. The multi-year agreement, which was brokered by Hat Trick International acquisitions executive Hana Zidek, will see the distributor represent all future factual and scripted programming from the […]
Hat Trick sells its Dinner UK-based distributor Hat Trick International has struck a raft of format sales for its long-running entertainment show Dinner Date. ZDF in Germany has ordered a second season from local prodco Seapoint, while new format deals have also been signed in South Africa, Australia, Finland and France, although broadcaster details have […]
Hat Trick International (HTI) has restructured its sales team with new remits for execs working across the UK-based distributor. Jonathan South, who joined the company last year from Electus and is now senior sales executive, will handle all sales to North and South America, Spain and Portugal. The former SVP of Europe at Televisa, who […]
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has acquired exclusive US and Canadian rights to British crime thriller Bloodlands. The series was written by Chris Brandon and exec produced by Jed Mercurio, of Line Of Duty and Bodyguard fame. It marks the first commission for Mercurio’s production company, Hat Trick Mercurio Television, and was made in association […]
This gritty four-part crime thriller, set in Northern Ireland, is from emerging talent Chris Brandon – best-known for adapting Rock Creek Park for TV – and the mercurial Jed Mercurio of Line Of Duty and Bodyguard fame. The BBC One four-parter is from Hat Trick Mercurio Television (HTM Television) and stars James Nesbitt (The Missing, Cold […]
Distributors have seen an “upturn” in demand from broadcasters and streamers as measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus result in captive audiences at home, with rights windows being tweaked to satisfy buyers’ requirements. Ratings giant Nielsen yesterday said housebound users could stream 60% more video during the pandemic, while Nordic streamer Viaplay has reported […]
This British sitcom has been co-written and produced by Drop The Dead Donkey scribes Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. It follows the “sparky friendship” between a white, working class seaside café owner and a refugee African doctor, played by Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Jimmy Akingbola (Holby City) respectively. “Both Brenda and Jimmy have a gift […]
