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  • BBC Worldwide sells shows to Australia’s Seven Network

    BBC Worldwide sells shows to Australia’s Seven Network

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has sold several shows to Seven Network in Australia.

    The shows that the Australian network has purchased include The Whistleblowers, Mistresses, Judge John Deed, Gavin and Stacey and In India with Sanjeev Bhaskar.

    Starring Richard Coyle (Coupling) and Indira Varma (Bride and Prejudice, Rome), The Whistleblowers is a thriller in which two former lawyers expose political and corporate mismanagement, negligence and greed. It looks at the cost of integrity, and the risks of speaking out.

    Mistresses offers a take on modern life and love from Ecosse Television. Starring Sarah Parish and Sharon Small, this part-drama, part-thriller follows a group of girlfriends whose lives have taken very different turns.

    Meanwhile, perennial ladies’ man but all-round good chap Judge John Deed returns for a fifth series.

    The comedy slate is led by Gavin and Stacey, the new comedy from Baby Cow Productions. It tells the story of an ordinary boy and an ordinary girl (Joanna Page) and how their brand new love affair proves that there is no such thing as ordinary after all.

    In India with Sanjeev Bhaskar attempts to get under the skin of modern India and to explore the legacy of the Raj.

    BBC Worldwide’s senior sales manager (Australasia) Amber Knight says, “From sexy contemporary drama to brand new comedy to Sanjeev Bhaskar’s very personal journey to modern India, there is certainly something for everyone. It’s a superb collection and we are thrilled to have concluded this deal with the Seven Network.”

    Seven’s head of programming (strategy and acquisitions) John Stephens says, “The product will definitely enhance Seven’s already strong 2008 schedule, and certainly be more than useful in attracting larger audiences, particularly to our Saturday night lineup, where for the past couple of years the Network has achieved good returns with a purposeful slant towards British content.”

  • BBC Worldwide signs deal with Australia’s Seven Network

    BBC Worldwide signs deal with Australia’s Seven Network

    MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide Australasia has concluded a new deal with the Seven Network in Australia to license Michael Palin’s new travel series Palin’s New Europe. In addition, a raft of drama and factual programming has been acquired by broadcasters in New Zealand, through agreements signed in the run up to MIPCOM. Palin’s New Europe which will air on BBC One in the UK next year, follows the ex-Python as he explores 21 countries such as Bosnia, Albania, Moldova and Macedonia. BBC Worldwide Australasia’s sales manager Amber Knight says, “Michael Palin has that rare combination of integrity, wit and bravery which makes all his programs such hits. We are very excited to be bringing this program to Seven.” Seven Network’s director of programming and production Tim Worner says, “Australians are renowned travellers – as a youngster it is a virtual rite of passage and you always seem to bump into fellow Australians in the most far flung locations. Michael Palin captures that spirit in his very own way and we at Seven look forward to being able to have him take Australian audiences to places they have never been before. “Palin is the pre-eminent television travel communicator of his time – in his company you do not just see; you taste, you smell, you experience. And, above all, he makes it fun – that’s why we’re proud he’s coming to Seven.” A package of returning series has been licensed to New Zealand’s TVNZ including key titles from Kudos productions such as Hustle Series 4, and Life on Mars Series 2. TV One has taken series two of Clerkenwell Films’ Afterlife, as well as Hotel Babylon (Carnival Films), Waterloo Road (Shed Productions) and Bodies (Hat Trick Productions).