A+E Networks & Viaplay stock up on factual in global Beyond Rights deals

Best Of Britain by the Sea

A+E Networks, Viaplay and Bravo are among global broadcasters to have acquired a range of unscripted content following deals with distributor Beyond Rights.

RTI Mediaset in Italy and Canal D for French Canada have both picked up End Of The Rope, a 6 x 60-minute obs-doc series from Big Coat Media about the high-octane world of rope access technicians. The series had been pre-sold to UKTV, where it recently premiered under the title Extreme Heights Repair Team on the Dave channel.

Candour Productions’ Yorkshire Midwives on Call (5 x 60-minutes) has been picked up by Bell Media in Canada and Ananey in Israel, while Rich Kids Skint Holiday (12 x 60-minutes) has been licensed to Bravo in New Zealand. A spin-off from Rich Kids Go Skint, the series from Kalel Productions sees wealthy youngsters used to private jets and designer holiday wardrobes, swap the lap of luxury for campsites and caravans to holiday with families on the breadline.

Forest’s true crime series Santa Claus the Serial Killer (3 x 60-minutes), about multiple deaths in Toronto’s Gay Village district, has been acquired as a pre-sale by Nordic Entertainment Group for Viaplay in the Nordic region, the Baltics, Poland and Benelux.

Loot (8 x 60-minutes), EQ Media Rights’ investigative series about the trade in stolen antiquities and how it funds international crime and terrorism, has been acquired in A+E Networks in a pan-territory deal covering Scandinavia, Central & Eastern Europe, Greece, the Middle East, Benelux and the UK.

UR Sweden has picked up two new history titles: Underground Railway (4 x 60-minutes), Attraction Media’s series about the hidden network that helped slaves find freedom in the US, and Pernel Media’s Trains at War (4 x 60-minutes), examining how railways helped keep World War Two on track. The former has also been acquired by A+E Germany, while the latter has found additional homes with Ceska TV in the Czech Republic and Prima TV in Romania.

Blink Films’ food meets travel title Best Of Britain by the Sea (5 x 60-minutes) is heading to Ananey in Israel and Fox in the Balkans, as well as to SBS in Australia – which has also picked up a second new food title, Taste The Diversity (10 x 30-minutes). Produced by ECG Productions, Taste The Diversity explores history, culture and culinary traditions from around the world through the prism of tasty national dishes.

Meanwhile, Pernel Media’s travel series, Europe’s Greatest Train Journeys (6 x 60-minutes), has been licensed to Prima TV in the Czech Republic.

Sarah Bickley, head of sales at Beyond Rights commented: “These markets continue to play an important role in our business and provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our growing factual catalogue and producer partnerships with a host of buyers worldwide.”