Hat Trick To Offer Three New Comedies At MIPCOM

Hat Trick International (HTI) will distribute three high quality UK productions which it will launch to international buyers at MIPCOM this October. Key new additions to the HTI portfolio include CPL Productions’ shiny floor celebrity panel show for Sky1 HD, Wall of Fame (pictured) and hotly anticipated Sky 1 HD and BBC One comedy dramas Spy and The Royal Bodyguard.
Continuing to build its third party portfolio, the acquisition of Wall of Fame sees HTI representing CPL Productions for the first time internationally with its irreverent ratings-winning format and finished UK show. Also making its debut at MIPCOM from Sky1 HD and Hat Trick Productions is the new comedy drama Spy, which tells the hilarious story of an under achieving single father who inadvertently becomes an MI5 secret agent.
Continuing its enviable MIPCOM slate, HTI is to unveil The Royal Bodyguard to international buyers. This highly anticipated series marks David Jason’s first comedy in 20 years for BBC One since the epic success of Only Fools and Horses.
HTI will also present the second series of the runaway international success Episodes at the market, series one of which has now sold to 188 countries worldwide.
HTI Director of Sales Sarah Tong said: “We are very pleased to be representing these great UK-produced shows on the world stage. We recognise that both our own production arm and the third party producers we work with have a very tough choice in deciding who should take their product to market internationally, and are delighted to find that our approach as an independent offers our clients the bespoke service they are looking for.”
Further cornerstones in the Hat Trick International catalogue include award-winning comedy drama Outnumbered, the new hit cooking and dating show Dinner Date, topical comedy panel show Have I Got News For You, sketch show Facejacker and Plum Pictures’ James May’s Man Lab and James May’s Toy Stories.
(BMcN)