ABC Australia Ties Up With Multi-Genre Programming Deal With Granada International, Australia

Granada International Australia, part of ITV Global Entertainment, has sold an extensive package of drama series to Australia's national broadcaster ABC Australia, as well as more than 80 hours of factual programming.
This significant deal, brokered by Augustus Dulgaro, SVP Sales Australia, New Zealand and Japan, will see brand new series of multiple-award-winning dramas Agatha Christie's 'Poirot' starring David Suchet ('The In-Laws', 'Henry VIII') and Marple which sees Julia McKenzie ('Cranford', 'Notes On A Scandal') makes her debut as the shrewd and inquisitive Miss Jane Marple, broadcast on ABC1. Facutal series 'Extreme Rescue', 'Coach Trip' and 'Zoo Days' will be shown on ABC2.
Also included in the extensive programming package is 'The Pinky & Perky Show' in which the cheeky double act is given a new lease of life in CGI, which will be aired by ABC KIDS Australia. In the fun and fast-paced new show, the loveable duo are given their big break in television to the dismay of many of the grown-ups at the TV station who try their best to have the piglets banished from television forever.
Marena Manzoufas, Head of Programming at ABC, said: "We are delighted to have such traffic and engaging programming from Granada International, whose programmes have always been extremely popular with our audiences."
Augustus Dulgaro added: "As ever, it is great to be working with our friends at ABC and we're thrilled they have taken a wide range of our new programming within this multi-genre deal."
Using a powerful combination of dramatic reconstructions and groundbreaking CGI, high risk rescues, including the devastating avalanche and Montroc and the siege of London's Iranian Embassy are retold moment by moment in thrilling factual series 'Extreme Rescue'.
(KMcA)