ABC Australia Acquire 40 Hours Of ITV Global Drama For Primetime

ITV Global Entertainment's Australia office has announced that the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster has acquired more than forty hours of high quality ITV Studios' and independently produced drama from ITV Global for its upcoming schedule.
Marena Manzoufas, Head of Programming at ABC Television, said: "We're all very excited to be announcing this new slate of ITV Global programming for ABC. Earlier this year we premiered ITV's hugely popular Lost in Austen and the latest instalments of Agatha Christie's Poirot and we are currently showing Agatha Christie's Marple, so we're looking forward to bringing more of the best UK drama to our millions of viewers."
Set to broadcast on ABC 1 and ABC 2 later this year, the deal includes the new and acclaimed ITV Studios comedy-drama series Boy Meets Girl starring Martin Freeman (The Office), together with FM, which stars Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd) and comedian Kevin Bishop.
Alongside the award-winning crime drama Blue Murder series, starring Caroline Quentin, Jeeves & Wooster, starring Hugh Laurie (House) and Stephen Fry (Bones) and the gripping costume drama Hornblower, starring Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) will return for encore broadcasts on ABC.
Augustus Dulgaro, SVP, Australia, New Zealand and Japan - TV Distribution, ITV Global Entertainment, said: "ABC is home to some of the world's best drama, so we're delighted that our latest deal will be bringing some of the UK's most exciting new shows, like FM, and television masterpieces such as Hornblower to ABC homes."
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