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Sky’s Katie Keenan, RTÉ’s Dermot Horan, MultiChoice’s Waldimar Pelser, TV 2 Denmark’s Lars Erik Nielsen and SVT’s Karolina Stallwood shared their scripted acquisition wish lists as the TV Drama Festival kicked off today.

Allende, the Thousand Days is a political drama thriller on offer from Onza Distribution.

Cineflix Rights’ Tom Misselbrook, senior VP of scripted sales and development, shares details about The Doll Factory, adapted for television from the best-selling novel by Elizabeth Macneal.

Eccho Rights is again partnering with the Turkish producers Sürec Film, taking out its drama Grapes of Love to the global market.

House Productions, part of BBC Studios, has expanded its operations with the opening of a base in Manchester, to be led by Louise Sutton.

Leading OGM UNIVERSE’s slate for MIPCOM is the second season of Stickman.

Kings is one of Record TV’s highlights at MIPCOM.

ITV has commissioned the thriller Protection, starring Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall and Katherine Kelly.

Set in 1980, the Kanal D International MIPCOM highlight A Father’s Promise follows a struggling factory worker who faces dire financial circumstances in a quest to save his wife’s life.

On offer from atv Distribution, Safir centers on Feraye, a housekeeper for a wealthy family who falls in love with Yaman, one of the heirs.