First Format Deal for Château DIY

Spark Media Partners and Cineflix Rights have inked their first format deal for the Château DIY brand, bringing the show to Australia with a local treatment.

The 5×60-minute Château DIY Australia will follow Australian families who have given up their lives in Australia to travel halfway around the globe to start a new life in France. Following the same structure as Château DIY, the local version will feature multiple families at different stages of their castle renovations and business ventures.

Château DIY already sells as finished tape to multiple territories globally, but this is the first time the franchise has landed a format deal.

Spark Media Partners will produce the new series, with Joff Hatfield-Powell, chief creative officer, serving as executive producer. Hatfield-Powell said, “We know there are hundreds of intrepid château owners traveling from all over the world to build their fairytale life renovating a château in France, so we’re delighted to be partnering with Nine Network to produce our first local version of this global format.”

Richard Life, senior VP of acquisitions and co-productions at Cineflix Rights, added, “Château DIY is a hugely successful show enjoyed by millions of viewers around the world. We see a lot of opportunity for local versions of the format, and we’re thrilled to be announcing this first deal on the back of multiple recent international deals for existing seasons of the U.K. show.”