all3media international Notches Up Factual Deals

Some 350 hours of programming has been licensed by all3media international into Germany and Benelux in its latest round of deals, which sees Lion Television’s landmark three-part series The Great Fire of London: In Real Time heading to ZDF.

Also in Germany, ProSieben acquired a second season of Studio Lambert’s Body Fixers.

In Benelux, RTL picked up Studio Lambert’s Naked Attraction seasons one and two and the two-part special Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, as well as Maverick Television’s Escape. VRT went for a package featuring 20 Kids and Counting, Employable Me season two, Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens and Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard.

Discovery secured Benelux rights for three North One titles featuring Guy Martin: Guy Martin—Fastest Man on Two Wheels?, Guy Martin vs The Robot Car and three seasons of Speed with Guy Martin. Discovery also licensed three one-hour specials from Lion Television: The Great Wall of China—The Hidden Story, Secrets of China’s Forbidden City and Secrets of the Chinese Chariots—The War Machine that Shaped China.

Fox scored rights across the Benelux region for a total of 46 episodes of Heston’s Feast and Worst Cooks in America. Medialaan in Belgium picked up a factual package totaling 114 episodes, including Spun Gold TV’s Love Your Garden and My Big Fat Summer; Studio Ramsay’s Gordon Ramsay: 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine and Spa Wars; and Optomen’s Worst Cooks and Raised Without Rules, in addition to renewing Kitchen Nightmares USA.

Jonathan Hughes, sales manager for finished programs for German-speaking Europe and Benelux at all3media international, commented, “We’re very pleased to sign such a wide range of factual deals across Germany and Benelux featuring content that covers diverse subjects from history to cooking and motoring to real-life stories. These acquisitions highlight the strong performance of factual content across Europe, where it continues to deliver high-quality, distinctive programming that works well across a variety of platforms and audience demographics.”