Hat Trick Inks Deals for True-Crime Content

LONDON: Hat Trick International has secured deals with a host of global broadcasters for true-crime titles such as The Mafia with Trevor McDonald.

The Mafia with Trevor McDonald, Plum Pictures’ recent two-parter for ITV, has been sold to Medialaan (Belgium), Nine Network (Australia), FTV Prima (Czech Republic), TV2 Danmark (Denmark), Planete+ CI (France), AMC Networks (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia), 365 Media (Iceland), UTV (Ireland), RTL (Netherlands) and TV2 (Norway). Also from Plum Pictures for ITV, Rookie Cops has been picked up by Medialaan (Belgium), TV2 (Denmark), UTV (Ireland), Prime (New Zealand) and TV2 (Norway).

Plum Pictures’ new two-part ITV documentary Killer Women with Piers Morgan will be making its debut at MIPTV. In the doc, the CNN and Got Talent presenter and journalist embarks on a road trip across Texas and Florida to meet some of the world’s most notorious female murderers.

Also prepped for MIPTV is the 4×1-hour Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, the first series commission from Emma Read’s new Emporium Productions following the U.K. producer’s recently announced partnership with Hat Trick.

Sarah Tong, the director of sales at Hat Trick International, commented, “We’re certainly seeing a peak of interest in true crime following recent high-profile series—however in our experience this genre has always been a consistently strong performer in the global market for factual content. These fascinating titles offer a unique glimpse into a range of shocking, but also compelling, real stories, characters and environments, resulting in absorbing viewing that holds wide audience appeal.”