Scripted

Sphere Abacus has secured a suite of scripted sales in the run-up to Content London. The gripping crime drama "Scrublands" (4 x one hour), an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, has been licensed by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, Proximus Media House – Belgium, and RUV – Iceland for Season 1. "Scrublands: Silver" (4 x one hour) has also been taken by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, as well as RUV for Iceland.

Proximus Media House – Belgium has picked up "The Cuckoo" (4 x one hour) from Clapperboard Studios, "Safehaven" (10 x one hour) from Ravenwood Productions, and "Summertide" Series 1 (Eps 14–46) from Red Letter Day Pictures.

"The Game" (4 x one hour), produced by Clapperboard Studios, has been acquired by RUV – Iceland, while "The Boy That Never Was" (4 x one hour), produced by Subotica and based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry, has been sold to Super Channel – Canada.

SBS – Australia has secured "Late Bloomer" Season 1 (8 x half hour), a Pier 21 Films production, along with both seasons of "Rough Cut" (12 x one hour), produced by Vox Pictures.

"Hope Street" Seasons 1 and 2 (20 x one hour), produced by Long Story TV, have been picked up by TVO – Canada; Seasons 1 and 4 (18 x one hour) have been licensed by BritBox in the Nordics for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden; while BBC Studios – CEE and Poland, BBC NL in the Netherlands, and BBC First in Belgium have acquired Season 5 (8 x one hour).

As recently announced, "Heated Rivalry" (6 x one hour), produced by Bell Media Inc., has been sold to HBO Max – U.S. and Australia, Movistar Plus+ in Spain, and Neon – New Zealand.

Sphere Abacus’ Head of Sales Hana Palmer comments, “We are delighted that these premium dramas, created with high-end production values, continue to be popular around the world. We look forward to securing more sales during Content London this week.”