MediaWorks Announces New Acquisitions for 2016

MediaWorks Announces New Acquisitions for 2016

MediaWorks is pleased to announce an array of exciting new acquisitions in their television line up for 2016.

Thanks to a successful relationship with BBC Worldwide, MediaWorks have secured a new landmark series The Hunt, narrated by David Attenborough. The seven-part BBC Worldwide Natural History series takes an intimate and detailed look at the remarkable strategies employed by hunters to catch their prey, and the hunted to escape.

MediaWorks has also acquired highly anticipated drama series, The Night Manager starring Hugh Laurie through distribution company IMG Media. The series is a television adaptation of John le Carré’s best-selling novel of the same name.

From Channel Seven in Australia, comes the exciting new series Beach Cops, which will follow the police men and women who operate along Sydney's Northern Beaches.

Mary: The Making of a Princess from Channel Ten and Fremantle tells the story of Mary Donaldson, “the Aussie girl from Tasmania who became a Princess” and stars Kiwi actor Ryan O’Kane as Prince Frederik.

Following Peter Brock’s life - from his early racing days in the Austin A30 to his tragic death in Perth – Brock, a two-part mini-series, traces the soaring highs and brutal lows of Australia’s most famous racing car driver.

Other key returning series for 2016 include Farmer Wants A Wife, Humans, Married At First Sight Australia and Lip Sync Battle.

MediaWorks is pleased to include a stellar line up of local productions including The Bachelor New Zealand, The Block New Zealand, Westside, Grand Designs New Zealand, Lost and Found, 7 Days, Jono and Ben, and Funny Girls.

MediaWorks have decided not to renew their rights to air Top Gear for 2016.

Please read on for further information on The Hunt and The Night Manager.

THE HUNT
This series takes an intimate look at the remarkable strategies of hunters and, in some cases, the hunted, exploring the challenges animals face and the tactics they employ. How animals respond to a particular challenge will determine whether they are successful.

The strategies of both predators and prey are shaped by where they live, so each episode focuses on one principal habitat, whether savannah, jungle or ocean. Stories range from the desert lions that use the cloak of a sea mist to ambush oryx to the killer whales that use teamwork and sonar to pinpoint prey in the open ocean, from the spider that alters its hunting strategy to match its prey to the octopus that walks across land to reach fish trapped in rock pools.

Confident and cinematic in style, The Hunt is a celebration of nature’s most determined, specialised and cunning predators and their equally cunning and elusive prey. It combines the epic landscapes of Planet Earth with intimate, engaging behaviour.

THE NIGHT MANAGER
The Night Manager stars multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Hugh Laurie (House) and BAFTA-nominated Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse). Susanne Bier (Director of Academy Award winner In a Better World) directs all episodes of the project which also co-stars Emmy and BAFTA winner Olivia Colman (Broadchurch), BAFTA nominee Tom Hollander (Rev), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby) and David Harewood (Homeland).

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