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Australian medical observational series EMERGENCY secures international sales

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Australian factual series Emergency has secured more international sales.

The medical obs-doc series Emergency had already been sold to the UK, and has now been sold to Sweden, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Brunei.

Further deals are currently being negoiated to sell the program into more markets in Europe and North America.

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The high-intensity series, produced by WTFN for Nine in Australia, follows an extraordinary team of real-life medical heroes as they fight to save patients suffering life-threatening injuries in one of Australia’s biggest and busiest emergency hospitals, The Royal Melbourne.

The series premiered on Nine in early July to solid ratings and .

Adrian Swift, Nine’s head of content, production and development says:

Emergency has been the Australian factual hit of 2020. The show has brought the real lives of the frontline doctors and nurses in to our loungerooms, and audiences have loved what they’ve seen.

Emergency more than doubled the previous slot average and achieved a FTA primary commercial channel share of 42.2% in total people and 33.5% share of 16-39s. It has won its time slot against Big Brother and Bachelor in Paradise on rival networks.

Emergency is factual programming at its best: raw, authentic stories beautifully told.”

Roger Vanderspikken, Fred Media’s COO adds:

“With its combination of excellent ratings, unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and a filming and narrative style that has much in common with scripted medical shows, Emergency is attracting a lot of interest from broadcasters keen to see new takes on ‘flashing light’ shows.

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened global fascination for the work of people on the frontline in hospitals and the continued challenges they face while often putting their own lives at risk.

We are excited to see the response from UK audiences and will watch with interest as the series rolls out in Sweden, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Brunei, as well as those other territories close to finalising deals.”

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