Global distributor, Banijay Rights, has announced further sales of Seven’s drama series RFDS to territories across Europe and the Middle East.
Portraying the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the sales follow the renewal of the second season by the Seven Network.
In deals negotiated across the Banijay Rights global sales team, the first season of RFDS has been acquired by Sky Italia, RTE in Ireland, M7 Group S.A. in Czech Republic and Slovakia, TV JOJ in Slovakia and The Walt Disney Company in Africa and the Middle East.
These agreements follow previous sales of the drama to Channel 4 for More 4 in the UK, PBS in the US, TV4 in Sweden, SBS in Belgium, Talpa in the Netherlands and TVNZ in New Zealand.
Claire Jago, EVP sales and acquisitions EMEA, Banijay Rights, said: “The re-commission of this powerful drama will once again chronicle the heroics and extraordinary stories of the doctors, nurses and support staff who risk their lives to save others in Australia’s red heart.
“We are thrilled this series will continue to delight audiences across Europe and the Middle East.”
Produced by Endemol Shine Australia – a Banijay company – for Channel Seven and 7plus, RFDS captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s vast centre where doctors and nurses, pilots and support staff negotiate the unique challenges of emergency rescue across some of the most inhospitable places in the country.
The three-time TV Week Logie Awards- and AACTA-nominated drama will see the return of acclaimed cast Emma Hamilton, Stephen Peacocke, Rob Collins, Justine Clarke, Ash Ricardo, Jack Scott, Sofia Nolan, Rodney Afif, Ash Hodgkinson and Thomas Weatherall.
Production on RFDS season two will commence in 2023, with writers Ian Meadows and Claire Phillips are returning with scripting underway. The series will be produced by Imogen Banks and Sara Richardson and executive produced by Julie McGauran for the Seven Network.
Season one of RFDS achieved a national total TV audience season average of 1.09 million viewers, with an average BVOD per episode of 110,000 people.