UK to screen Emergency

UK broadcaster More4 has acquired three seasons of Emergency, where it will screen as The Emergency Ward from Sunday.

The Emergency Ward is produced by WTFN Entertainment,  following an extraordinary team of real-life medical heroes at The Royal Melbourne. Screening locally on Nine, the series offers unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, capturing each step of a patient’s journey on roving and fixed-rig cameras in the trauma bays, examination rooms and triage, and features interviews with doctors and nurses.

The deal, negotiated between Fred Media’s Mem Bakar and Channel 4’s senior acquisitions manager Polly Scates, is for 30 hours across season one, season three and the upcoming season four, which is currently in production and due to deliver later this year.

Mem Baker adds: “This series has proved a massive success in Australia, and I have no doubt that British viewers will soon be equally hooked and regularly checking-in with their favourite medics in The Emergency Ward. Through the acquisition of two existing series and another one in production, More4 has made a significant commitment to this title, and we are delighted to partner with Polly and the team to give this remarkable show such a brilliant home in the UK.”

More4 previously acquired two seasons of WTFN-produced Space Invaders (20 x 60) from Fred Media.