Nine acquires The Travelling Auctioneers

Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has sold 300 hours of premium programming across both scripted and unscripted genres to Australia and New Zealand broadcasters and streamers.

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Nine Network has picked up the second series of The Travelling Auctioneers from UK-based distributor DCD Rights.

The series sees Bargain Hunt‘s Christina Trevanion and The Repair Shop‘s Will Kirk help families turn unwanted items into winning lots. They hit the road in their mobile auction house to visit people’s homes and assess items they are willing to sell.

Foxtel Group has also acquired more than 160 hours of programming including, among others, James Martin’s Spanish Adventure, Emergency: First Time Medics, Penn & Teller: Fool Us Series 7 and Bridezillas Series 13. Australian free-to-air channel

SBS has also secured the first window for Prue Leith: My Cotswold Kitchen, to run on SBS Food, and Foxtel will take the second window.

Acorn TV has bought 59 hours of Scottish detective drama Taggart series 10-18 and 23-27.

Rick Barker, SVP DCD Rights said, “Our drama and factual line up continues to grow with a plethora of returning premium series. We are delighted to have made this extensive quantity of sales to leading broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand so early in the New Year and look forward to introducing our brand-new programming in the coming weeks at the London Screenings.”