Frantic factual finds worldwide buyers

Frantic Films produced High Maintenance for Smithsonian Channel

International broadcasters and platforms have picked up Canadian factual series High Maintenance and Killer in Plain Sight, both produced by Frantic Films.

High Maintenance, which was made by Frantic Films for Blue Ant Media’s Smithsonian Channel, has been picked up by National Geographic Channel in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Asia; LRT in Lithuania; Discovery in the US and Latin America; Koch Media in Germany; and Iberian sales house Luk Internacional.

The 8×60’ series looks behind the scenes and meets the maintenance and repair teams responsible for keeping some of the world’s most impressive super-structures safe, including the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations at Niagara Falls, the Montreal Metro and the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in California.

Executive producers for Frantic Films are CEO Jamie Brown and producer Jeff Peeler.

True crime series Killer in Plain Sight (52×30’), commissioned from Frantic by Investigation Discovery, has been acquired by Hulu in the US and Crime + Investigation in Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and the Italian province of Alto Adige.

Koch Media has picked up the series for distribution in the UK, Malta, Gibraltar, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland, while German sales house Palatin will license the show in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Alto Adige.

Killer in Plain Sight features disturbing cases of murder where the detectives look at all those involved as a suspect and must filter the lies from the truth in order to crack the case. Brown exec produces.

Brown repurchased 100% of Frantic Films earlier this year after the collapse of Kew Media, which had owned the prodco since 2017.

The sales were secured by the shows’ distributor, London-based Abacus Media Rights.