Hulu takes Slap

Broadcasters in North America and Poland have acquired an Australian drama series from London-based distributor DCD Rights.

The Slap (8×60’), produced by Australia’s Matchbox Pictures, has been acquired by Hulu in the US, Société Radio Canada and Polish pay channel distributor Kino Polska.

These new deals add to the recent format adaptation of the drama in the US, where a five-episode miniseries debuted on NBC in February.

Meanwhile, Fox Africa has acquired the first two seasons (16×60’ in total) of legal drama Rake, taking the total number of territories airing the show to more than 100. The programme is an Essential Media & Entertainment and Blow By Blow production for ABC Australia and Screen NSW.

At MipTV next month, DCD Rights will debut its latest drama series from Essential Media – The Principal (4×60’) – which is currently in production for SBS TV.

Starring Alex Dimitriades (The Slap), Aden Young (Rectify, The Code) and Mirrah Foulkes (Top of the Lake), The Principal is set inside the pressure cooker of a troubled secondary school, where a new head’s radical attempts at reform, initially met with scepticism by staff and students alike, are starting to make progress – until a student is found dead on school grounds.