M6, L’Equipe pick up Beyond factual

Doc series Heavy Rescue originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada

French broadcasters including M6, L’Equipe and Mediawan have added English-language factual content, including Channel 4 property series Love It or List It, to their schedules.

London- and Sydney-based sales house Beyond Distribution has sold over 120 hours of unscripted content into the country.

M6 has acquired the first four seasons of Love It or List It (30×60’), which originally aired on UK broadcaster C4, produced by Raise the Roof Productions. It features property experts Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp as they go head-to-head to convince homeowners to either sell their home or refurbish it.

Sports broadcaster L’Equipe has picked up all four seasons of docuseries Heavy Rescue (46×60’), which follows rescue and maintenance crews working to keep traffic flowing on Canada’s busiest highway. It originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada before switching to The Weather Channel.

Finally, French media group Mediawan has bagged four true crime series, Storm of Suspicion (8×60’), Outlaw Tech (6×60’), stand alone doc Built to Last (1×60’) and seasons one and two of Grudge Race (20×30’), as well as kids’ edutainment series Wow! That’s Amazing (26×30’).