Rayson set for return to Cannes

Distribution veteran Alison Rayson will be back at MipTV next month with a new slate as part of her joint venture with DLT Entertainment.

Alison Rayson

Last Mipcom, Rayson unveiled DLT/Raydar Rights, a joint venture with DLT, following her exit from now-defunct Target Entertainment. She has since picked up BBC1 primetime drama Our Girl for distribution.

The 1×90′ show debuted last Sunday night in the UK and stars Lacey Turner as a “disenfranchised inner-city tearaway” who joins the Army. The BBC production was written by Tony Grounds (Births, Marriages & Deaths) and directed by David Drury (Ashes to Ashes).

Other shows that DLT/Raydar will be taking to Cannes include Emmy-winning interactive teen thriller Reservoir Hill, created by New Zealand independent producer KHF Media for TVNZ. DLT/Raydar has international rights to both the finished programme and the format.

Also from KHF is romantic comedy Girl vs Boy, which is currently in production for a second season for TVNZ’s TV2, and Sundog Pictures’ Channel 4 factual commission Flatmates. Children’s content is in the mix with Blue Zoo’s preschool Nickelodeon series Olive the Ostrich, alongside DLT’s revamped 1980s gameshow format Talkabout.

Rayson said her alliance with DLT “will combine our strengths to build a diverse, innovative and original slate from the world’s best format creators and independent producers.”

The distribution exec left Target in October 2011, ahead of the company moving into administration after parent Metronome failed to find a buyer earlier this year.