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Quintus Studios secures slate of acquisitions for European distribution
Quintus Studios, based in Berlin, has acquired several factual titles from European distributors to strengthen its on-demand documentary channels.
The studio has picked up Secrets of the Royal Babies (1 x 60 minutes), produced by Spun Gold for ITV, to air on Quintus’ Free Documentary History channel.
Engineering Giants (3 x 60 minutes) and
Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary
Beard,
produced by Lion Television, will air on its Free Documentary channel. All three titles were purchased in a volume deal with All3Media International.
Quintus also acquired
Dangerous Flights (8 x 60 minutes) produced by Pixcom Productions, both from distributor Cineflix Rights.
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Channel 4 s Britain s Most Expensive Houses followed millionaire house hunters searching for their dream home last night - but viewers slammed the programme for the vulgar displays of wealth.
The show, which aired last night, went inside exclusive estate agent Sotheby s as they marketed historic houses, stately homes, millionaire mansions and penthouse pads to various high end clients.
The programme saw a first-time buyer with a staggering £4 million budget, while a Russian agent also offered an unnamed client a virtual tour of a London property on the market for £40 million.
Meanwhile one Londoner was left amazed at how much they could buy with their £2 million budget outside of the capital.
Richard Osman’s Christmas House of Games Night (BBC1, 7pm) THE first primetime run of the Pointless co-host’s fun series went down a treat recently, and now a festive-themed episode is heading our way. Alex Horne – who’s used to posing the questions and challenges on Taskmaster – takes part alongside comedy actor Sarah Hadland, Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood and newsreader Charlene White. All that stands between them and the House of Games Christmas trophy is a selection of tricky quizzes.
Meerkat: A Dynasties Special (BBC1, 7.30pm) DAVID Attenborough lends his dulcet tones to this documentary, which follows the fortunes of young meerkat queen Maghogho, who calls the salt pans of Makadikadi in Botswana home. The arid conditions make it one of the harshest environments on the planet, but she is determined to raise her pups there, with help from her extended family. Maghogho is their seemingly fearless leader, but battling dust storms and fights with r