Keeping it simple. Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) kicked off the new year with a sweet get-together at their home before welcoming their first child.
14.12.2022 - 11:09 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Hat Trick Productions, the storied British production company behind Derry Girls and Have I Got News For You, is courting sale talks.
Co-founded by Jimmy Mulville in 1986, Hat Trick has been a bastion of truly independent UK producers but is now entertaining interest from groups including All3Media and Fremantle.
The company has not formally declared it is up for sale and has not engaged the services of an M&A broker, but Deadline hears that it has recently held promising conversations with potential suitors.
Mulville has toyed with the idea of selling in the past, most recently in 2018, when he compared the process to a real estate agent valuing a house. Four years on, sources said there had been a flurry of interest in Hat Trick amid the success of shows including bomb squad drama Trigger Point.
Three sources said that All3Media, the super producer owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global, has run the rule over Hat Trick. ITV Studios is also said to have taken a look.
Two people said Fremantle had examined a deal having been on a shopping spree in 2022. Buyers in the US and Europe have also expressed interest, according to two sources.
Hat Trick is thought to be emphasising its drama credentials, which sources said could be of particular interest to Fremantle. The RTL Group-owned producer has been bolstering its scripted presence after acquiring Normal People producer Element Pictures and Passenger, which made Sky’s This England.
Hat Trick owns 50% of HTM Television, a joint venture with Jed Mercurio, the creator of Line Of Duty. HTM had its best-ever year in 2021, making shows including Trigger Point and Bloodlands.
Trigger Point, starring Line of Duty‘s Vicky McClure, averaged 9.3M viewers in
Keeping it simple. Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) kicked off the new year with a sweet get-together at their home before welcoming their first child.
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