Episodes' Sales Goes Worldwide

The latest 'episode' in a long-running suceess story for Hat Trick International has seen its celebrated comedy drama, Episodes, now sold to 186 countries worldwide.
Series one of the primetime show, which stars Matt LeBlanc playing an outrageous version of himself, has been acquired by leading broadcasters throughout the globe including Channel Nine Australia, Kanal 5 Sweden, TV2 Denmark, TVNorge Norway, Fox Russia, Turner Latin America and HBO Central Europe.
Produced by Hat Trick Productions for Showtime in the US and BBC2 in the UK, Episodes is penned by the highly acclaimed writing partnership of David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You).
Sarah Tong, Director of Sales at Hat Trick International said: "Episodes has certainly lived up to expectations.
"It's been incredibly well received internationally thanks to its stellar cast and clever script. Episodes takes the lid off Hollywood in a witty and insightful way like no other show before and this has proved a topic of worldwide fascination."
Episodes tells the story of happily married couple Sean (Stephen Mangan - Green Wing, Free Agents) and Beverly (Tamsin Grieg - Green Wing, Love Soup) who are also the successful creators of a hit British TV show. Their life seems complete.
That is until a hugely powerful and charismatic US network president persuades them to move to LA to remake their show for American television.
However, things begin to unravel as soon as Sean and Beverly arrive in LA. They discover that the network president has never even seen their show.
To make matters worse, he insists that they replace their brilliant lead actor (Richard Griffiths), an erudite Royal Shakespeare veteran, with Matt LeBlanc. Sean and Beverly are appalled.
But the decision is out of their hands. Matt comes on board, and soon Sean and Beverly find themselves in a complicated triangle which threatens to destroy not just their TV show but also their marriage.
Hat Trick International (HTI) was established in 1998 to internationally distribute the award winning formats and finished shows created by Hat Trick Productions.
HTI's hit shows form cornerstones in schedules throughout the globe, including If I Ruled the World, Have I Got News for You, The Worst Week of My Life and Outnumbered and brand new comedy drama Episodes starring Matt LeBlanc (Friends) which launched at the start of 2011.
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