Banijay Rights Sells Rags-To-Riches Series ‘The Hardacres’ Around The World As Boss Cathy Payne Tells Us “Everyone Is Grappling With How To Fund Scripted”

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EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has sold rags-to-riches series The Hardacres to a wealth of territories as the sales giant reveals one of its biggest pre-MIPCOM deal packages with the Cannes confab kicking off next week. The Channel 5 show from All Creatures Great and Small producer Playground chronicles the loves and fortunes of the working-class Hardacre […]

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