London – Hat Trick International is set to debut a host of brand new formats at MIPTV, working with its partners at Hat Trick Productions and Plum Pictures to deliver globally-adaptable formats ranging from lively and original game shows to inspirational and informative reality series.

Originally produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4 in the UK, where a 30 x 1 hour version is in production featuring Noel Edmonds as host, Cheap Cheap Cheap is an inspired collision of comedy and game show. The action takes place in a fictional convenience store and centres around a game show, hosted by Noel, playing the store owner, who invites pairs of contestants to win an increasing amount of money by correctly picking the cheapest of three similar items. Throughout the game, the shop’s eccentric staff offer the contestants advice, encouragement – and distraction, delivering a truly original show.

With the gap between the rich and the poor greater than ever, timely new format Rich House Poor House follows two families from opposite ends of the wealth divide as they trade places in a bid to find out whether money really does buy happiness.  Aspirational reality format How to Live Mortgage Free follows a team of property experts as they meet the people who are self-building unconventional homes, all with one aim in mind: to be mortgage/rent free.  Combining tear-jerking poignancy with inspiring stories of human endeavour, Lost and Found is a new pet rescue series with two territories of canine tales.  Each episode follows a live lost case, tracking the search for a missing dog in real time while also shining a light on Britain’s biggest canine rescue charity as they work tirelessly to re-home unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Sarah Tong, Director of Sales at Hat Trick International, commented, “I’m excited to be bringing such a diverse and high-quality slate of brand new formats developed by our production partners to MIP-TV. Despite the wide variety of the subject matter, all four titles offer strong potential for easy adaptation for local markets and tastes – with our reality formats tackling timely and globally-relevant issues that are increasingly important to a wide range of people around the world – and, of course, our new game show Cheap Cheap Cheap bringing an essential element of fun and laughter to international schedules. And all this on top of Hat Trick International format favourites such as Have I Got News For You, Room 101 and Whose Line is it Anyway? that continue to be remade worldwide year after year.”