Off The Fence has sold more than 200 hours of shows to international broadcasters at MIPCOM.

Planete France has acquired 14 hours including wildlife film-making doc Up Close and Dangerous, three 50-minute shows about ancient world creations and Heaven’s Gate, the story of a suicide cult of the same name.

The History Channel in the UK has also bought Heaven’s Gate along with one-hour specials Children of Waco and Tragedy in Amish Country.

Hundreds more hours have been sold to broadcasters across Europe.

Managing Director Ellen Windemuth said: "We launched more than 80 hours of factual programming at MIPCOM this year and are delighted with the response received from international buyers.

"Combined with the recently announced opening of local offices in Cape Town and Singapore as well as the continued success of our UK production office, this year has provided huge opportunities for growth and development for Off the Fence worldwide which we were able to communicate to the international marketplace at MIPCOM.

"The continued strength of our distribution business is a hugely important sector of our activity as we move into 2008."