Mipcom: NRK’s cult teen series created by Julie Andem will go straight to commissioning in the five European territories.

Beta Film and NRK hold international rights for the format.

Banijay Studios France and France Télévision have partners for the French version, Germany’s Bantry Bay (backed by Beta Film) is collaborating with ZDF/funk, Movistar+ is developing the Spanish remake, Italy’s Cross Productions is working with media house TIMVISION, and in The Netherlands NTR is producing for NRT/NPO.

According to Beta Film’s statement, ‘all the partners were hand-picked by NRK’s executives and Beta to ensure the level of authenticity of the remakes which is seen as the key to the enormous success of the show within the target group’.

The Norwegian web and TV show in four seasons had millions of teen fans in Scandinavia and around the globe who followed the lives of a group of Oslo high school kids and their discussions about love, friendship, identity, peer pressure, sex, religion and status. The final episode shown on June 24, was followed by more than 1 million viewers on Skam’s dedicated website. 

NRK CEO Thor Gjermund Eriksen said: “Our mission is to create the best content possible for our Norwegian audience. At the same time, we are very excited about the tremendous interest that Skam (Shame) has generated outside of Norway. The creators of Skam aimed to help 16-year-old-girls, strengthen their self-esteem through dismantling taboos, making them aware of interpersonal mechanisms and showing them the benefits of confronting their fears. This is a vision we are proud to bring to other countries.”

Beta Film’s Justus Riesenkampff added: “Skam/Shame is an absolutely unique, highly authentic program, which zigzags between web and traditional TV. Its ability to connect to the young target group fascinates broadcasters and platforms all over the world. For us at Beta it is great fun to work with NRK on this show and on many more from NRK’s and NRK Super’s truly exceptional line-up.”

UK TV producer/artist manager Simon Fuller and the company XIX Entertainment acquired rights last year to create an English language remake.