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LMI Continues Portfolio Expansion

LMI recently welcomed a new addition in The Little Prince and just in time for the 80th Anniversary of the first edition in 2023. The Little Prince has sold more 200 million books globally in 500 languages, earning it the accolade of the 2nd most translated book in the world, after the Bible. This classic original publication boost more than 10,000 licensed products, has extended to a cinematic movie, a 3D animated Netflix series, a game with more than 100 million downloads, a theme park attraction, multiple global exhibitions, standalone stores, and in March 2022, returned to the city in which it was first created, New York, where it is now a Broadway musical!

What’s his name…? Dave Spud …of course!

Welcome to The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, the most recent, exciting series addition to the LMI portfolio from London based The Illuminated Film Company. With a multi-award-winning team of writers, producers, directors, music producers and cast, including Edward Foster, Iain Harvey, Dave Ingham, Hannah George, Johnny Vegas, Philip Glenister, Jane Horrocks, Lisa Hammond and Gina Yashere to name but a few, it is hardly surprising that the series has been nominated for 2 Broadcast Awards and 4 British Animation Awards and is the recent winner of the 2022 RTS Award for Best Children’s Programme. Who is Dave Spud? Dave is just an ordinary kid, an average boy and an unwitting creator of chaos! Dave, the magnet for disaster, is a fighter against the odds and our unlikely hero. He knows that no matter how rubbish things get, there is always room for them to get worse. But bring it on! For Dave and his Spud family are united – together they WILL prevail and do so with GUSTO! Side note ... and be back in time for tea. First commissioned in 2019 and airing on CiTV and iTV Hub in the UK, the series has 78 x 11mins in the can with a further season set for a 2023/24 release.

Benny Hill …is back!

Licensing management International Limited (LMI) have been appointed as the global licensing agency by Sterling Media and Marketing for the licensing rights to internationally famous comedian Benny Hill. “One of the great platforms that we export from the UK is humour and although some will say that Benny Hill‘s humour is somewhat dated there are certain markets including the UK, USA, Australia Spain and Japan where Benny still has a huge following with TV rights sold in over 25 territories,” enthused Andrew Maconie CEO of LMI. John Chappell, the principal of Stirling Media Marketing commented: “We are delighted to announce the global relationship with Andrew’s company LMI and pleased to report that the recent launch of the Benny Hill beer licensed to Wigan’s Mayflower Brewery has been a resounding success. We understand that LMI have had a positive reaction to Benny Hill in the gaming field and a number of other categories.” www.lmiuk.com