En Greece, the series is called IQ 160 ; in Czechia, it becomes Marta’s Extraordinary Stories. And since September 17, it has found its place in the schedule of the American channel ABC under the title High Potential (with a good audience of 11.5 million viewers). In France, it is known under the name of HPI. This series, very local, carried by the volcanic Audrey Fleurot in the role of an eccentric cleaning lady with a stratospheric IQ, is today the symbol of French know-how in terms of production.
In addition to shattering audience records on TF1 every Thursday evening (8 episodes of the series appear in the top 20 French audiences in 2023), HPI was sold in 107 countries. Behind this success, the Mediawan group, created in 2015, the leading producer of fiction in France for the 5th consecutive year, already at the origin of the series Ten percent (Call My Agent!).
From “Julie Lescaut” to “Lupin”
In France, the production of television fiction remains robust despite a slight decline in the volume of hours compared to 2022. Its export generated 74.5 million euros in 2023. However, it has come a long way. Isabelle Degeorges, director of Gaumont Télévision, remembers: “When I became a producer, twenty-four years ago, there were few channels, and there was public confidence in its national fiction with series like Julie Lescaut, Les Cordier, judge and cop Or Navarro. M […] Read more
