Keshet International (KI) and the Seven Network are launching a second FAST channel dedicated to showcasing Crackit’s Trucking Hell on Australia’s premier free streaming platform, 7plus.
Titled Trucking Hell, this new FAST channel sees KI licensing and delivering nine seasons (159 hours) of Crackit TV’s Trucking Hell—an adrenaline-fueled “at work” factual entertainment series about heavy vehicle rescue—to the Seven Network for its streaming platform 7plus.
Trucking Hell takes viewers inside the high-stakes world of Crouch Recovery, a family-run heavy rescue operation that clears Britain’s biggest road disasters—fast—so the country keeps moving. Each episode follows the full recovery cycle, from the emergency call to the final clearance: rollovers, smash-ups, breakdowns, and tangled motorway blockages, tackled with an extraordinary fleet of super-heavy recovery vehicles and a crew of larger-than-life specialists.
They work in punishing conditions—night, rain, wind, live traffic—with police, highways agencies and customers demanding immediate results. They might look like everyday blokes, but when a motorway becomes a danger zone, Crouch Recovery are the unsung heroes who go in, lift the impossible, and get Britain back on track.
Last December, KI and the Seven Network launched True Crime Files, a FAST channel on 7plus featuring true crime content produced predominantly by Woodcut Media—including the latest two seasons of the phenomenally successful World’s Most Evil Killers (S8 & S9: 40×60’), Jo Frost on Killer Kids (4×60’, produced with Nanny Jo Productions), and Murdered in the Line of Duty (3×60’) – together with Woodcut International.
With a lineup of more than 50 FAST channels, 7plus is a growing premium free streaming platform in Australia, with consumption up 58 per cent YOY. Live viewing is driving this growth, up 84 per cent YOY, with On Demand consumption also up 30 per cent YOY. The streaming platform now has 15.4 million verified registered users, with 1.4 million new user registrations secured in 2025.
“FAST on 7plus has surged in 2025, with exceptional growth that reflects the platform’s commitment to premium content, simplicity of navigation and the value of free streaming. Streamed FAST channel minutes are now +68 per cent YOY, with an average monthly audience of 618,000, up 18 per cent YOY,” said Richard Henson, director of distribution and content partnerships at Seven Network.
“Australia’s VoD services and FAST channels are going from strength to strength, so we are excited to be cementing our partnership with 7plus to launch Trucking Hell, our second FAST channel together,” added Kelly Wright, KI’s MD of Distribution.
“Having witnessed the success in the UK and globally for our Trucking Hell brand, we and our commissioning broadcaster in the UK, 5, are delighted that a FAST channel is being launched for fans of Trucking Hell in Australia,” concluded Elaine Hackett, founder, CEO and CCO, Crackit TV.
As worldwide distributor for all nine series of Crackit TV’s Trucking Hell (totalling 159 episodes produced to date), KI has licensed this factual entertainment docuseries to ProSieben and Discovery in Germany, Nelonen in Finland, TV2 in Hungary, Free TV in Israel, Sky in New Zealand, CBS Reality in Africa and Poland, and Viasat in the Nordics, CIS, CEE and sub-Saharan Africa.
Trucking Hell is also one KI’s most successful AVOD title, with multiple deals signed with Tubi TV, Little Dot, Pluto TV, amongst others.
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