Pure entertainment & world class films

Workerbee specialise in premium unscripted content both for UK and global networks and platforms. Part of the Banijay UK family, they live for inspirational stories told using the highest production values. Based in Manchester Workerbee is the fastest growing UK indie outside of London and has two divisions; formats and films.

Workerbee Formats produces pure entertainment including the upcoming Celebrity Bear Hunt (Netflix), Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge (Peacock), The Bridge (HBO Max & Channel 4), and Idris Elba’s Fight School (BBC).

Workerbee Films makes world class features and docu-series. It has a multi-project production deal with Academy Award winning Director Kevin MacDonald and highlights include Janet Jackson (A+E, Lifetime, Hulu and Sky), Bruno Vs Tyson (Sky Originals),  Human Playground (co-pro with Scenery for Netflix) That Peter Crouch Film (Amazon) and Four Kings (Amazon).

Subsidiary labels include:

Navybee

Navybee is a new label from renowned producer Demi Doyle. Housed within the Workerbee Group (part of Banijay UK), the label focusses on high-profile talent-led premium documentaries. An expert in telling stories with warmth, humour and compassion, Demi’s past credits include Tyson Fury: The Gypsy Kid (ITV) and At Home with the Fury’s (Netflix). The upcoming Molly Mae: Behind It All doc-series for Prime Video is Navybee’s first project.

Try Drraig 

Ty’r Ddraig is a Welsh indie, proudly based in North-East Wales and headed up by Creative Director, Ben Smith. They specialise in factual entertainment and documentaries and spin out stories in both Welsh and English from the land of song and storytelling to the rest of the world with upcoming productions including BBC’s new daytime series Lost and Found In The Lakes.

Workerbee Post

Workerbee offer remote and in-house Avid offline and online suites, Resolve HDR grade and finishing and content delivery and QC for all the major networks.