Banijay UK is a collective of leading independent producers from all around the UK
Banijay UK is a collective of leading independent producers from all around the UK

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  1. Zeppotron

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    Formed in 2000 from a core of the writing and production team behind The 11 O’Clock Show, Zeppotron has always had comedy at its heart, and a name that people find difficult to spell. Over the years we went from passing the time by pretending to run a van hire business to winning some actual commissions. Charlie Brooker’s cult website TV Go Home became a TV series as did the Innovations catalogue parody, Unnovations. More commissions soon followed and Zeppotron now finds itself with a portfolio of non-scripted and scripted comedy hits including Would I Lie to You? (BBC One), 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night (C4), The Mash Report (BBC Two), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two) and The Rack Pack (BBC iPlayer original feature film). Along the way we made Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe (BBC Four), The Law of the Playground (C4), Space Cadets (C4), Spoons (C4), A Touch of Cloth (Sky 1), You Have Been Watching (C4), John Cooper Clarke presents Clarkie’s Christmas Crackers (BBC Arts), the first series of Black Mirror (C4) and much, much more.

    Zeppotron has a reputation throughout the industry for making brilliantly produced, high quality comedy and comedy-entertainment shows. The company attracts the very best talent, both on and off-screen, and pride themselves on being a company that broadcasters can trust and that people like to work for.

  2. Workerbee Group

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    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.

  3. Wild Mercury

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    Wild Mercury was established in 2017 by Derek Wax, under Banijay Group, to develop and produce bold, irreverent, imaginative stories for UK and US broadcasters, in creative collaboration with the most original writers working in drama and comedy.

    Wild Mercury are drawn to writers with strong authorial voices and to dramas that take creative risks, bringing exciting, unfamiliar worlds to audiences.

    Productions include The Sixth Commandment for BBC One, The Rig Prime Video, along with Humans for Channel 4 and AMC and Troy: Fall Of a City, for BBC and Netflix, both in association with Kudos. Current projects include The Rig Series 2 for Prime Video.

  4. Tiger Aspect

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    Tiger Aspect Productions is internationally recognised as one of the UK’s most successful and prolific independent television producers. The company portfolio includes Children’s/Animation, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment and Factual/Features genres.

    The company creates a wide range of critically acclaimed and award-winning programming for all the UK’s major terrestrial and non-terrestrial broadcasters.  In addition our creative output now enjoys high profile internationally through commissions for major foreign networks.  Tiger Aspect programmes are shown by a host of broadcasters in hundreds of territories.

    Our programming is built on our relationships with the best on offer in UK talent. The company’s belief in nurturing and supporting creativity on every level means that Tiger Aspect consistently attracts the ultimate in on-screen, writing and production talent.

     

     

  5. Simon’s Cat

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    Simon’s Cat (part of Banijay UK) is one of the biggest YouTube sensations in the world. From a single free-to-air, two-minute cartoon, it is now a major global success, with 1.5bn views and 6 million subscribers on YouTube and over 19m followers and 1.5b views across social media.

    The Simon’s Cat brand also enjoys international success across multiple categories including gaming, publishing and apparel. There have been more than 100 million digital sticker downloads, in excess of 25 million mobile gaming downloads and over 2 million books sold across 30 countries.

     

  6. Sidney Street

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    Sidney Street was launched by Karen Ross in 2016 to make high quality, formatted factual entertainment with an emphasis on story telling. Gathering some of the best talent in the business both on and off camera, Sidney Street delivers high production values and addictive, heartfelt programmes that always place character at their core.

  7. Shine TV

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    Shine TV has grown to become one of the UK’s most successful Production companies. Shine TV makes popular television in all forms: from single documentaries to global factual entertainment. The company works hard to make sure that everything surprising, challenging, entertaining, witty and warm – and always supported by the highest production values.

  8. Remarkable Entertainment

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    Remarkable Entertainment is home to the biggest quiz shows and entertainment formats in the UK.

    Creativity and fun are at the heart of everything we do and we’re proud to produce joyful and escapist content for the broadest possible audience.

    Not only are our programmes packed with fun, warmth, excitement and drama, they’re always fronted by the biggest talent.

    Our shows include hugely successful, long running quiz formats for the BBC, Pointless, Pointless Celebrities and Richard Osman’s House of Games and ITV’s latest Saturday night hit singing show Starstruck.

    New commissions for 2023 include the long-awaited return of reality show Survivor fronted by Joel Dommett (BBC).

    Remarkable Entertainment has an enviable legacy devising and producing genre-defining formats that have travelled the globe, including The Million Pound Drop (50+ territories), All Together Now (15+ territories), and Deal or No Deal (80+ territories).

    Formed in 2009 as part of the Endemol Shine Group, we are now proud to be part of the global Banijay family – the largest independent content producer and distributor in the world with production companies across 22 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue boasting over 120,000 hours of original standout programming.

  9. Kudos

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    Kudos, part of Banijay UK, is one of the world’s leading television production companies, specializing in scripted content. We work with the best global talent to create, develop, and produce popular, innovative, award-winning drama and comedy series.

    Recent productions include SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC One), Code 404 (Sky One), Grantchester (ITV), Responsible Child (BBC Two), Utopia (Amazon), Deadwater Fell (Channel 4), and Deep Water (ITV).

    Kudos North is the Manchester-based sister company of Kudos.

     

  10. Initial

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    Initial is a non-scripted company specialising in reality and entertainment. They have a proven track record in delivering big shows with humour and heart. The company prides itself on being ambitious, compassionate and a fun place to work. They love a funny idea, a compelling cast and pretty much anything with celebrities in it.

  11. Electric Robin

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    Founded in 2013 by Kevin Batchelor and Ross Brandon, Electric Robin are an award winning company that think differently. With audiences at the heart of everything we create, our content pushes boundaries and compels meaningful engagement, whether it’s for major global brands, or the UK’s biggest TV and online shows.

    We love working with the world’s biggest talent. Our expertise in crafting visual excellence, always with first class direction in a safe, relaxed and productive environment produces results that consistently surpass expectations.

    Innovation is the life blood of the team, from development to delivery. Not only does it ensure we challenge convention at every step, it has also helped influence cultural shifts in the way that content is viewed.

    Electric Robin is part of Banijay – the world’s largest content creator and distributor.

  12. DSP

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    DSP is one of the world’s leading television production companies.

    We have achieved widespread recognition and success, producing unscripted content and drama of the highest quality for UK, US and international broadcasters.

    Our current reputation is based on quality series from Interior Design Masters, Yorkshire Steam Railway and What Britain Buys and Sells, to landmark singles such as last year’s Emmy winning In Cold Blood and Secrets of the Salisbury Poisonings. Our extensive archive includes Bafta and Emmy winning films like Touching The Void and The Falling Man.

    From our bases in London and Brighton (DSP South), we produce high quality programmes each year for many of the world’s leading broadcasters, including BBC, ITV, Discovery Plus National Geographic, Netflix, and C5.

    Above all, DSP prides itself on combining passionate story-telling and rigorous authenticity to lead the field in factual television.