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Banijay UK Productions Limited
Trade name
Banijay UK
Formerly
Edenspring Limited (Jan–Mar 1983)
Edenspring Investments Public Limited Company (1983–1987)
Broadcast Communications PLC (1987–1998)
GMG Endemol Entertainment PLC (1998–2000)
Endemol Entertainment UK PLC (2000–2002)
Endemol UK PLC (2002–2011)
Endemol UK Limited (2011–2018)
Endemol Shine UK Limited (2018–2023)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Television
Genre
Production company
Founded
19 January 1983; 41 years ago (1983-01-19)
Founders
Joop van den Ende
John de Mol
Headquarters
Shepherd's Bush,
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Sophie Turner Laing
Richard Johnston
Lucinda Hicks
Peter Salmon
Number of employees
800
Parent
Fininvest (2007–2011)
Endemol Shine Group (2015–2020)
Banijay (2020–present)
Divisions
BlackLight
The Comedy Unit
Conker Pictures
Darlow Smithson Productions
Double Dutch
Douglas Road Productions
Dragonfly
Electric Robin
Fifty Fathoms
House of Tomorrow
Initial
IWC Media
Kindle Entertainment
Kudos
Mam Tor Productions
The Natural Studios
OP Media
Rabbit Track Pictures
Remarkable
Shine TV
Shiny Button Productions
Sidney Street
Simon's Cat Ltd.
Tiger Aspect Productions
Wild Mercury Productions
Workerbee
Yellow Bird UK
Zeppotron
Website
banijayuk.com
Footnotes / references [1]
Banijay UK Productions Limited,[1][2] trading as Banijay UK, is a British production company. Since 2020, the company has been a subsidiary of Banijay.
Banijay UK incorporates a number of production brands, including Artists Studio, Darlow Smithson Productions, House of Tomorrow, Initial, Remarkable Entertainment (previously Brighter Pictures and Cheetah Television), Tiger Aspect, Tigress Productions, Zeppotron, and their digital divisions: Endemol Games[3] and Endemol Digital Studio.
After entering a joint venture with 21st Century Fox, additional companies under the new Endemol Shine UK umbrella include Dragonfly, Kudos, and Princess Productions (now defunct). The various television production brands specialize in a broad range of genres including entertainment, reality series, drama series, specialist factual, arts, live events, music entertainment, documentaries, youth shows, and comedy.[4]
In the United Kingdom, Banijay UK is mostly known for producing Big Brother from 2000 onward and also Celebrity Big Brother from 2001 onward
^ ab"BANIJAY UK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 19 January 1983. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^"Gender Pay Report - Banijay UK Productions Limited ("Banijay UK")" (PDF). Banijay UK. 19 January 1983. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^"Endemol Shine Gaming". endemolgames.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^Barraclough, Leo (28 July 2014). "Endemol, Charlie Brooker Launch House of Tomorrow". Variety. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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