Banijay UK Productions

Banijay UK Productions Limited
	Logo used since 2023
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 production
Founded	19 January 1983
Founders	Joop van den Ende; John de Mol;
Headquarters	Shepherd's Bush, London, England
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Patrick Holland (executive chair and CEO); Sarb Nijjer (chief operating officer);
Number of employees	800
Parent	Guardian Media Group (1990–1998, 100%; 1998–2000, 50%); Endemol (1998–2000, 50%; 2000–2015, 100%); Endemol Shine Group (2015–2020); Banijay Entertainment (2020–present);
Divisions	BlackLight; Conker; Double Dutch; Douglas Road Productions; Dragonfly; Darlow Smithson Productions; Electric Robin; Esmeralda Productions; Garrison Drama Limited; Immovable Studios; Initial; IWC Media; Kudos; Mam Tor Productions; Rabbit Track Pictures; Remarkable Entertainment; Shine TV; Sidney Street; Simon's Cat; The Comedy Unit; The Forge; Tiger Aspect Productions; What's The Story Bounds; Wild Mercury; Workerbee Group; Zeppotron;
Website	banijayuk.com
	Footnotes / references;

Banijay UK Productions Limited, trading as Banijay UK, is a British production company. Since 2020, the company has been a subsidiary of Banijay Entertainment. 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 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.

In the United Kingdom, Banijay UK is mostly known for producing Big Brother from 2000 onward and also Celebrity Big Brother from 2001 onward.