Rae Langford

TBI Vision • 12th January 2021

Five reasons why dating in a pandemic works

James Townley, global head of content development at Banijay, explains how dating formats have adapted to the pandemic – and flourished – even if finding romance off-camera is proving tricker right now.

The global television audience can’t get enough of dating formats, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. So why exactly does dating work in a pandemic? Despite the tough conditions singletons have encountered in the health crisis, channels and platforms have not given up bringing hope an

C21media • 3rd April 2021

NPO3 books Table for Two

Dutch broadcaster NPO3 has ordered a factual entertainment format set in a restaurant from Banijay-owned local production company SimpelZodiak.

Table for Two (Tafel voor Twee) focuses on two people having dinner, where one of the guests in each episode has no idea why they have been invited.

The mystery guest in the 8×50’ series could be a loved one, long-lost friend or an ex-partner, who will have the chance to say something they have wanted to get off their chest.

SimpelZodiak, formed by th

C21media • 31st March 2021

Domino Effect travels to France

French broadcaster M6 has commissioned a local adaptation of competition format Domino Effect from Banijay-owned Endemol Shine France.

Domino Effect, originally developed by Endemol Shine North America in collaboration with YouTube domino star Lily Hevesh, was picked up for local adaptation by RTL4 in the Netherlands earlier this month.

The format sees pairs of domino builders compete to build the most creative and impressive domino structures, with one pair eliminated each week.

VideoAge International • 31st March 2021

Banijay Confirms ‘Changing Rooms’ Comeback In Germany

Banijay announced that commercial broadcaster RTLZWEI ordered a four-part series of Changing Rooms for Germany.

Produced by Banijay Productions Germany, Changing Rooms follows two sets of homeowners as they race to renovate a room in each other’s houses. The home renovation format returns to Germany after 15 years.

Changing Rooms initially premiered in the U.K. in 1996. It has since been adapted in 12 markets. This year, the format also returns to U.K. on Channel 4, in a partnership with Dulux

TBI Vision • 22nd January 2021

Sweden’s TV4 orders Minnow format ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins” from Banijay’s Jarowskij

The eight-part remake is being produced by Banijay’s Swedish label Jarowskij and will see 18 civilian volunteers participate in a Special Forces training camp, supervised by four former instructors.

It was originally created by UK production company Minnow Films and has been produced in six markets to date, including the UK, US, France, and Australia, where a second season was recently commissioned. Banijay Rights sells the format globally.

In Denmark, three seasons of the show have aired and

TTV News • 10th February 2021

LEGO Masters de Banijay se adaptará en dos nuevos países europeos

El nuevo formato de competencia será producido en Dinamarca y Finlandia, que se suman a las versiones locales ya realizadas en EEUU, Reino Unido, Australia, Alemania, Bélgica, Países Bajos, Suecia, Polonia y Francia.

Banijay anunció dos nuevas adaptaciones para el exitoso formato con Dinamarca y Finlandia como los últimos países a bordo.

La productora danesa Metronome, una compañía de Banijay, producirá el programa para TV2, y Endemol Shine Finland llevará el formato de competencia a las audie

TBI Vision • 11th January 2021

Banijay & Rainer Laux partner on new German reality label

Global production powerhouse Banijay is launching a new reality label in Germany in collaboration with producer Rainer Laux.

Rainer Laux Productions is a partnership between the veteran producer and the Banijay-owned Endemol Shine Germany label, under which the new company will focus on the development, production and sales of new reality formats.

Laux previously served as producer on the first season of the German version of for Endemol in 2000 and went on to make for Sat.1. More recently, he

TVDRAMA • 26th March 2021

Banijay Germany's MadeFor Unveils Two New Titles

MadeFor, the scripted arm of Banijay Germany, is producing two new shows—Loving Her and Mirella Saves the World (Mirella Schulze rettet die Welt).

The eight-part dramedy Mirella Saves the World will be available on TVNOW this spring. Mirella is an uncompromising 13-year-old environmental activist, and her acts against climate change do not always go down well with her siblings and parents. Ralf Husmann will be the showrunner on the production.

A LGBTQ+ female love story, Loving Her centers on

Deadline • 15th January 2021

India’s ‘Master’ Off To Commanding Box Office Start; Hindi Remake Set By Endemol Shine

Master, the highly-anticipated Tamil action thriller from director Lokesh Kanagaraj, has gotten off to a strong start at India’s box office and in other markets where it’s playing worldwide. Meanwhile, a Hindi remake of the Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi-starrer has today been set by Endemol Shine India, CINE1 Studios and 7 Screens.

Hopes have been pinned on the film to help revive the Indian box office after a long lockdown period; it’s the first major homegrown title to hit cinemas since the star

Drama Quarterly • 31st March 2021

Building Bombay

To mark International Women’s Day, DQ speaks to writer and director Alankrita Shrivastava about her Netflix drama Bombay Begums, in which she shines the spotlight on the lives of five women navigating life and the obstacles that stand in their way.

In the opening moments of Bombay Begums, a faceless narrator sets the scene for this six-part series that focuses on the mixed fortunes of five women tackling personal and professional crises in contemporary urban India.

“Some women are born to rule

VideoAge International • 3rd April 2021

HBO Europe Reveals New Cast Members For ‘Beforeigners’ S2

HBO Europe revealed new cast members for the second season of Beforeigners.

Produced by Rubicon TV, a Banijay company, the second season of Beforeigners continues to follow Oslo’s first multi-temporal police team. When a 19th-century woman turns up killed, Lars and Alfhidr, played by Nicolai Cleve Broch and Krista Kosonen respectively, must solve a mystery that spans countries and centuries. Paul Kaye (pictured), Ann Akin, Jade Anouka, Billy Postlethwaite, and Philip Rosch will join the cast. T

Deadline • 13th October 2020

HBO Max Swoops On Global Rights To Israel’s Most Expensive TV Series ‘Valley Of Tears’ In Deal With WestEnd

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has struck a deal for world rights to Valley Of Tears, Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever made, in a major deal for London-based sales and production org WestEnd Films.

The show marks WestEnd’s first foray into TV, through its banner WeSeries. It is producing and co-financing the project, which debuted in official competition at Series Mania earlier this year.

Valley Of Tears was created and co-written by Israeli-American TV and film writer Ron Leshem (HBO’s Euphoria), A

Nordisk Film & TV Fond • 3rd April 2021

Lars Blomgren: “The only thing that does travel is the high-end”

Lars Blomgren, the former managing director of Endemol Shine Group’s Swedish production outfit Filmlance International (Caliphate, Beck, The Sandhamn Murders, The Bridge among others) has secured the coveted position of Head of Scripted EMEA for Banijay, the largest non-US independent group, home to more than 120 companies across 22 countries.


He brings with him his savoir-faire in expanding the global market for foreign-language scripted content, an experience fine-tuned over the last two y

Variety • 26th February 2020

Endemol Shine’s Lars Blomgren Talks Growth in Scripted, the New Drama Series Landscape

BERLIN — In the run-up to the Berlinale Series Market, the Endemol Shine Group announced the launch of a new and powerful scripted label in Berlin, MadeFor Film, headed by joint CEOs, Nanni Erben and Gunnar Juncken. Here, “The Bridge” executive producer Lars Blomgren, who was appointed Endemol Shine head of scripted, EMEA in June 2018 – after already heading up its Filmlance company – paints the bigger picture:

The volume of scripted series production has ramped up dramatically in Germany – as

Variety • 8th April 2020

Endemol Shine’s ‘Caliphate’ Breaks All-Time Records on SVT Play

Now Netflix title “Caliphate,” produced by the Endemol Shine-owned Swedish production company Filmlance, has smashed all-time viewing records on Sweden’s SVT Play, the catch-up VOD service of public broadcaster SVT, Endemol Shine Group confirmed Wednesday.

“Caliphate” was made available globally on Netflix on March 18.

The biggest success ever on SVT Play, Endemol Shine said, “Caliphate” bowed on SVT on Jan. 12 where it is already known to have attracted an average of over 600,000 adult viewer

Variety • 23rd April 2020

Netflix Orders ‘Vinterviken 2021’ from Endemol Shine’s ‘The Bridge’ Producer Filmlance Intl. (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix has placed an order for “Vinterviken 2021,” a contemporary adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 Mats Wohl novel, “Vinterviken,” the U.S. streaming giant announced Thursday.

In a coup for Endemol Shine’s EMEA scripted division, “Vinterviken 2021” will be produced by Filmlance International, part of the Endemol Shine Group and producer of the original “The Bridge” (“Bron”/”Broen”), a milestone in Nordic Noir, as well as “Caliphate,” which earlier this year broke audience records on Swedish pu

Variety • 8th June 2020

‘Big Brother’ Returns to Dutch Screens After 14 Year Absence with Original Broadcaster RTL

Reality format “Big Brother” is returning to screens in the Netherlands, the country where it all started, with original broadcaster RTL after 14 years off air. It is being produced by Endemol Shine Netherlands.

The first ever episode of “Big Brother” aired in the Netherlands in September 1999, where it was created by Endemol founder John de Mol.

The format went on to become a global phenomenon, and has remained on air in Italy, Spain and the U.S. since launching there in 2000.

The deal marks

The Hollywood Reporter • 17th March 2020

'Big Brother' Germany Candidates to Find Out About Coronavirus in Live Show

'Big Brother' Germany Candidates to Find Out About Coronavirus in Live Show

The contestants of the hit reality TV show have been shut off from the outside world since Feb. 10 and will be some of the last people in the world to hear of the pandemic.

Some of the last people in the world who still haven't heard of the coronavirus pandemic — a group of 14 men and women competing in the German version of reality TV show Big Brother — will have a rude awakening Tuesday.

The contestants in the 13th

TBI Vision • 12th August 2020

Denmark’s DR1 welcomes Metronome’s drag show ‘Fabulous Dads’

DR1 in Denmark has ordered a three-part factual entertainment series delving into the world of drag.

has been created by Banijay-owned Metronome and brings fathers and sons closer together as they immerse themselves into the drag scene, where the son is a performer.

The fathers have no understanding of the drag world and the pair are thrown together for a week to learn more about one another, with the father discovering how his son takes on his drag persona. Under the guidance of top acts, the

TBI Vision • 22nd October 2020

Poland’s TVN Discovery orders local version of ‘Lego Masters’ format

Poland’s TVN Discovery has commissioned a local version of entertainment format , making it the ninth territory to order an adaptation.

Banijay-owned Endemol Shine Poland is producing the six-part series, which will launch on 14 November, and be hosted by Marcin Prokop. He will be joined by Lego Group designer Ola Mirecka and Paweł Duda, a YouTuber who reviews Lego sets on his channel, who will judge the contestants’ creations.

pits pairs of ‘brick heads’ against each other in a quest to impre