Who We Are

Endemol UK is the UK’s largest independent production company and annually produces over 2,000 hours of output.

The UK Group incorporates a number of production brands including Remarkable Television, Initial and Zeppotron. These three specialise in a broad range of genres including gameshows, entertainment, specialist factual, comedy and scripted series.

In November 2009, the Endemol UK group further expanded with the acquisition of three of the UK’s leading independent production companies Tiger Aspect, Darlow Smithson and Tigress. This significantly increased the company’s output in areas such as drama, comedy, and factual programming.

Endemol UK is also a market leader in digital media and has now established a Digital Board at the heart of the business incorporating the creative heads of the company.

In addition, the UK group has a 25% stake in digital entertainment producer and distributor MoMedia International Ltd and a 40% stake in digital film producer Pure Grass Films.

Endemol UK’s output includes:

• Prime time entertainment such as Total Wipeout (Initial for BBC One) and The Whole 19 Yards (Initial for ITV1); The Million Pound Drop (Remarkable Television for Channel 4) and 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow (Initial for BBC One)
• Drama series such as Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Tiger Aspect for ITV2) and Blood and Oil (Tiger Aspect for BBC Two)
• Comedy series such as 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Zeppotron for Channel 4), Benidorm (Tiger Aspect for ITV1), Charlie Brooker’s News Wipe (Zeppotron for BBC Four and BBC Two) and Would I Lie to You? (Zeppotron for BBC ONE)
• Game shows such as Deal or No Deal (Remarkable Television for Channel 4) and Pointless (Remarkable Television for BBC Two)
• Reality blockbuster Big Brother (Remarkable Television for Channel 4; E4)
• Factual entertainment such as Joanna Lumley on The Nile (Tiger Aspect for ITV1); Supersize vs. Superskinny (Remarkable Television for Channel 4) and Gok’s Fashion Fix (Remarkable Television for Channel 4)
• Factual series such as The Falling Man (Darlow Smithson for Channel 4) The Diary of Anne Frank (Darlow Smithson for BBC One/Fr2), the ‘Ross Kemp’ strands (Tiger Aspect for Sky One) and Touching the Void (Darlow Smithson for Channel 4)
• Children’s programming such as Tinga Tinga Tales (Tiger Aspect for CBeebies); Emu (Initial for CiTV); Roar (Remarkable Television for CBBC) and I Can Cook (Initial for CBeebies)
• Digital series such as The Gap Year, Kirill and Cell.

Endemol UK has offices in London and Bristol and employs up to 1000 people at any one time.

The UK group is part of Endemol - a global leader in entertainment that comprises a worldwide network of companies spanning 26 countries on five continents.