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Banijay Entertainment heads to MIPCOM with a diverse line-up spanning scripted, unscripted, and factual.
Scripted highlights include Half Man (BBC/HBO), Richard Gadd’s drama about estranged brothers; A Woman of Substance, a new take on Barbara Taylor-Bradford’s classic; Jack Thorne’s modern love story Falling (C4); and Playground’s Maigret for MASTERPIECE. Other notable titles are These Sacred Vows (RTÉ), Two Years Later (Paramount+), Swedish Wallander (TV4/ARD Degeto), and French drama Disenchanted (France Télévisions). Returning series include Rogue Heroes, Bergerac, and Anonymous.

Formats take center stage with Let’s Play Ball (SBS6, UK version in the works), sports competition Football Island, and Villa of Temptations (SAT.1/Joyn). Culinary series Foodish (Banijay Italia) returns, while superbrands expand: Shaolin Heroes lands in new markets, and FOX readies Fear Factor: House of Fear.

Factual and entertainment highlights include Wild Reckoning with Bear Grylls (BBC One/iPlayer), Eva Longoria’s Searching for France (CNN), Mission To Space: With Francis Bourgeois (C4), and Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home (BBC One). Other titles include Lost and Found in the Lakes (BBC) and Pixcom’s Atypical Critics.

Banijay also spotlights its global catalogue—superbrands Big Brother, MasterChef, Peaky Blinders, streamer launches like House of Guinness (Netflix) and Culpa Mía: Final Chapter (Prime Video), plus the ever-expanding Last One Laughing, now in 11 territories.

Once again, Banijay’s sustainable stand will welcome buyers at C.20, MIPCOM 2025.