Dragonfly is a British television production company owned by

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subsidiary

Endemol Shine UK Endemol Shine UK (branded as EndemolShine UK and formerly Endemol UK Ltd) is a British production company. Since 2020, the company has been a subsidiary of Banijay. Endemol Shine UK incorporates a number of production brands, including Artist ...

. It has produced factual programmes for

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

, BBC Two,

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, BBC Four,

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, Channel 5, Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel.

History

The company was prominent in 2002, tested in 2003 and formed in 2004 and its output mainly consists of documentary series such as ''Kill It Cook It Eat It'', '' The Hotel'', ''World's Toughest Trucker'', ''Beat The Ancestors'' and ''

Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment ''Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment'' is a British Documentary film, documentary for Channel 4. In a four-part series, Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and sometimes bizarre journey to discover the origins of our laws and what we do to peo ...

''. Its documentary for Channel 4 ''

One Born Every Minute ''One Born Every Minute'' is a British observational documentary series which shows activities taking place in the labour ward. The first series aired on Channel 4 in 2010, the second in 2011. Series 7 made its debut on 10 March 2015. Productio ...

'', based on a maternity ward, won the Best Factual Series BAFTA in 2010.

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* Banijay Mass media companies established in 2004 Television production companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-tv-stub