Private company

Lion Television

Logo: liontv.com3

British factual production company

Lion Television, also known as Lion TV, is a British factual television production company that is a subsidiary of Banijay UK headquartered in London, Glasgow and Los Angeles. Founded in 1997 by former BBC documentary producers Richard Bradley, Nick Catliff and Jeremy Mills, Lion Television produced factual, scripted & non-scripted documentary programming for networks such as BBC and Channel 4.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

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Lion Television, also known as Lion TV, is a British factual television production company that is a subsidiary of Banijay UK headquartered in London, Glasgow and Los Angeles. Founded in 1997 by former BBC documentary producers Richard Bradley, Nick Catliff and Jeremy Mills, Lion Television produced factual, scripted & non-scripted documentary programming for networks such as BBC and Channel 4.2

Corporate structure

Lion Television is part of a group headed by Endemol Shine Group. 37 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. 2026Acquired Acquired by Banijay Entertainment1
  2. 2026Acquired Acquired by Banijay UK1
  3. 2019Acquired Acquired by All3Media1
  4. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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