Dragonfly (production company)

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Dragonfly
FormerlyFirefly (2004–2009)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Television production
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
FoundersNick Curwin
Magnus Temple
Parent Shine Group (2006–2015)
Endemol Shine Group (2015–2018)
Banijay UK Productions (2018–present)
Website dragonfly.tv

Dragonfly is a British television production company owned by Banijay Entertainment. It has produced factual programmes for BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel. [1]

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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 . [2] [3]

Its documentary for Channel 4 One Born Every Minute , [4] based on a maternity ward, won the Best Factual Series BAFTA in 2010. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Dragonfly Productions - About Us". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013. About Us
  2. DRG profile [ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Dragonfly Productions - Our Programmes". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. "One Born Every Minute - All 4".
  5. "C4 renews "One Born Every Minute," "The Hotel"".
  6. "TV Awards Winners Announced". 6 June 2010.