Harnessing its might with a merged All3 Media for the first time at a market, Banijay Entertainment hits Mipcom 2026 with the biggest presence of any company in the world, with its stand in front of the steps of the Palais des Festivals now rebaptized Banijay House, and a formidable combined lineup.
One example of that: Banijay’s format franchises now offer “The Traitors,” “Survivor,” “Fear Factor” and “The Circle” under one roof. Former All3Media titles impact every sales category from “Maya” in premium scripted to a bevy of Studio Lambert titles, “Midsomer Murders” and “The Assassin” in returning favorites, two Lion TV docs in factual and its “Legends” in Netflix shows.
According to Plum Research, a stunning 90% of views and 75% of titles viewed on streaming services takes place on the long tail. Potential evergreens from Banijay to be shopped at Mipcom include “Rogue Heroes,” “A Remarkable Place to Die,” “A Woman of Substance,” “Bergerac,” “Midsomer Murders,” “The Assassin” and more.
“Mipcom 2026 marks a major milestone for Banijay Entertainment – our first distribution showcase as a combined group, and the first opportunity to unite the full force of our creative talent, standout catalogue and exceptional pipeline of new IP,” said Cathy Payne, CEO Banijay Rights.
“Bold, distinctive and built to travel, our offering reflects our expanded strength across English-language and premium content, and position as a go-to for buyers for every genre, every screen and every platform,” she noted.
“We’re talking fresh ideas with cut-through potential, iconic brands reimagined for new audiences and entertainment designed to travel across screens, platforms and generations. This is Banijay Entertainment: greater in scale, bolder in ambition, and built to create the hits of tomorrow,” they went on.
A drill-down on some of Banijay’s biggest drama plays at Mipcom and a selection of factual shows and formats:
Premium Scripted
“Reputation”
“Maya”
From “Fleabag” producer Two Brothers Pictures for Channel 4 and Starz and sparking good word of mouth when teased at February’s London TV Screenings, “Maya” led by Ramsey and Daisy Haggard, weighs in as a witness protection thriller billed as “darkly comedic” and “atmospheric” written and created by BAFTA and International Emmy nominee Haggard (“Back To Life,” “Breeders”). She also co-directs the series from Two Brothers Pictures (“The Tourist,” “Fleabag,” “Boat Story”) alongside Jamie Donoughue (“Doctor Who,” “The Last Kingdom”).
‘Maya’
Bella Ramsay and Daisy Haggard Courtesy of All3Media Intl.
“Open Water”
“Wallander”
A modern-day Swedish-language reboot, here Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings”) plays the iconic sleuth across three 90-minute films as he life seems to unravel: 42, divorced and estranged from his daughter, his father is also slipping away, Adding further key cast earlier this year, produced by Jarowskij/Yellow Bird, Swedish network TV4 and Banijay Rights and written by Antonia Pyk (“Beartown”), Josefin Johansson (“Top Dog”) and Jörgen Bergmark (“Huss”) Molly Hartleb (“Top Dog”) directs.
“Counsels”
Further Banijay Hulu titles take in “The Mob” from Studio Lambert and Primal Media and for Prime Video is “The Grand Tour· from Studio Lambert, “The Crouches” from Workerbee, Pokeepsie Film’s “Drawn Together,” a hit staring Ester Expósito (“Elite”) and LOL: Last One Laughing, produced by Banijay Entertainment labels in 11 territories.
The title underscores Banijay’s push into sportainment, with, for example, licensed non-live sports programming on the six global streamers growing from around 5,000 hours second quarter, 2022 to 12,000 hours Q4 2025, according to Ampere Analysis.
Banijay Rights brings to the table titles such as “Counsels,” “Careless” from Synchronicity Films and Easy Tiger for Stan and Channel 4; “The Northumbria Mysteries” from Lonesome Pine for the BBC; “Monarch of the Glen” from Ecosse Films for Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece, alongside hits “All Creatures Great and Small,” “Black Snow,” “Maigret” and “Trigger Point” among others.
Formats
“Date Knight”
‘Date Knight’
“100 Knives”
“Last One Standing”
Co-developed by RTL Creative Unit, a co-producer on “The Traitors,” Banijay’s SimpelZodiak for Videoland, and part of Banijay’s drive into “sportainment” formats such as soccer survival series “Football Island,”Townley has noted. That title, moreover, is cruelly literal. Set against a desert-like backdrop, celebrities live take on elite-level trials thought up by top athletes until they drop or beg out.
“The Million Dollar Idea”
Factual
“One Born Every Minute”
“A Beautiful Obsession”
Pep Guardiola in ‘A Beautiful Obsession’
“Meet the Owens”
“Riddled With Plastic” (w/t)
Presented by biologist Liz Bonnin, behind 2018’s “Drowning in Plastic,” this doc feature for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer which follows a world first experiment at the University of Lincoln and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, where scientists dissect a human body to better understand how much microplastic is in it, and where it is.
“The Epstein Files” (w/t)
Another title from Lion TV, now a Banijay company, for Channel 4, presented by Emily Mathis who famously interviewed Prince Andrew about his links to Epstein in 2019. The docuseries includes firsthand testimony from survivors and what is described as forensic analysis of the documents, networks and powerful individuals connected to Epstein.
