ABOUT US
BBC Studios Productions is a world-beating collective of critically acclaimed content producers, built on a 100-year legacy at the BBC and a global reputation for creating shows with prestige, purpose and, above all, superlative storytelling. We make shows that enthral, educate, inspire and entertain.
Spanning the full breadth of specialisms, we have an enviable portfolio of content and expertise which has delivered genre-defining shows to commissioners and co-production partners all over the globe.
Our five genre pillars – in Scripted, Unscripted, Global Productions, Kids & Family and Audio – boast an impressive range of market-leading production units and indie partners with the capabilities and commitment to bring world-class stories to global audiences.
Under Scripted sits our Drama, Comedy and Fiction units. Our Drama unit produces award-winning shows from EastEnders to Silent Witness. Our Comedy unit has a long history of creating era-defining comedies, from Inside No.9 to The Office. And our Fiction unit is a new venture with an ambition to develop original authored stories.
Unscripted consists of the world-renowned Natural History Unit (NHU), the Science Unit, the Documentary Unit, Specialist Factual, Entertainment, Events, and Music.
Global Productions covers our international production bases in Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Benelux, Nordics, the US and South Africa, who create, deliver and produce mainstream hit formats and iconic brands.
We’re also home to a dedicated Kids & Family division producing high quality shows to inspire young minds, and BBC Studios Audio, a team specialising in iconic radio and hit podcasts, from dramas to impactful factual stories.
OUR GENRES
OUR INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION LABELS, INVESTED INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTION PARTNERS
Beyond our stellar production brands, we’re always looking to develop, diversify and push ourselves in bold and exciting new directions. That’s why we work with a range of independent production labels and invested independent producers.
We've fully acquired several brilliant and distinctive labels including Baby Cow (Alan Partridge), Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer), Firebird Pictures (Wild Cherry), House Productions (Conclave), Lookout Point (Happy Valley), Sid Gentle Films Ltd. (Killing Eve) and Voltage TV (Amanda and Alan's Italian Job). We work with a range of invested independent producers including Boffola (Am I Being Unreasonable?), Expectation (Alma's Not Normal), Mettlemouse, Turbine Studios (Small Axe) and Various Artists Ltd. (I May Destroy You).
And we work with production partners including John Downer Productions, Mindhouse, Red Planet Pictures, Rogan Productions, SISTER, Neal Street Productions and Zinc Media.
BRANDED AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION
We produce award-winning content across multiple platforms, including digital and social media content, brand-funded content and podcasts.
Our digital series include Our Planet Earth, co-produced with Wellcome, which brought compelling stories of the changing climate and its impact on both wildlife and human health; Boss Pitches for C4.0 via Entertainment, featuring social media stars Nella Rose and GK Barrie; and natural history hit Big Cats 24/7 for PBS.
Brand-funded projects include Arts in Motion, in partnership with Rolex, which brings the best arts and culture to audiences worldwide.
We also have social producers embedded within our productions delivering social content for over 27 shows, including Casualty, EastEnders, The One Show, Strictly Come Dancing and Eurovision. Strictly’s 2024 social campaign reached an incredible 830 million global video views over the run of the series across YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. EastEnders 40th anniversary achieved 82 million global video views. And in a first for EastEnders, BBC Studios created an integrated digital series, Spiked, which followed a key storyline from the main series.
OUR CULTURE
INCLUSION RIDER We’re committed to ensuring that at least 20% of talent on our productions, on- and off-screen, identify as being from an under-represented background: from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background, have a lived experience of a disability, identify as LGBTQ+ or are from a low socio-economic background.
THE PLEDGE We empower our senior leaders to take responsibility for behaviour on their sets and the accountability for acting when things aren't right.
ASSISTANT PRODUCER ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME One of the many ways we invest in developing the next generation. The programme is designed to take 15 skilled researchers from across the industry to participate in a 12-month funded training programme.
