Banijay Group Buys 7Wonder

Banijay Group has acquired the factual indie producer 7Wonder, marking its first U.K. non-scripted acquisition.

Alexandra Fraser, Liza Abbott and Simon Ellse founded 7Wonder in 2014 and will continue to run the business as chief creative, CEO and CFO, respectively. The deal will see more than 160 hours of 7Wonder programming added to Banijay UK’s non-scripted slate.

7Wonder’s roster includes BBC Two’s Back to the Land with Kate Humble, the landmark Sky Arts series Tate Britain’s Great British Walks, CBeebies’ preschool reality series Do You Know? and the U.K. adaptation of My Kitchen Rules for Channel 4.

Banijay Rights will distribute 7Wonder content going forward.

Fraser said: “We are absolutely delighted to be joining Banijay. With RDF and IWC, Banijay already enjoys a strong reputation for delivering high-quality factual programming in the U.K., which we hope to build on, but we’re tremendously excited, too, by the international opportunities that will now open up to us.”

Peter Langenberg, COO of Banijay Group, said: “We are thrilled that 7Wonder is to become the first non-scripted acquisition for Banijay UK. Alex and the 7Wonder team have an excellent track record of creating and executing successful returnable formats and authentic factual programming; they will be the perfect complement to our existing non-scripted labels RDF and IWC, and we could not have hoped to have found a better addition to the Banijay family.”