RDF West produced music documentaries The Richest Songs in The World, Secret Voices of Hollywood and Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups for BBC4, and specialist factual series Choose The Right Puppy For You for BBC Two.

Feb 2, 2024 · RDF was founded in 1993, with RDF West established in 2006 and soon becoming one of the UK’s most successful regional production companies, making award-winning factual television programmes for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

Apr 30, 2025 · ‘End of an era’ as Banijay UK shutters RDF Television amid unscripted shift. UK prodco RDF Television, maker of hit factual entertainment formats such as Wife Swap and Faking It, is to be closed down by parent company Banijay UK.

In 2006, RDF launched a Bristol-based division called RDF West. Zodiak Entertainment merged with it in 2010, thus forming Zodiak Media. The American arm became Zodiak USA, but the RDF name was saved for UK productions. On January 2024, …

Jan 12, 2021 · Mark Hill is stepping down as head of Banijay-backed UK production company RDF Television West in the new year. Hill launched RDF West in Bristol 15 years ago and its slate of unscripted shows includes Dickinson’s Real Deal, Tipping Point, Eat Well for Less, Shop Well for Less and Tipping Point.

Feb 1, 2024 · RDF Television is to close after 30 years as parent company Banijay UK realigns its business to make it “strategic and agile” as broadcasters look to digital-first strategies.

RDF West is the Bristol-based division of British television production company RDF Television, part of Banijay.

Jul 18, 2023 · Banijay UK indies RDF and Remarkable Factual are to merge with the boss of both indies, Kitty Walshe, set to leave the company. Jo Scarratt-Jones, md of RDF West, and Meredith Chambers who heads up the London division are to stay with the company.

Aug 15, 2023 · RDF West has been commissioned to produce a six-part series for Channel 4 in which a group of adventurous young backpacking Brits will be transported to the Australian Outback to do farm work in one of the most extreme regions.

channel 5 orders greek documentary series from rdf west 20 November 2019 -The Bristol-based production company will follow people starting a new life in Greece – RDF West, a Banijay Group Company, today announces Channel 5 has ordered a 4×60’...