Manchester-HQ’d Workerbee Group has announced a new label, Navybee, headed up by At Home with the Furys producer Demi Doyle.
Housed within the Workerbee Group, part of Banijay UK, the new business will focus on talent-led premium documentary.
Doyle previously spent around seven years at Optomen Television, where she was was responsible for creating and producing a host of high-profile shows including Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King (ITV), At Home with The Furys (Netflix) and hit reality show Absolutely Ascot (ITVBe). She also developed and produced Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon (BBC One), Genderquake (Channel 4) and Getting Filthy Rich (ITV).
At the new label Doyle will “build on her access documentary experience and work with high profile names from the worlds of entertainment and sport, and with unprecedented access, seek to tell their stories with warmth, humour and compassion.”
Rick Murray, CEO of Workerbee Group said: “Demi is one of the UK’s most sought after access documentary producers and someone talent want to work with again and again, so we are thrilled that she has decided to call Workerbee Group home. Demi is the most contacted TV producer I know and with a very clear USP, Navybee brings an exciting new talent focussed dimension to Workebee’s premium documentary slate.”
Doyle added: “I’m absolutely thrilled to finally introduce Navybee and begin this exciting new chapter. It is an incredible opportunity to bring authentic talent-led documentaries to the forefront in a fresh and innovative way. This is something I am super passionate about and can’t wait to show you all what we have been working on.”
Prior to joining Optomen, Doyle spent time at RDF, Boundless, TwoFour and Studio Lambert, producing The Secret Life of 4,5,6 Year Olds, The Apprentice, Gogglebox, Educating Cardiff and London and Naked Attraction.
This is the second investment for the Workerbee Group. The first was its backing of North-East Wales-based production label, Ty’r Ddraig.
The Workerbee Group, part of Banijay UK was established in 2022 to both push into new genre areas and to nurture both new and established talent with a focus in the North of England and other under invested areas.
(Image: At Home With The Furys, courtesy Netflix)
