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At Home with the Furys producer Demi Doyle is opening a Banijay-backed label under the Workerbee umbrella.

Doyle is leading Navybee, which will focus on talent-led premium docs. She has spent her last seven years with All3Media-backed Optomen, during which time she produced Netflix smash At Home with the Furys along with ITV’s Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, while she developed and produced BBC hit Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon. Prior to joining Optomen, she produced The Secret Life of 4,5,6 Year Olds, The Apprentice, Gogglebox, Educating Cardiff and London and Naked Attraction.

Doyle’s new label is jumping aboard the trend for premium docs featuring big talent and access. Workerbee has already made the likes of Lifetime’s Janet Jackson and Netflix’s Human Playground narrated by Idris Elba. Having been handed additional cash by Banijay, the company recently became a group and backed Welsh production label Ty’r Ddraig.

‘Big Brother’ Unveils Duty Of Care Protocols

Big Brother housemates will have to abide by the same social media blackout as Love Island contestants while those working on the show will be regularly reminded of Banijay’s Bullying and Harassment, Grievance and Whistleblowing Policies, as ITV shares its duty of care protocols for the reboot. Kicking off Sunday, Big Brother returns to British TV screens after five years off air and ITV and Banijay label Initial have been stringent in their approach to duty of care, given that conflict shows such as the Jeremy Kyle Show have been axed while Big Brother has been off air. ITV’s welfare package includes the social media blackout that means housemates’ family and friends will not be asked not to post content on individual social media accounts for the duration of their time in the house. Housemates will also undergo psychological and medical...