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Richard Bacon’s Yes Yes Media has landed its debut commission, a game show hosted by Dermot O’Leary in which the audience must remain silent to keep £250,000 ($320,000). Silence is Golden has been greenlit by British channel group UKTV and will air on the U&Dave channel next year. At the start…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Bacon’s Yes Yes Media has headed on a senior hiring spree, bringing in former The X Factor showrunner Mark Sidaway and Hidden Light production boss Lydia Arding. The indie launched six months ago, backed by an eclectic mix including Chernobyl producer Sister, Friends star Courtney…

Friends star Courteney Cox and UK producer Sister are investing in a new production venture from British TV producer Richard Bacon. Bacon has launched Yes Yes Media, which will have bases in London and LA and focus on non-scripted and has a host of high-profile investors. Joining Cox and Sister in…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of Richard Bacon’s Jimmy Carr-hosted quiz show I Literally Just Told You. The second season’s run has been increased to eight episodes including two celebrity specials. Produced by The Big Narstie Show indie Expectation, I Literally Just Told You from British…

BBC One game show This Is MY House has been given a second season run of ten episodes in an evolved 30-minute format. The show sees four people all claim to be the same person and that the house in question is their house. A panel of celebrities is then tasked with sussing out which of them is telling the truth. This I…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Bacon is used to reinventing himself. The British presenter was notoriously booted off iconic BBC kids show Blue Peter after being caught binging cocaine, but survived the ignominy to become a near-ubiquitous presence on UK television and radio. By 2016, Bacon relocated to America to host Nat Geo's E…

EXCLUSIVE: British TV and radio host Richard Bacon is continuing his segue into production with an overall deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television. Bacon will develop and produce non-scripted shows for the World of Dance and The Wall studio. He is already in development with a couple…

If you needed reminding why Britain’s biggest broadcasters are stacking their eggs in a BritBox-shaped basket, then look no further than ITV’s third-quarter earnings this week. Tucked away in a table was a figure not mentioned elsewhere in the press release: the revelation that ITV’s total viewing hours fell by 700M…