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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: Andrew Lincoln is returning to British TV. The Walking Dead star has landed his first role on this side of the pond for well over a decade in an ITV thriller that he will EP titled Cold Water, which is penned by storied playwright David Ireland and produced by Eric outfit Sister. Fellow…

EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring. Netflix’s Eric about a desperate father battling his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing…

EXCLUSIVE: After assembling her core U.S. executive team, Sister’s new Global CEO Cindy Holland is starting to build the independent entertainment group’s talent roster. Her first U.S. talent deal at Sister is with Animal Pictures, the production company led by actor, writer, director and producer Natasha…

The final season may have concluded in 2022 but the BBC isn’t letting go of legal drama The Split just yet, with a Barcelona-set special greenlit three months after a Manchester spin off. Abi Morgan’s show ended in 2022 after three seasons but the BBC has since ordered The Split Up in February and is…

UPDATED, May 2: Netflix has released the official trailer for Eric, Abi Morgan’s drama series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, ahead of its May 30 premiere. You can watch it above and read details of the series below. PREVIOUS, March 22: Eric is coming to Netflix in late May. Abi Morgan’s…

Former Netflix Head of Comedy Jane Wiseman is joining Jane Featherstone and Liz Murdoch's Sister entertainment group in a newly created position as Head of U.S. Television. Based in Los Angeles, Wiseman will report to Cindy Holland, Sister’s Global CEO, and will lead the company’s U.S. television…

EXCLUSIVE: The competition investigation that is spooking the UK’s fabled TV drama industry looks set to rumble on until at least the end of the year. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has extended the probe into production company cartel behavior by six months and will implement “further…

EXCLUSIVE: In October 2023, the British TV drama community was as confused as it was surprised to be told that some of the most well-known production companies in the country were being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for “suspected anti-competitive behaviour.” For those…

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…

In Cindy Holland’s first executive hire since she joined Sister as Global CEO in July, the former Netflix head of original content has brought in another former exec at the streamer, Efrain Miron. In a newly created role as President, Strategy and Business Affairs, Miron will work closely with…

BBC, ITV, Hartswood Films, and Sister are to be investigated by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over possible breaches of antitrust laws when engaging freelance crew members. Hat Trick Productions, Red Planet Pictures, and Tiger Aspect Productions will also be probed by the CMA…