Richard Bacon ‘s Yes Yes Media has landed its debut commission, a gameshow 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 of each episode, the network gives the huge prize to the studio audience and all they need to do to keep it is remain silent.
With every audience member mic’ed up, all hell breaks loose as a green room of 30 acts, led by three returning comedian captains, headed up by Katherine Ryan , wage war on the audience, with every sound forced out of them bringing the total prize money down. Related Stories News 'The Walking Dead' Star Andrew Lincoln Returning To British TV In ITV Thriller 'Cold Water' From Storied Playwright David Ireland & Sister News Mitford Sisters Drama Unveils Cast As BritBox International Boards The series is one of UKTV’s splashiest for some time, with former X Factor host O’Leary a major coup for the network, and it is This is My House co-creator Bacon’s first commission under the Yes Yes banner. Yes Yes launched last year and has high-profile backers including Courteney Cox, Snow Patrol’s guitarist, Chernobyl producer Sister and French group Satisfaction .
Deadline revealed several months later that it had bought in a former X Factor showrunner and Hidden Light production boss. Bacon said he “commends U&Dave for boldly commissioning a show that will cos.