Merman, Hop Yard Studios, 72 Borough High Street, Southwark (2025)

02/10/2025

We are thrilled that our three releases from the last year have made the long list on the awards! The awards are voted for by the public so please do place yours via the link below!

Bad Sisters: Best Drama Series

Pushers: Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance for !

Amandaland: Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance for both Lucy Punch and Philippa Dunne ().

Congratulations to all and hopefully we make the shortlist with your votes!

Copy and paste to place your vote:
https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

14/08/2025

The Merman co-founder talks change at the company, signing a first-look deal with HBO and championing new talent.

Interview (including excerpts below) by Marian McHugh for . See links in our story’s or Broadcast website for full piece.

“Bloody Nora!” exclaims upon hearing that Merman, the company she co-founded and
leads, is the UK’s fourth largest true indie by turnover, according to this year’s Broadcast Indie Survey.

She credits the exec team (who include .parkinson, Jackie Sidey, , and Amanda Wasey) for running
the majority of the day-to-day operations, stating she is as involved as she “needs to be” and that the team
accommodates her writing and filming schedules.

“There’s only so much I could do as a one-man band and I find it exciting to watch the company grow and
expand,” she says. “I’ve always been someone who just loves making stuff and with the company, that’s so much more viable.”

Siren is a joint venture with , Lucas Ochoa, who previously served as chief creative officer of Pulse’s scripted division and latterly steered its film and scripted TV output. His credits include returning TV series Gangs Of London (Sky/AMC), as well as feature films such as Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, Robert Eggers’ The Witch and Emmy-winning documentary Trophy.

Horgan says Siren has given access to new and different talent, particularly in the film space, through Ochoa. “It’s a bit more masculine. It’s different to what we make but has the same quality control as Merman.”

16/07/2025

We’re absolutely delighted for and her Emmy nomination for her role in the second series of Bad Sisters. Sharon has been nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for playing Eva Garvey. Congratulations, Sharon!

Both series of Bad Sisters are available to watch now on .

Season two follows the lives of the Garvey sisters played by , Anne-Marie Duff, , and .

A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, the critically acclaimed series welcomes new and returning cast in its second season including Fiona Shaw, Owen McDonnell, , Barry Ward, , , , Yasmine Akram,, , , Lorcan Cranitch , Liz Fitzgibbon , and Justine Mitchell.

Bad Sisters season 2 is written by , , Malcolm Campbell, Perrie Balthazar, Ailbhe Keogan and Paul Howard. Directed by , Stacey Gregg and James Griffiths .

The series is executive produced by Horgan, , .parkinson and for Merman Television; also serves as executive producer and director. The series producer is and produced by Catherine Magee. Additional executive producers include Bert Hamelnick, Michael Sagol, along with Dave Finkel and Brett Baer, who adapted the series from the Belgian version of the series “Clan,” which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin.

16/07/2025

We’re really thrilled to announce that Merman is partnering with Lucas Ochoa on joint venture Siren.

The sub-label will focus on returning streamer series and films with a genre focus. It aims to be the home for writers and directors to nurture and pursue their most ambitious ideas in the genre space.

Ochoa said: “I’m so excited to be joining the Merman family and working with them all at such an exciting time for the company”.

You can read the full article over on .

08/07/2025

JOHN SLATTERY, JESSICA HENWICK, ELLEN ROBERTSON AND MORE JOIN NETFLIX’S VLADIMIR with Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini Set to Direct.

have announced that John Slattery, Jessica Henwick, Ellen Robertson, , , , , Jones and Louise Lambert are the latest to join the cast of Vladimir, a new limited series adapted from Julia May Jonas’s acclaimed novel, produced by 20th Television, Merman and Small Dog Picture Company. They join previously announced Rachel Weisz, who will star in and executive produce the series, and , who will play Vladimir.

John Slattery will play John, Jessica Henwick will play Cynthia with Ellen Robertson as Sid as series regulars.

Matt Walsh plays David, Kayli Carter plays Lila, Miriam Silverman as Florence, Mallori Johnson plays Edwina with Tattiawna Jones as Alexis and Louise Lambert as Dawn, all as recurring characters through the series.

The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning team of and Robert Pulcini (Fleishman Is in Trouble, American Splendor) are set to direct three episodes, including the pilot, and serve as executive producers alongside Horgan, and for Merman Television and Jason Winer & Jon Radler for Small Dog Picture Company. Julia May Jonas also serves as an executive producer aswell as being the creator and writer of the series plus the aforementioned Rachel Weisz to star in and executive produce.

As a woman’s life unravels, she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague. Full of sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters, Vladimir is about what happens when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality. Based on the acclaimed book by Julia May Jonas.

The Studio is 20th Television and the series will be 8 episodes x 45’.

07/07/2025

Incase you missed it on Thursdays at 10pm over the last few weeks, the whole series of Pushers is available on .com so do check it out!

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, Produced by Merman Television and , Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap and stars Rosie Jones in her first ever sitcom.

Having had her state benefits cut to shreds after being made redundant, a young woman with very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Emily (Rosie Jones) isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting, highly educated – and on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.People have underestimated Emily her entire life. If they’re not patronising her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than to be entirely written off by the same broken system which exists to protect the law?

Joining the cast of Pushers alongside Rosie are as Ewen, Jon Furlong as Sean, Lynn Hunter as Pat, Rhiannon Clements as Jo, Ruben Reuter@rubenreuter28 as Harry, as Hope, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch as Minibus Masir and Clive Russell as Emily’s dad Clive.

Pushers (6x30’) was commissioned for by , Head of Comedy and Laura Riseam@rizzlybear, Comedy Commissioning Editor and co-produced by Merman Television and . Executive producers are for Merman Television and Michael Livingstone and Tom Thostrup for 2LE. The series producer is Charlie Laurie from Merman.

04/07/2025

The Awards nominations have been announced! We are thrilled to have received THREE across our two shows Amandaland and Bad Sisters! Congratulations to Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne and Thaddea Graham!

Lucy Punch as Amanda in Amandaland in Best TV Actor- Comedy category.
Aswell as Philippa Dunne as Anne in Best TV Actor - Comedy category.
PLUS Thaddea Graham as Detective Una Houlihan in Bad Sisters Series 2 in the Breakthrough Performance category.

You can watch both series of Bad Sisters now on and series one of Amandaland on .

Congratulations to all the nominees!

01/07/2025

Apple TV+ lands new series inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling, coming-of-age memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” with Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-winner Jennifer Aniston set to star and executive produce.

New series will be written, executive produced and showrun by McCurdy and Ari Katcher.
Aniston, Sharon Horgan and Merman, LuckyChap, Jerrod Carmichael and Erica Kay to executive produce.

TV today announced it will expand its award-winning original series slate with a new dramedy starring and executive produced by , and inspired by “I’m Glad My Mom Died,”
’s unflinching No. 1 New York Times bestseller memoir of the same name. The 10-episode series will be written, executive produced, and showrun by Jennette McCurdy and Ari Katcher.

“I’m Glad My Mom Died” is a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of Jennette McCurdy’s struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother. The dramedy will center on the the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kid’s show, and her narcissistic mother who relishes in her identity as “a starlet’s mother,” set to be played by Aniston.

Hailing from Apple Studios, the project will be executive produced by McCurdy and Katcher; Aniston via Echo Films; Horgan and for Merman; Dani Gorin , and Josey McNamara for ; and Erica Kay.
Published on August 9, 2022 by , McCurdy’s memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died” reached over 80 weeks on the Best Seller list.

26/06/2025

Today, announced that Leo Woodall (One Day, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) is the latest to join the cast of Vladimir, a new limited series adapted from Julia May Jonas’s acclaimed novel. He will play the titular role of Vladimir and joins the previously announced Rachel Weisz, who will star in and executive produce the series.

As a woman’s life unravels, she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague. Full of sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters, Vladimir is about what happens when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality. Based on the acclaimed book by Julia May Jonas.

Vladimir is created and written by Julia May Jones who executive produces alongside Rachel Weisz (The Favourite, Dead Ringers, The Constant Gardener, The Mummy) who will star. For Merman Television , and executive produce, Jason Winer & Jon Radler for Small Dog Picture Company and Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
The series will be 8 x30 Episodes. The Studio is 20th Television

20/06/2025

Episode One What’s in the Package? and Episode Two Who’s in our Gang? of Pushers was out last night on Channel 4! Episode 3 to be with you at 10pm next Thursday. Or, if you really can’t wait, the full series available on on demand so you can stream them all NOW!

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, Produced by Merman Television and , Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap and stars Rosie Jones in her first ever sitcom.

Having had her state benefits cut to shreds after being made redundant, a young woman with very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Emily (Rosie Jones) isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting, highly educated – and on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.People have underestimated Emily her entire life. If they’re not patronising her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than to be entirely written off by the same broken system which exists to protect the law?

Joining the cast of Pushers alongside Rosie are as Ewen, Jon Furlong as Sean, Lynn Hunter as Pat, Rhiannon Clements as Jo, Ruben Reuter@rubenreuter28 as Harry, as Hope, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch as Minibus Masir and Clive Russell as Emily’s dad Clive.

Pushers (6x30’) was commissioned for by , Head of Comedy and Laura Riseam@rizzlybear, Comedy Commissioning Editor and co-produced by Merman Television and . Executive producers are for Merman Television and Michael Livingstone and Tom Thostrup for 2LE. The series producer is Charlie Laurie from Merman.

13/05/2025

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, first look images have been released for Pushers (previously announced as Disability Benefits) which is coming to next month. Produced by Merman Television and , Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap and stars Rosie Jones in her first ever sitcom.

Having had her state benefits cut to shreds after being made redundant, a young woman with very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Emily (Rosie Jones) isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting, highly educated – and on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.People have underestimated Emily her entire life. If they’re not patronising her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than to be entirely written off by the same broken system which exists to protect the law?

Joining the cast of Pushers alongside Rosie are as Ewen, Jon Furlong as Sean, Lynn Hunter as Pat, Rhiannon Clements as Jo, Ruben Reuter@rubenreuter28 as Harry, as Hope, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch as Minibus Masir and Clive Russell as Emily’s dad Clive.

Pushers (6x30’) was commissioned for by , Head of Comedy and Laura Riseam@rizzlybear, Comedy Commissioning Editor and co-produced by Merman Television and . Executive producers are for Merman Television and Michael Livingstone and Tom Thostrup for 2LE. The series producer is Charlie Laurie from Merman.

28/04/2025

We are absolutely thrilled for Tim Phillips and PJ Harvey on their TV Craft Original Music: Fiction Award WIN last night for their incredible compositions on Bad Sisters Series 2! Huge congratulations both! You can listen to their work on the Bad Sisters soundtracks on Spotify!

Both series of Bad Sisters are available to watch now on !

Season two follows the lives of the Garvey sisters played by , Anne-Marie Duff, , and .

Bad Sisters season 2 is written by , , Malcolm Campbell, Perrie Balthazar, Ailbhe Keogan and Paul Howard. Directed by , Stacey Gregg and James Griffiths .

The series is executive produced by Horgan, , .parkinson and for Merman Television; also serves as executive producer and director. The series producer is and produced by Catherine Magee. Additional executive producers include Bert Hamelnick, Michael Sagol, along with Dave Finkel and Brett Baer, who adapted the series from the Belgian version of the series “Clan,” which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin.

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