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Chernobyl' Producer Sister Wins High-End Bidding War For Hot Podcast 'Tunnel 29'
From https://deadline.com/2020/02/chernobyl-sister-bidding-war-hot-podcast-tunnel-29-1202864257/
Chernobyl’ Producer Sister Wins High-End Bidding War For Hot Podcast ‘Tunnel 29’
By Tom Grater
February 20, 2020 4:39am
EXCLUSIVE: Sister, the UK production house run by Jane Featherstone that has recent credits including HBO and Sky’s Emmy-winning Chernobyl and BBC/Netflix series Giri/Haji, has won rights to Helena Merriman’s buzzy podcast Tunnel 29 in what I understand was a highly competitive situation.
Since launching in November on BBC Radio 4, Tunnel 29 has scored more than 5 million downloads. The series chronicles the remarkable true story of a group of students who dug a tunnel from West to East Germany, underneath the Berlin wall, to help people escape the Communist regime.
Hodder & Stoughton pre-empted rights to a book based on the series that creator Merriman is now writing, and screen rights to that are also part of the package acquired by Sister. The producer confirmed the deal but added that at this stage it was too early to say if it would become a TV or film project.
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By Tom Grater
February 20, 2020 4:39am
EXCLUSIVE: Sister, the UK production house run by Jane Featherstone that has recent credits including HBO and Sky’s Emmy-winning Chernobyl and BBC/Netflix series Giri/Haji, has won rights to Helena Merriman’s buzzy podcast Tunnel 29 in what I understand was a highly competitive situation.
Since launching in November on BBC Radio 4, Tunnel 29 has scored more than 5 million downloads. The series chronicles the remarkable true story of a group of students who dug a tunnel from West to East Germany, underneath the Berlin wall, to help people escape the Communist regime.
Hodder & Stoughton pre-empted rights to a book based on the series that creator Merriman is now writing, and screen rights to that are also part of the package acquired by Sister. The producer confirmed the deal but added that at this stage it was too early to say if it would become a TV or film project.
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