The BBC has greenlit Matilda: The Musical scribe Dennis Kelly’s adaptation of Andy West’s hit memoir about his life teaching philosophy in prisons.

The BBC has announced Waiting For The Out (w/t), an original six-part series based on Andy West’s acclaimed memoir The Life Inside, from the multi-award-winning writer Dennis Kelly (Together, Utopia, Matilda The Musical) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The series is produced by award-winning SISTER (The Split, Black Doves, This Is Going to Hurt, Chernobyl), and filming has commenced in and around Liverpool.

The production powerhouse also unveiled the promotion of global chief financial officer Chris Fry to the additional role of COO.

Sharpe created, wrote and will direct the series, being produced by 'Black Doves' production company Sister

EXCLUSIVE: Sister, the company led by Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone, has completed its acquisition of Dorothy St. Pictures, which is behind high-profile docs including Netflix’s The Greatest Night in Pop and Pamela: A Love Story.

EXCLUSIVE: The EP on ITV’s groundbreaking new drama about a deaf woman who helps solve crimes has joined Sister.

Bryony Arnold, who is EPing the upcoming Code of Silence, has taken an Executive Producer role at the Black Doves indie, we are told. She joins as maternity cover.