‘Sherwood’ prodco House hires Broke & Bones exec Louise Sutton to run ‘House North’ arm

Louise Sutton

House Productions, the UK firm behind BBC drama Sherwood, has hired Black Mirror exec Louise Sutton to run its new Manchester office.

House North will develop its own slate for the prodco and is pushing into scripted comedy, with Sutton joining as executive producer from Broke & Bones, which produces Black Mirror.

House Productions, which was founded by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell, is behind Starve Acre and was acquired by BBC Studios in 2021.

Sutton, who will report into both Howell and Ross, will oversee the company’s drama output in the north and build up half-hour dramas and younger skewing shows.

Howell and Ross said: “She’s a renowned producer with particularly deep roots in the region. We’re looking forward to growing House’s relationships with creative talent even further, and to finding more of those great storytellers and stories that are truly rooted and yet entirely universal.”