Wild Mercury Taps Head of Development

Frances Flannery, a Fifty Fathoms alum, is to join Wild Mercury Productions, a Banijay UK company, as head of development.

Most recently, Flannery worked at Fifty Fathoms as associate producer for Sky’s forthcoming historical drama Domina. She was a development producer at Wall to Wall for several years before becoming head of development at Big Light Productions. Her production credits include Criminal (Netflix), Spotless (Canal+), New Tricks (BBC One) and The Scandalous Lady W (BBC Two).

At Wild Mercury, Flannery will be responsible for generating new ideas, managing a growing development slate and working with Managing Director Derek Wax to drive the company’s creative strategy.

Flannery said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Derek and his wonderful team at Wild Mercury. They have a fantastic slate of projects and it’s an exciting time to be coming on board to help build on this as head of development.”

Wax said: “Fran is a brilliant creative, passionate about development and writers love working with her. She will be a real asset to the forward growth of the company, at a key moment in our development with a number of exciting projects on the slate. We’re really delighted that Fran will be joining the team.”