Jane Featherstone

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Jane Featherstone
Occupation Television producer
Website www.sister.net

Jane Elizabeth Featherstone is an English television producer. She founded production company Sister Pictures in 2016, which was in 2019 absorbed into a new venture called Sister, a global TV and film production and development company co-founded by her along with Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider. As of September 2026, she is Chief Creative Officer of Sister. [1] Prior to that, she was the chief executive of Kudos and co-chairman of Shine UK, now part of Endemol Shine Group.

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Early life and education

Jane Elizabeth Featherstone[ citation needed ] was educated at Old Palace School and the University of Leeds.[ citation needed ]

Career

Prior to joining Kudos, Featherstone produced the first two series of Touching Evil and the BBC2 film Sex 'n' Death.[ citation needed ] While employed Hat Trick Productions, she worked on Whose Line Is It Anyway? , Have I Got News for You , and Drop the Dead Donkey . [2]

Featherstone joined Kudos in 2000 as head of drama. She became creative director in 2008 and the company's chief executive in 2011. [3] Whilst at Kudos, she executive produced Spooks , Life on Mars , Ashes to Ashes , Utopia , The Tunnel , and The Smoke . Most recently she has executive produced River by Abi Morgan for BBC1/Netflix, Humans , and the Spooks movie The Greater Good . [2] She left Kudos following the formation of Endemol Shine Group in 2015. [4]

Featherstone founded the TV and film production and development company Sister Pictures in 2016, with a minority investment from Elisabeth Murdoch (the daughter of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch). [5] [6] Sister Pictures was a co-producer of Broadchurch for ITV in 2017, [7] Its first major project was the highly successful historical drama miniseries Chernobyl , for HBO and Sky, aired in 2019. [8] Featherstone's other credits with the company included Mayday (BBC1) and series 1 and 2 of The Hour (BBC2), Hustle (BBC1), The Fixer (ITV1), and Tsunami: The Aftermath for HBO and BBC2. [9]

On 1 October 2019, [6] the company expanded into a global studio, rebadged as simply "Sister", with co-founders Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider. [8] The new company, mostly financed by Murdoch, absorbed Sister Pictures, incorporating existing team members. [6] Its productions include The Split season 2 (BBC One, 2020) [6] The Power (2023); Kaos (Netflix, 2024); and Eric (Netflix, 2024) [8]

Featherstone served as an executive producer for the 2022 BBC medical comedy drama series This Is Going to Hurt . [10]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Jane Featherstone, Co-Founder and CCO". SISTER. Archived from the original on 2 September 2026. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet the Crew of AMC's HUMANS". Revenant Media. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Lisa (28 February 2013). "Jane Featherstone, Kudos | In-depth | Broadcast". Broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kudos CEO exits Endemol, Shine". C21media. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (18 January 2016). "Former Kudos Chief Jane Featherstone Launches Sister Pictures". Variety. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 McClintock, Pamela (1 October 2019). "Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider Launch Content Venture With Jane Featherstone". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Mozafari, Laurence (28 February 2017). "Broadchurch series 3 opens with ITV's biggest drama ratings since 2015". Digitalspy.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Ravindran, Manori (14 April 2023). "How Sister's Jane Featherstone, Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider Are Building Their Media Empire". Variety . Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "'Chernobyl' Exec Producer Jane Featherstone on 'Vast' & 'Compelling' HBO Drama Plus Opportunities & Challenges of British Drama". 6 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Dame Harriet Walter to play Adam Kay's mum". Chortle . 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "RTS Fellows | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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