Silence is Golden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

At the start of each episode, the network gives £250,000 to the studio audience and all they need to do to keep it...is remain silent. With every audience member mic'ed up, all hell breaks loose as a green room of 30 acts, led by three returning comedian captains, headed up by Katherine Ryan, wage war on the audience, with every sound forced out of them bringing the total prize money down. It's entertainers vs audience - they're not on the same side. If the entertainers get the prize pot to zero, they get to give money to charity. Silence is Golden - the comedy show that you can't laugh at.

Series details

• Title: Silence is Golden
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2025-05-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&Dave
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 78260
• IMDb ID: tt36791999
• TVDB ID: 461724

Cast and credited roles

• Dermot O'Leary — Host
• Katherine Ryan — Katherine Ryan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-05-05; final listed air date 2025-06-09; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Silence is Golden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.