“THIS has been unlike any other series I have filmed. “I am genuinely sad to have finished, but […]
Drama
“LIES are very much the theme of the show. “In the second series we shift from the question […]
“THIS is a cop drama that is well drawn, well made and is in some ways groundbreaking in […]
“THERE are lots of twists and turns that made me laugh. “And a couple of things made me […]
“ALL three women in this drama are recognisable to the audience.” Anna Friel talking to me close to […]
“ACTING has given me an overview of different perspectives that very few people get to have. “What I […]
FINALLY…the full story can be told. After the conclusion of a recent trial and other legal hearings, ITV’s […]
“I’M so pleased we were able to tell the story and take it through to its natural end […]
“THERE is an invisible workforce all around us.
“Everyone is so busy in cities going to and from their jobs and you don’t really pay attention.
“Many of those are working contracts, coming in overnight when we’re all going home.”
Executive producer Jane Featherstone talking to me about Cleaning Up.
A new six part ITV drama starring Sheridan Smith, Jade Anouka, Matthew McNulty, Ben Bailey Smith and Rosie Cavaliero.
Which begins at 9pm on Wednesday January 9.
“THIS is Vanity Fair.
“A world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having.”
(William Makepeace Thackeray)
August 2017. Bloomsbury Centre Baptist Church, London WC2.
Gathered in the church’s ‘Friendship Centre’ were the cast, production team, executives and the rest of the team involved in ITV’s new adaptation of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.
With screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes announcing herself as “assistant to the author”.
I had already read all seven of her sparkling scripts.
But it was here in this room that they were first brought alive during an almost day long script read-through.
