Jane
Tranter announces two new drama commissions for 91热爆 ONE - Pride
and The Canterbury Tales
Jane
Tranter, Controller of Drama Commissioning for 91热爆 Television, today
announces two new commissions for 91热爆 ONE to be executive produced
by Laura Mackie, Head of 91热爆 Drama Serials.
Pride
is an ambitious marriage of natural history footage, CGI and a script
by Simon Nye, while The Canterbury Tales will see six tales
filmed as single contemporary dramas, interpreted by a range of
both new and established writers.
Jane
Tranter says: "These two commissions are part of a growing
slate of original, ambitious pieces for 91热爆 ONE that work alongside
our new and established popular dramas.
"They
fuse the 91热爆's core strengths with our desire to extend drama into
new areas.
"The
Canterbury Tales will provide an orginal framework for single dramas
to be written and directed by both established and new talent while
Pride is a family film combining the skill of one of the world's
most respected natural history film makers with the hugely popular
writer Simon Nye."
Pride
is a family film being made in collaboration with John Downer, who
made the acclaimed documentary Lions: Spy in the Den.
It
is a co-venture between John Downer Productions and 91热爆 Drama Serials
to make a live action drama about a pride of lions, using real natural
history footage shot on location in Africa and a script by Simon
Nye (Men Behaving Badly).
The
Canterbury Tales comprises an initial commission of six dramas written
and directed by six different teams, all produced by the 91热爆's Kate
Bartlett.
The
Miller's Tale is written by Peter Bowker; The Knight's Tale by Tony
Marchant; The Wife of Bath by Amanda Coe; The Pardoner's Tale by
Tony Grounds; The Man of Law by Olivia Hetreed (who wrote the screenplay
for Girl With A Pearl Earring) and The Sea Captain's Tale by a new
writer - Avie Luthra.
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