The Innocence Project
Tightrope
Tightrope was founded in 2003 by Paul Abbott and Hilary Bevan Jones following numerous collaborations, from Cracker to State of Play.
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To build on the company's early success, it expanded to open a sister company, Tightrope North, in Manchester. The output of both companies is brought together under the single brand of Tightrope.
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Tightrope's first production was an ambitious adaptation of William Golding's sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth, which was co-produced with the 91热爆 and filmed on location in South Africa. On transmission, it produced record ratings for a drama on 91热爆 TWO.
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The highly acclaimed drama Dad followed, written by Lucy Gannon and starring Richard Briers. This moving, 90-minute television film was broadcast on 91热爆 ONE, as part of 2005's Comic Relief Campaign to highlight elder abuse. Following Dad's success, Tightrope has been commissioned to develop a drama for Comic Relief 2007.
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The Girl In The Caf茅, written by Richard Curtis and directed by David Yates, was a tenderly funny and poignant love story, set against the backdrop of a G8 Summit for 91热爆 ONE. It starred Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald, and has just won three Emmys following its transmission on HBO.
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All in the Game, written by Tony Grounds and starring Ray Winstone, was a sharp and punchy one-off drama, set in the ruthless world of Premiership football, shown on Channel 4 in May 2006.
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As well as new dramas by Paul Abbott, Tightrope is currently working on development projects with writers such as Guy Hibbert, Lucy Gannon and Howard Brenton.
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Hilary has recently become the first woman to chair the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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In 2004 she was awarded the Sony Television Pictures International Contribution to the Medium award, at the Women in Film Awards.
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Tightrope has recently begun production on a two-part thriller for ITV1 written by Lizzie Mickery, Instinct.
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The Innocence Project is an eight-part drama series for 91热爆 Northern Ireland.
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