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Roger Spottiswoode  
THE SPIRE

To be directed by Roger Spottiswoode with a screenplay by Roger Spottiswoode and Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by William Golding about the 14th century dean of Salisbury Cathedral who dreams of building a 150 foot spire as a tribute to the glory of God.


Top   Luke Sutherland  
VENUS AS A BOY

Feature film based on the novel by Luke Sutherland. A modern-day myth about the power of love that veers from stratosphere to gutter, from visions of heaven to the all-too mortal yearning below for even just one glimpse of it. A Picture Palace North Production.

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Margaret  
MARGARET

A coming of age story about the girl who grew up to be the Iron Lady.  Written by John Wrathall.

In development with EM Media.

Top   Gillies MacKinnon  
A BORDER STATION

A young boy grows up in 1950's Cavan. He lives on wit and love, dodges his father's fists and for the first time experiences that touch of flesh that melts us all.
Screenplay by Shane Connaughton from his book of the same name.
Director Gillies MacKinnon.
In development with The Irish Film Board.

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    TELEVISION
Emma Hamilton  
ENGLAND'S MISTRESS

A 3 x 1 hour series, adapted from the book by Kate Williams. Screenplay being written by Sarah Williams. Emma Hamilton was England's first superstar. She fought her way out of poverty to become a fashion icon, an Ambassador's wife, a confidante of both Queen Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Naples, and the mistress of Lord Nelson, England's greatest military hero.

Top   David Kane  
MAKING A KILLING

A 100 minute film for TV written by David Kane. A young model entrusts her penthouse flat to her estate agent while she goes abroad. But Gary crosses the professional line when he passes the flat off as his own and unwittingly becomes enmeshed in a murder.

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George MacDonald Fraser  
FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE

Based on the best selling books and screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser.

Top   Paul Hoffman  
THE MAN WHO
MURDERED HIMSELF

A 100 minute thriller for television, written by Paul Hoffman. When James Ryle discovers his identical twin brother Will has pretended to be him in order to sleep with his wife Beth, James murders him. James then assumes Will's identity in an attempt to get away with murder.

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Dordogne  
DORDOGNE

6 x 1 hour series by Rob Heyland. Martha Woods, wife of David Woods, mother of Richard, Elizabeth and Ruth, is an English Rose. She is elegant, gentle, reserved, kind, honest, refined, beautiful and, sadly, hanging dead from a tree in the woods beside her chateau in the Dordogne.

Top   Catherine Johnson  
FORGET YOU EVER
HAD CHILDREN

Based on a true story of a family whose lives fall apart when their four children are taken away for fostering and adoption,  and how they struggle to win them back. The writer is Catherine Johnson. In association with Century Films, to be directed by Brian Hill.  100 minute film for TV.

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