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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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
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FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE
Based on the best selling books and screenplay by George MacDonald
Fraser.
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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
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.
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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
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