Projects in genres: Drama

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Bentley and Millicent are a married couple separated by the Great War. They are reunited in a mental institution were Millicent is a nurse and Bentley a sad casualty of war and a psychologically disturbed patient.

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A noir-esque black comedy set in the
competitive world of Karaoke competition,
In a world where the stage is literally a battleground,
will Natasha ever achieve Mumsie’s dream and take to the stage at last?

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It is 1036 and England is without a Monarch and in turmoil. King Canute had died the previous year and a new king has not yet been chosen.

Earl Godwin, Canute's right-hand man and the most influential Earl in England is summoned by Canute's Second wife Queen Emma who wants the Witan (council of elders) to choose her son Hardicanute over Canute's other son Harold Harefoot by his other wife Aelfgigu. Although Earl Godwin cannot sway the council and is unable to help Queen Emma's request, he remains the most powerful Earl in England and effectively rules England for the next two decades.

His son Harold Godwinson will become the eventual King of England destined to rule England but a few months.

From 1036 to 1066 the Godwin family amassed wealth, power and influence. Their enemies were ruthlessly dealt with. Sibling rivalry between Harold and his brothers nearly lead to disaster for the Godwin family. Harold once king is forced to kill his treacherous brother Tostig at the battle of Stamford Bridge just two weeks before the Battle of Hastings.

During this time across the English Channel Duke William (Great nephew to Canute's Queen Emma) is fighting to take control of Normandy. Constantly fending off attacks on his land, he covets the crown of England as King Edward the Confessor has no offspring.

A story full of intrigue, treachery, Papal conspiracy, murder, deceit and an abundance of rape and pillaging. It is the most important era in English history. 1066 is the last time England would be conquered by foreign invaders.

There is more to the story than told in school history books.
 

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Bespectacled cardigan-wearer Stevie endures a job he despises and can’t get a girlfriend, but at least he has music. With his mate Neil, he’s been kicking about in bands for a while, but it is not until the pair team up with Billy, a more experienced hand with drive and ambition, and Billy’s cute pal Emily that the possibility they might be on to something good suggests itself. With a demo to tout, Stevie beats a well-trodden path to record company doors, but finds he has to manage the tensions developing within the band while keeping his own aspirations in check.

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A story unfolds within a home through the perspectives of three people on a young girl's birthday, as they try to communicate with one another.

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Johnny has lost £25,000. It all happened so fast: he just put it down for a second and then it was gone. It wasn’t his to lose. It was such a simple job: deliver a package for his criminal boss Staunton - a small job, but a very important one.

Johnny turns to his brother Del for salvation who knows one thing for certain: they need to find 25Gs, and before Staunton finds him. Whilst Del tries to find the money from somewhere, Johnny goes into hiding and meets the enigmatic Hayley, who seems to have the answers to everything, but all is not so straightforward is this existentialist crime-caper: chance meetings and peculiar turns of events escalate things to nightmarish proportions.
 

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15 year-old Hulud has a dream; she is cracking the barrier set on the highway between the 1947 traditional Bedouin desert-life of a small Bedouin community and the 2007 modern city life of Beer-Sheba in the south of Israel. With her young brother and sister she goes on a journey that will enable her to let go of the life she once wished for.

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Ray Winstone, In McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Stephen Dillane, star in 44 Inch Chest, a powerful and explosive drama which unfolds when a jealous husband and friends kidnap his wife's young lover, seeking retribution for his wounded ego.

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45 is a 12 minute psychological thriller, Jaden Cole relives an important day in his life over and over, each rewinded day sees new information leading to the shocking truth Jaden has to face alone.

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8.5 Hours is an intense, contemporary drama about one day in the working lives of four software workers in Dublin. On one particular Monday, each of the characters finds their lives are in turmoil and each undergoes a gruelling series of events between the hours of 9 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title.
 

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Gareth embarks on a day like any other - or so he thinks. As things go from bad to worse, he decides he wants more out of life than his rubbish job, failed relationships and sarcastic flatmate.  What Gareth needs is a new start, but first he has to escape a dodgy debt collector, and the unwanted attentions of a mysterious woman who stalks his every move.

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A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a 14 year old boy who becomes a father. Neglected and rejected by his own father Joe, Robbie snatches his son and goes on the run hoping to get to Ireland. When Joe follows both have to face up to the reality of the past and what it means to be a dad. A Boy Called Dad is directed by double BAFTA winning Brian Percival and written by BAFTA winner Julie Rutterford.