Project Detail

Just Desserts

Synopsis

Jessica Parker is unhappy with a world where injustices happen every day. Added to which she's just been clamped, had no sleep - courtesy of a flat mate's over active libido - and is about to go bankrupt.
Well, that's it, she is going to do something about it and that she does in Just Desserts, a 30-minute HTV drama.
Directed by Vadim Jean (Leon the Pig Farmer) the drama follows Jessica, played by Hilary Maclean (Dangerfield, The Bill, Taggart) as she attempts to redress the balance of society barely worthy of its occupants.

Details

Year
2001
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
24 mins
Format
16mm Kodak, Betacam Sp, Digi Beta
Director
Vadim Jean
Producer
Abigail Davies
Executive Producer
Abigail Davies
Editor
Lyndon Matthews
Screenwriter
Suzie Halewood
Director of Photography
Mike Fox
Sound
Mike Lax
Music
Martin Kiszko
Principal cast
Hilary Maclean, John Merrick

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

HTV West

Contact: Abigail Davies
The TV Centre
Bristol BS4 3HG
UK

T 0117 972 2209

davies@htv-west.com.uk

Sales Company

HTV West

Contact: Abigail Davies
The TV Centre
Bristol BS4 3HG
UK

T 0117 972 2209

davies@htv-west.com.uk

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