Projects in genres: Drama

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A single shot film where a young couple get tempted to join a mysterious queue. They do not know where it leads but the people in it are all very enthusiastic and motivated about what is to be found at the end.

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Bob, the station porter at Whatmidwell Station, discovers a dog hiding in some crates and adopts it as the station mascot in order to impress Harriet, the new teacher at the Orphanage. Station Jim, as he is named, soon proves his worth. From chasing moles off Stationmaster Pope's garden, alerting Bob to the fire at the Orphanage, to becoming an invaluable friend to young Henry, who dreams of a train coming to take him home. With the news that Queen Victoria is to visit Whatmidwell, the station becomes a frenzy of activity. But all is not what it seems and when Queen Victoria arrives, Station Jim is once again required to save the day. A made for TV film.

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An extraordinary tale of comic, chaotic characters living in an anarchic English urban landscape. Strayman is a spontaneous poet who is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy homeless girl with an exceptional gift for music. Knockoff, Strayman's neighbour overhears them singing Strayman's sporadic poetry to the soaring strains of Strumpet's guitar. Knockoff pronounces the birth of a new musical sensation, and the three of them set off for London in search of fame, fortune and Top of the Pops.

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Nathan Flyn is one Suave Bastard - at least that's what he thinks! A night on the town turns into a disaster, though Nathan takes the first steps on a course that will change his entire outlook on life. The rite of passage that can only be granted to him by a woman is not without complication, as she's a bored housewife with a very angry husband.

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Liam's mum, Jean, is in prison but should be out in time for his 16th birthday. This time Liam is determined that things will be different. He dreams of a family life he's never had, which means creating a safe haven beyond the reach of wasters like Jean's boyfriend Stan and his own mean-spirited Grandfather. But first he's got to raise the cash - no mean feat for a skint teenager. It's not long before Liam and his pals' crazy schemes lead them into all sorts of trouble. Finding himself dangerously out of his depth, Liam knows he should walk away. Only this time, he just can't let go.

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Pete wants to finish with Juliet, but can't bear the idea of hurting her. To soften the blow, he decides to cook her a gourmet meal. But will he have the nerve to go through with it?

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Swindles and Slim is a brutal, haunting portrait of two seventy-year-old ex-gangsters who regain their youth, only to lose it again - and each other, when bequeathed a stolen painting which is cursed.

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Darren Daniels is a handsome, charismatic and deeply insincere television presenter whose hit show 'Tabloid TV' uncovers the darkest secrets of even the most virtuous celebrity guest. Such is the kudos of the show, that despite these personal revelations, star guests keep coming. Life is wonderful, the show's ratings are high, until one fateful night when Darren is introduced to malevolent criminal Vince, and is encouraged to take part in a kinky sex game with two stunning glamour models. The tables are finally turned and the joke is on Darren, who cannot escape the skeletons in his own cupboard.

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Veteran BBC Radio DJ John Peel takes his first visit to Derry and discovers for himself the band that forged his favourite pop song 'Teenage Kicks'. The film, through the use of archive footage, including previously unseen material of Derry and The Undertones, takes us back to 1975. To a time when it would have been normal, even expected, for five Derry teenagers to get together and have a riot. The Undertones got together, formed a band and created their own form of riot, bursting into a vigorous and joyous celebration of their own existence. The band was made up of former choirboy and distinctively voiced lead singer Feargal Sharkey, the O'Neil brothers, John and Damian, played guitars. Michael Bradley joined in with bass and Billy Doherty beat the drums. Peel takes us on a journey of discovery in which he expresses his amazement at the band's innocence, the completely artless way in which they resisted all hype and packaging. The Undertones would play to packed houses of adoring fans and then go home to Derry, to parents who waited up for them. Reared in a town where the most abhorred social disgrace was to get above yourself, they refused to take it seriously.

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From debut British directors Adam Mason and Jonty Acton comes a film about the evil that lurks in the dark recesses of a small English village. Lany Tompkins was born under the shadow of a total eclipse. On her eighth birthday, Lany's father went on a killing spree murdering fifteen people before turning the gun on himself. Still haunted by nightmares of that day, she must now return to confront the demons of her past. She is oblivious to her own dark destiny for as the carrier of the Moon Spirit she must confront the whole village in a fight for her soul. The film contains the comeback single from rock band legends, Fields of the Nephilim.

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An action comedy set in Liverpool, The 51st State, is the story of Elmo McElroy, a streetwise American master chemist, who heads to England to set up his last big deal - to introduce a new designer drug to the European market. He soon becomes embroiled in a web of double-dealing as he's escorted around Liverpool's underworld rave scene by rabid local hood Felix. Theirs is not a match made in heaven - Felix hates all things American. The crazy Yank in a skirt and the loud-mouthed Scouser are forced to team up and forget their differences.

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A film about friendship and familiarity masking major secrets. When protagonists Beth and Ross gather all of their best friends together for an unruly drink and drug-fuelled party, the event is like many such evenings. That is, until Beth and Ross make an announcement. They tell those assembled that they have secretly married. The impact is not as simple as they had expected. We then track the events of the evening as the news affects each person in turn. Instead of the absolute approval Ross and Beth had hoped for, the news throws a harsh spotlight on everyone's relationship and notions of marriage. The film explores the confused attitudes of a generation whose model of love and romance is complex and demanding. The evening degenerates into a rash of revelations and discoveries about all of the friends, but most dramatically it unravels Ross and Beth's relationship in a way neither of them could have foreseen. This is no fairytale.