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TRESPASS | Rose Tremain

Rose's new novel TRESPASS is a contemporary psychological thriller set in the Cevennes.  It interweaves the stories of two sets of brothers and sisters, one French, one English, in an intense and powerful unravelling.  The strong interest always generated by a 'new Tremain' is heightened further following the very popular Orange Prize-winning THE ROAD HOME.  Chatto will be publishing on 4 March 2010 supported by a major publicity campaign.  The book is being serialised on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime from 1-12 March.

DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN

3 Line Media and twofour54, Abu Dhabi's new HD series for CBeebies DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN starts transmission on 9 January 2010.  Allan Plenderleith and George Tarry are both on the writing team.  Check it out for superb storytelling and production values.

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS | Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown

Charles co-wrote Terry Gilliam's extraordinary new film THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS.  Starring the late Heath Ledger in his last role - a role taken over mid-way through production by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law - and with other lead cast including Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Andrew Garfield and Lily Cole, the film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2009.  It went on general release in the UK and elsewhere in autumn 2009, performing particularly strongly in Italy, and it opened in the US on 25 December 2009.

WRITING THE CENTURY 12 (BBC R4) | Tina Pepler

Woman’s Hour Drama 1966-1969 / TRUE TO MY LAND

Tx 8-12 February 2010 @ 10.45 am, Omnibus edition Friday 12 February @ 21.00. Producer Kate McAll. 

A student activist and an eminent historian share a passion for Wales and the Welsh language.  The story unfolds in the turbulent 1960’s when Welsh identity was under threat.  It is dramatised from diaries and correspondence in the National Library of Wales.

BEING BRAVE | Tina Pepler

A 45’ drama about a horse whisperer who forms a special bond with a troubled teenage girl.  Producer Marion Nancarrow for the BBC World Service.

Tx on BBC World Service on Saturday 13 February at 2001 GMT, repeated on Sunday 14th February at 2301 GMT. 
You can listen live on 648 MW/Freeview 710/DAB digital/Sky digital 0115 – or online at bbcworldservice.com 
It will be available via the BBC iPlayer for seven days after broadcast at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_world_service  
There's also a listen again option for fourteen days after transmission at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/world_drama.shtml

TOMORROW MORNING | Laurence Mark Wythe

Chicago Cast Recording, from the award winning 2008 Chicago production of this new musical at the Greenhouse Theater Center, starring Jonathan Rayson, Charissa Armon, Michael Mahler & Emily Thompson.

2009 Jeff Award Best Musical (midsize) and Jeff Award Best Aritistic Specialization.

Release date: 1 March 2010

www.dresscircle.co.uk for CD pre-orders & mp3 downloads on iTunes/Amazon/Rhapsody/Napster

NO PLACE LIKE HOME  (BBC R4) | ROBERT RIGBY

26 March 2010, BBC R4 Afternoon Play @ 2.15pm

A 45' drama about two men caught up in the randomness of fate.  A bizarre and revealing relationship develops between them when one man confronts the other, an intruder, with a legally owned shotgun. 

BLUE MURDER Series 5 | Steve Griffiths

Steve's episode HAVING IT ALL featuring dark deeds in the cheerleader community kicked off the new series on ITV (September 2009).

EMMERDALE (ITV) | Transmission dates

Rob Rohrer (Director) - September 2009

DOCTORS (BBC1 at 1.45pm) | Transmission Dates

We are proud to announce that Ray Brooking's episode Strange Little Girl (tx March 2009) was nominated for a Mental Health Award.

Ray Brooking - 3 February 2010 Three Go Wild

Mike Chappell - 3 August 2009 No Way Out

Rob Rohrer (director) - 2, 3, 4 June 2009

Richard Stevens - 5 February 2010 Coming to Get You

Catch up with the latest news on DOCTORS

HOLLYOAKS (C4) | Transmission Dates

Eddy Marshall (director) - w/c 18 January 2010

Go to the official HOLLYOAKS website

POLAR RACE DOCUMENTARY | David Andrew Ward

In April 2009 David directed a documentary for Dubai-based Phoenix Films following Nabs Al Busaidi, the first Arab from Oman to make the trek to the North Pole as part of the Polar Race. In extreme conditions David tracked Nabs' progress from their Canadian base camp to his arrival at the Pole. 

THE AFTERNOON PLAY (BBC R4) - AFTERSHOCK | Tina Pepler

In this drama/documentary (tx August 2009) commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Istanbul earthquake, we follow the story of a young British woman who experienced the earthquake during her childhood in Turkey and who returns to Istanbul to re-connect with friends and to discover what lessons have been learned in the intervening decade.  This is a very human story underpinned by cutting edge science.  It provoked a heartfelt response in the general audience and is also already being used by engineers in the UK and abroad as a powerful educational and training tool.

THE SMELLY SPROUT | Allan Plenderleith

Allan's first children's book (first published Christmas 2007 by Ravette) tells the story of a tiny sprout thrown out into the cold on Christmas Day.  Christmas 2009 saw the publication of a special gift edition of this delightful, best-selling picture book.

RICKY | Rose Tremain

François Ozon’s new film Ricky was shown at the Berlin Film Festival (February 2009). Adapted from Rose Tremain's short story MOTH from her collection The Darkness of Wallis Simpson (Chatto & Windus, 2005), RICKY went on general release in various territories including France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Spain.

THREE MINUTE WONDERS (C4) |  Eddy Marshall

A co-production between Lime Pictures and Liverpool's Everyman Playhouse for Channel 4, four short films including SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN written by Robert Farquhar and directed by Eddy Marshall (tx September 2009). 

GIGGLEBIZ (CBeebies) | Mike Chappell

CBeebies first live action sketch show for the under sixes, featuring award- winning presenter Justin Fletcher.  Mike has contributed his comic expertise to twenty five episodes of short, funny sketches featuring hilarious and eccentric characters (tx September 2009).

THE CLINIC (RTE 1) | Transmission dates

Paul Walker - 18 and 25 October 2009

EASTENDERS (BBC1) | Transmission dates

Ray Brooking - 23 November 2009

THE SATURDAY PLAY (BBC R4) - THE SMALL BACK ROOM | Richard Stevens

A dramatisation of Nigel Balchin's novel, with Damian Lewis playing back-room boy Sammy Rice in this wartime thriller (tx April 2008 and a repeat on                 6 February 2010, Radio 4 2.30pm).

RIVER CITY (BBC Scotland) | Transmission Dates

Ray Brooking - 20 January 2009