Shane Meadows to pen his first BBC television drama

ICONINSIDER — Shane Meadows is to pen his first BBC television drama.
The broadcaster has unveiled a number of new planned drama series for the coming months, and the 48-year-old director is set to write ‘The Gallows Pole’, which will document the story of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners, a group of villagers who turn criminal and commit the biggest fraud in British history from the Yorkshire countryside.
Shane said: “The Gallows Pole is an incredible true story, little known outside of Yorkshire, about a group of very naughty men and women who started clipping and counterfeiting coins out in the Moors, as a way to keep themselves and their community alive.
“I’ve never made a period drama before so I’m absolutely buzzing, and to be doing it with Piers at the BBC, his incredible team, and Element Pictures is nothing short of an honour.”
Elsewhere, Stefan Golaszewski will be returning to the BBC for a new four-part series titled ‘Marriage’, which will look closely at the fears, frustrations and salvation of marriage.
Stefan said: “‘Marriage’ is a show about a couple but there’s more to it than that obviously! It’s great to be working with the BBC again. They’ve been amazing during the development of the idea and encouraged me to write what I want to write. It feels like a real privilege.”
Daisy May Cooper is to star in as-yet untitled show – penned by Cash Carraway – about a mother and 10-year-old daughter trapped below the poverty line in the UK.
Cash said: “Luckily the role will be played by the brilliant Daisy May Cooper who I know will give her warmth and humour and a performance that says ‘f*** you’ to the expectations of how women perceived to be at the bottom of society are expected to behave.”
‘Champion’ mixes fame and family and follows the story of Bosco Champion, a rap sensation who has just returned home from prison, who is determined to make his mark on the music scene again.
Candice Carty-Williams shared: “Champion is a celebration of black music and a black family, however fragmented that family might be. Since I knew what music was, I’ve loved grime and UK rap and neo-soul, to the point of obsession, and to bring to a primetime slot a series that gives these genres of music life and texture is absolutely amazing.”
‘Everything I Know About Love’ is described as a “messy, boisterous, joyful, romantic comedy” about surviving your 20s, adapted by journalist Dolly Alderton from her own memoir.
Dolly said: “It’s a messy, boisterous, joyful, romantic comedy about two best female friends from childhood and what happens when they move in to their first London house share and the first phase of adulthood. I cannot stress enough how thrilled I am that it is being made by Working Title and the BBC.”
‘Wahala’ follows the story of three 30-something Anglo-Nigerian female friends, who are living in London, mixing their heritage with their busy city lives.
Theresa Ikoko said: “I can’t wait to bring Nikki May’s amazing book Wahala to the screen with BBC and Firebird. It is a fantastic, intriguing, suspenseful story of friendship, rivalry secrecy and revenge, think Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends meets Peckham!”

Source: heraldmailmedia.com

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