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A new project from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel, a period drama from This Is England’s Shane Meadows and an adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s memoir Everything I Know About Love are among the upcoming dramas from the BBC.
The corporation also announced playwright Cash Carraway will write a series inspired by her debut memoir Skint Estate, which will star This Country’s Daisy May Cooper, while Theresa Ikoko, the writer of Bafta-winning film Rocks, will adapt the novel Wahala.
BBC Unveils New Dramas: Michaela Coel, Candice Carty-Williams, Shane Meadows Lead Slate
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“Queenie” author Candice Carty-Williams, “Everything I Know About Love” writer Dolly Alderton, “The Virtues” creator Shane Meadows and Michaela Coel are among the creatives delivering the next slate of dramas for the BBC.
Piers Wenger, drama controller for the BBC, teased a new project with Coel on Tuesday during a showcase of the Beeb’s upcoming drama offerings, though details were sparse. The “Chewing Gum” creator’s recent BBC collaboration, “I May Destroy You,” a searing portrayal of a woman rebuilding her life following her rape, has won international acclaim.
19 May 2021 : Nathan Griffin Writer/Director Shane Meadows. Revered writer/director Shane Meadows will tackle his first ever television drama for the BBC with Irelands Oscar-nominated production company Element Pictures.
The Gallows Pole is based on Benjamin Myers’ 2017 novel of the same name, and fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners.
Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the compelling drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley, as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.
Shane Meadows (This Is England, The Virtues) is now writing his first period drama for the BBC, based on the Cragg Vale Coiners in 18th century Yorkshire.