Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Shock BBC NI TV drama commission … sounds like a fairy tale

It’s been mentioned on this blog before that BBC Northern Ireland produce precious incredibly little drama, particularly “returning drama series”. And the few that are produced locally, are actually filmed on the UK mainland (eg, Murphy’s Law).

But that’s all about to change!

An anthology of four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales will be shot in Northern Ireland next summer, and transmitted on BBC1 during Autumn 2007.

The BBC press release announced three of the four stories. The writers behind Cutting It, Outlaws and The League of Gentlemen will adapt The Emperor’s New Clothes, Cinderella and Billy Goat Gruff.

Fairy Tales is a Hat Trick/BBC NI production with the support of the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission.

Via C21Media.net and The Bog Standard Blog.

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