Ann Cleves wrote the novel Red Bones, which BBC TV drama, screened in 2013 and 2014, was based on it?
"Kidd are also credited as principal members of the cast. The story takes place largely on the eponymous Scottish archipelago, although much of the series' filming takes place on the Scottish mainland, with only some location filming actually taking place on Shetland. Four series have been broadcast to date. Douglas Henshall won the 2016 BAFTA Scotland award for best actor for his role as Jimmy Perez, and the series received the award for Best TV Drama. The first series consists of two episodes; a single two-part story based on the novel ""Red Bones "" by Ann Cleeves. This series was"
"of Letters by the University of Sunderland. In 2015, Cleeves was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival & the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Dagger in the Library UK Crime Writers' Association award for an author's body of work in British libraries (UK) These novels, except for ""The Glass Room"" and ""The Seagull"", have been dramatized in the television series ""Vera"" on ITV, which stars Brenda Blethyn in the title role. The programme premiered in May 2011. In 2013, ""Red Bones"" was dramatised by"
"Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is an English crime-writer. In 2006 she won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel ""Raven Black"". Cleeves studied English at Sussex University but dropped out. She then took up various jobs including cook, auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer. She lives in Whitley Bay, and is widowed with two daughters. The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series ""Vera"" and the Jimmy Perez novels as the series ""Shetland"". In 2014 Cleeves was awarded an Honorary Doctorate"
"In the Red (TV series) In the Red is a three-part BBC Two black comedy-crime drama 1998 series featuring Warren Clarke as BBC Reporter George Cragge and Alun Armstrong as Police Superintendent Frank Jefferson, investigating a series of murders of London bank managers, a small political party contesting a by-election, and a plan to overthrow the Director-General of the BBC. The series was adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from Mark Tavener's novel of the same name (Hutchinson, 1989), which had been inspired by the writer's early experiences working for the BBC and the Liberal Party. Following the conclusion of the series,"
"Böds which offers economic, self-catering accommodation in a traditional building. Scotland's great poet Hugh McDiarmid (Christopher Grieve) lived for nine years in this croft house, where he wrote some of his best work. Whalsay is the location for the 2011 novel ""Dancing with the Ferryman"" by Frankie Valente and is the main location of Ann Cleeves's novel ""Red Bones"" (Macmillan, 2009), the third of her Shetland quartet. In 2012, a number of Whalsay fishermen were fined for a 'cynical and sophisticated' fishing scam involving the landing of tens of millions of pounds of illegally caught fish. Whalsay Whalsay ( or"
"Cracks"", based on the book by Julia Donaldson. Allan Radcliffe of The Times praised her ""excellent"" and ""understated"" performance, while the ""Guardian"" wrote, ""with tremendous physical presence, Henwick captures the sense of adolescent righteousness, passion and confusion of a girl trying to create order in an unfair universe."" Theatre critic Joyce McMillan wrote that Henwick was ""outstanding as Leo"". Later that year she was cast as Jane Jeong Trenka in the drama """", which aired January 2014. The adaptation details Trenka's stalking in Minnesota, 1991, which she details in her book ""The Language of Blood"". Henwick also joined the cast"
"Press. Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is an English crime-writer. In 2006 she won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel ""Raven Black"". Cleeves studied English at Sussex University but dropped out. She then took up various jobs including cook, auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer. She lives in Whitley Bay, and is widowed with two daughters. The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series ""Vera"" and the Jimmy Perez novels as the series ""Shetland"". In 2014 Cleeves was awarded an Honorary"
"Kat & Alfie: Redwater Kat & Alfie: Redwater (also called Redwater in Ireland), is a British–Irish co-production television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One and BBC One. It was created by Dominic Treadwell-Collins as a six-part series based on the characters Kat Moon, played by Jessie Wallace, and Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie, from the soap opera ""EastEnders"". The series is set in the fictional Irish village of Redwater, where the residents are hiding a dark secret, and features an ensemble cast. ""Redwater"" is a co-production between the BBC and Element Pictures, with Victoria Wharton serving as producer. It"
"audience of 6.53 million over four episodes, whilst the fourth series attracted a slightly smaller audience of 6.42 million over four episodes. In 2018 the ratings increased to between 8 to 9 million viewers. Vera (TV series) Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, eight series have aired. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Vera is a middle-aged employee of the fictional Northumberland & City Police,"
"the beginning of the series in both Britain and Ireland. In May 2017, ""Kat & Alfie: Redwater"" was longlisted in the Best New Drama category of the TV Choice Awards, but did not reach the viewer-voted shortlist. The series was released on DVD by 2entertain in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2017. Kat & Alfie: Redwater Kat & Alfie: Redwater (also called Redwater in Ireland), is a British–Irish co-production television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One and BBC One. It was created by Dominic Treadwell-Collins as a six-part series based on the characters Kat Moon, played by Jessie Wallace,"
"the novel, adapted by Bryony Lavery and directed by Melly Still, made its world premiere at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 1 September 2018 before touring to Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, Northern Stage, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre. The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critical praise"
"Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for ""Ozymandias"", becoming the first solo woman to win the award in the Drama category since Ann Biderman won in 1994. After ""Breaking Bad"" ended, Walley-Beckett, a former ballet dancer, created the ballet drama miniseries ""Flesh and Bone"" for Starz. The show premiered in November 2015. In January 2016, it was announced that Walley-Beckett would create, write and executive produce a television series based on children's classic ""Anne of Green Gables"" for Canada's CBC. Netflix came aboard in August to distribute the show internationally. The series, ""Anne"" (titled ""Anne with an"
"critical acclaim. Janet Maslin reviewed the novel positively in ""The New York Times"": In January 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that it would stage adaptations by Mike Poulton of ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"" in its Winter season. A six-part BBC television series ""Wolf Hall"", an adaptation of the books ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis and Jonathan Pryce was broadcast in the UK in January 2015 and in the United States in April 2015. Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel"
"at the Barbican. In 1983 she won the Thames Television Playwrights Award and became Resident Writer at the Liverpool Playhouse. There she was commissioned to write the Red Devils Trilogy (""Red Devils"", ""True Dare Kiss"", and ""Command Or Promise""). The last two of these were first performed at the National Theatre's studio, the Cottesloe, in 1985. For these plays she was nominated for the 1985 Evening Standard Awards 'Most Promising Playwright'. ""True Dare Kiss"" was later to be adapted for a TV series. In 2005 she returned to the theatre to adapt her TV series ""Sex, Chips & Rock 'n"
"of the Red Hot Lovers"" and ""Three Sisters"" in the West End, London. She remains best known for her work in television, including the series ""The Lotus Eaters"" and the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Stones of Blood"". In 2003 and 2012, she appeared in the popular detective series ""Midsomer Murders"". Other TV credits include: ""afterlife"", ""The Black Death"", ""Quiet as a Nun"", ""Dalziel and Pascoe"", ""Trial and Retribution V"", ""Thursday the 12th"", ""The Vice"", ""Kavanagh QC"", ""Public Eye"", ""Underworld"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Crown Court"" and ""The Cedar Tree"". In 2004, she guest-starred in the audio drama """", produced by Big Finish"
"Revenger's Tragedy"" (2005/6), ""Edward the Second"" (2007), ""Women Beware Women"" (2008), ""The Duchess of Malfi"" (2010), ""The Witch of Edmonton"" (2011), ""The Maids"" (2012), ""Volpone"" (2012), ""Loot"" (2014), ""The Mystery of Irma Vep"" (2014), ""'Tis Pity She's a Whore"" (2015), ""The Changeling"" (2016), ""The School for Scandal"" (2016), ""Coriolanus"" (2016), ""The Government Inspector"" (2017). Red Bull Theatre The Red Bull was an inn-yard conversion erected in Clerkenwell, London operating in the 17th century. For more than four decades, it entertained audiences drawn primarily from the City and its suburbs, developing a reputation over the years for rowdiness. After Parliament closed"
"currently under development. Ashton is best known as creator of the ongoing BBC Radio 4 drama series ""McLevy"", based on the career of 19th-century Edinburgh detective James McLevy. A pilot episode was first broadcast in 1999 and twelve series of the Scottish thief-taker’s exploits have followed up to 2016. The dramas star Brian Cox as McLevy, Siobhan Redmond as Jean Brash, Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland, and Ashton himself as Lieutenant Roach. In addition, Ashton has written more than 15 other radio plays, including ""The Old Ladies at the Zoo"" (1985), starring Peggy Mount and Liz Smith, which won the Radio"
"adaptation of ""Let It Bleed"". Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of ""The Falls"" (2008), ""Resurrection Men"" (2008), ""Strip Jack"" (2010), ""The Black Book"" (2012), ""Black and Blue"" (2013) and ""Rebus Set in Darkness"" (2014). BBC Radio has also broadcast abridged readings of Ian Rankin's ""Rebus"" novels, including ""Let It Bleed"" read by Alexander Morton, ""Death Is Not the End"" read by Douglas Henshall and ""Beggar's Banquet"" read by James MacPherson. John Rebus Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of"
"Theatre in London, and in 2010, she made her Broadway debut in ""Mrs. Warren's Profession"". In 2012, she starred in ""Constellations"" at the Royal Court Theatre, which later transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. On television, she appeared in the BBC adaptations of ""Tipping The Velvet"" (2002) as Zena Blake, and ""Fingersmith"" (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared as Anne Elliot in ""Persuasion"" (2007), ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Hawkins was born in Dulwich and brought up in Blackheath, the daughter of Jacqui Hawkins (née Jacqueline Sinfield) and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators"
"BAC), ""Ring Road Tales"" (Watford Palace Theatre), and Sweetie Pie (Menagerie Theatre Company, Cambridge Arts Centre and Latchmere Theatre London). Her screenplay ""Paradise"" was broadcast by the BBC and ""The Winding Sheet"" by Channel 4 Television in the UK. She has written for ""The Times"", ""The Guardian"", ""New Statesman"", ""The Observer"", and ""The Big Issue"". She is one of the founders of the British writers' group ""writewords.org.uk"". In 1986, at the age of 17, Anna Reynolds murdered her sleeping mother with a hammer. She was sentenced to life in prison, and sent to Durham Prison, but her conviction was overturned"
"and Kris and Jess's relationship. At the All About Soap Bubble Awards in April 2008, Rigby won an award for the 'I'm a Survivor' (for the bravest soul in soap) category. Emma Rigby Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Hannah Ashworth in long-running soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", Gemma Roscoe in BBC One drama series ""Prisoners' Wives"" and as the Red Queen in American fantasy-drama ""Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"". She played the lead role of Angie in Movies 24's ""A Cinderella Christmas"" (2016). She is due"
"An adaptation by John Constable as a single 90-minute drama for BBC Radio 4, directed by Melanie Harris, was first broadcast on 18 March 1998. Music was by Paul Gargill, and the cast includes: This version was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in 2008, and has been repeated on BBC Radio 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra several times since November 2007. The 1984 children's TV series ""Chocky"", ""Chocky's Children"" and ""Chocky's Challenge"", were based on the 1968 novel. They were written by Anthony Read and produced by Thames Television. The main character Matthew was played by Andrew Ellams"
"Vera (TV series) Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, eight series have aired. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Vera is a middle-aged employee of the fictional Northumberland & City Police, who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. She plods along in a constantly dishevelled state, but has a calculating mind and, despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about"
"October. Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel brought the London productions of ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"", starring Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell, Lydia Leonard as Anne Boleyn, Lucy Briers as Katherine of Aragon, and Nathaniel Parker as Henry VIII, to Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre in March 2015 for a 15-week run. The double-bill has been re-titled ""Wolf Hall, Parts 1 and 2"" for American audiences. The play was nominated for 8 Tony Awards, including Best Play. In 2012, the BBC announced that it would be adapting ""Wolf Hall"" and ""Bring Up the Bodies"" for BBC Two, to"
"Barnes. Townsend adapted the book for the stage in 1984 with music by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. There was also a 1985 television series. A successful stage production ran at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1984-1986, that included Simon Gipps-Kent and followed with a road tour. A stage musical adaptation by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary opened at Leicester's Curve Theatre in March 2015. Townsend had been working on the project at the time of her death. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ is the first book in the"
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"& Ralph"". Wickham also appeared in an episode of ""Midsomer Murders"" entitled ""Last Year's Model"". Between 2001 and 2002, Wickham played a role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy ""The Leopard in Autumn"". She also played chaplain Cordelia Denby in the Channel 4 sitcom ""Green Wing"", and played Luke Rutherford's mother, Jenny Rutherford, in the ITV drama ""Demons"". Wickham appeared in the Channel 4 soap ""Hollyoaks"" in March 2013 as Anna Blake. Saskia Wickham Saskia Wickham (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress best known for playing Alex Wilton in the drama series ""Boon"" and Dr. Erica Matthews in"
"David Kane for BBC television as the first episode of the series ""Shetland"", which stars Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. Episodes broadcast in 2014 were based on ""Raven Black"", ""Dead Water"", and ""Blue Lightning"". In addition to her crime novels, Cleeves has written a number of ghost stories to be read at Newcastle upon Tyne's Literary and Philosophical Society. One of these was issued as part of the anthology ""Phantoms at the Phil. – The Second Proceedings"" (together with a live recording of the author performing it) in a numbered limited edition of 300 copies by Side Real"
"was nominated for two Manchester Theatre Awards for Best Production and Best Performance. Actress Carla Langley won Best Performance for her role as Eve in the production. His first radio play ""The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman"" won the 2014 Imison Award for UK radio drama writing. Since 2013, Wilde has written for long running BBC Drama series ""Doctors."" In May 2016 Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films announced that she had optioned the rights to ""Cuddles"" and that Wilde would be adapting the play for screen. One of Wilde's early plays, ""Last of the Pigs"", was inspired"
"stories written by Kathy Burke and based on her own teenage years. In 2013 and 2014, she appeared as Esme, the wife of John Shelby, in the BBC series ""Peaky Blinders"". In 2014, Edwards appeared in two BBC Cymru Wales television productions celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas: as part of an all-Welsh cast in a television adaptation of Thomas' radio drama ""Under Milk Wood"", playing the part 'Laugharne Voice'; and as Marianne in ""A Poet in New York"", Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Thomas' last days. In 2014, she appeared as Katy in ""The Harrowing"", the sixth episode of the"
"Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime procedural drama television series that aired on Fox in the United States from September 13, 2005, until March 28, 2017. It has 246 episodes over twelve seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance ""Bones"" Brennan (Emily Deschanel). It also explored the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric"
"In the Red (novel) In the Red is a 1989 PG Wodehouse Prize nominated black comedy-crime novel by Mark Tavener, featuring fictional BBC Reporter George Cragge and fiction Police Officer Frank Jefferson, investigating a series of murders of London bank managers, a small political party contesting a by-election, and a plan to overthrow the Director-General of the BBC. The novel's setting in the worlds of finance (from which it draws its title), politics and media, was inspired by the writer's early experiences working for the BBC and the Liberal Party. The novel was released (BBC Books, 1998) following the production"
"is set in Australia. The other books are set in Pakistan, Japan, Thailand, England, Lebanon, India, Papua New Guinea and the Trobriand Islands. After a long career in writing, Halls died on 27 October 1996, in her home town of Adelaide. Halls's book ""Beat Not the Bones"" won the then newly created Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers' Association of America for Best Novel of the Year in 1954. The crime novel, ""The Fugitive Eye"" was adapted for television for a drama series in 1961. The episode starred Charlton Heston and the series was hosted by Fred Astaire."