
Series
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ENDANGERED
Returning Limited Series - Contemporary Crime Thriller
Adapted from the best-selling South African crime novels by Rudie Van Rensburg. Endangered subjects us to illegal rhino poaching and takes us from the gang lands of Cape Town to Kruger National Park. What begins as a routine missing persons case for Captain Kassie Kasselman, soon spirals into a dangerous encounter against a powerful syndicate that control the illegal rhino horn trade in South Africa.
Novel by Rudie Van Rensburg
TV Adaptation by Jake Riddell
DRAGONS RISING
Epic 8 Hour Limited Drama Series - 1930’s Crime Thriller
1937: Shanghai is the most exciting and most violent city in the world. The all-powerful Chinese Green-Gang controls the world’s trade in opium, but that control is being challenged. With the Japanese Invasion of China, the feared Yakuza have made it clear they want to make the opium trade their own. The resulting gang wars spill from the underbelly of Shanghai to the docks and streets of Liverpool, home to Europe’s oldest Chinatown.
Written by Stephen Clarke
A DANGEROUS ROAD
Limited Drama Series - Period Political Thriller
1968: The exploits of black private eye Smokey Dalton whose investigative world is interwoven into the events and conspiracies of the killing of Martin Luther King.
Based on the novel by Kris Nelscott
Screenplay Adaption by Stephen Clarke
SIDESHOW
Limited Drama Series - Neo-Noir Thriller
1956. Gibtown, Florida. Where the Carnies and freaks live and hibernate when not on the circuit, and someone is killing them. Rookie African-American cop Lomax is sent to investigate and along with his strange new partner is thrown into a macabre world where no-one is who they seem.
Written by Stephen Clarke
DEADLINE
Returning Limited Series - Crime Thriller
15 Girls from an elite UK private school are kidnapped on a school trip abroad. Many are the daughters of multi-national, extremely rich and powerful parents. Law enforcement agents from various countries are scrambled to deal with the explosive situation.
Written by Gil Brailey
SLEEPWALKER
Long Form Series - Supernatural Thriller
Following a car bomb attack whilst on patrol in the Middle East, Soldier Zack Kellerman returns home to find his consciousness opened up in ways he couldn’t imagine.
Pilot screenplay by Stephen Clarke
ALPHA
Returning Limited Series - Horror / Mystery
The University of Salamanca, one of the most prestigious and demanding institutions in the world, where at the start of term six students are selected to be part of the Alpha Program. An elite study club with a very particular philosophy, and a terrible truth hiding behind it.
What unfolds is a spiral of conspiracies, vanishings and suicides hidden by the mysterious caste that controls the University. Centuries of history and tradition protecting the greatest secret in the history of mankind: Those who wrote it….were not human….
Pilot screenplay by Miguel Morán
CHILDE ROLANDE
Returning Limited Series - Fantasy Drama
Our story takes place in Alba, Scotland in an alternative Universe, in a world where a global disaster has resulted in women taking over the reins of power and men being relegated to a position of subservience and slavery. A prophecy speaks of a redeemer, who is male and female alike, a hermaphrodite who will unite them all.
Novel by Samantha Lee
CHASING GHOSTS
Long Form Series - Period Supernatural Crime
New York. Early 1900s, following the exploits of ‘Carnacki The Ghost-Finder’ as he investigates the macabre and occult.
Short Stories by William Hope Hodgson
TV Adaptation by Clive Exton and Bill Kelman
LAST FRONTIER
Returning Limited Series - Period Western Drama
The exploits of Bass Reeves, who lived during the wildest and most violent times in American pioneering history. A negro brought up by Native Americans and one of the first to be deputised as a US marshal in 1875 and retiring aged 69 in 1907 after 32 extraordinary years.
Written by Stephen Clarke
BLOODHOUNDS
Limited Series - Contemporary Thriller / Horror
1886 London, Jack the Ripper was impossible to find and could not be stopped, but those were not unusual traits for a vampire. His killing spree was thwarted by three hybrid non-functioning Vampires. Now in 2020 Jack’s has returned to London. Our dedicated group of vampire hunters reform to battle Jack once again.
Written by Stephen Clarke
UNFIT FOR DUTY
Long Form Series - Contemporary Drama
A Wounded soldier and his hero war dog are reluctantly retired from the military and return home to start a new life which neither are ready for.
Pilot screenplay by Samantha Lee
DEMON
Long Form Series - Supernatural Horror
Based on the novels from the successful Point Horror book series. USA. The Demon nightmare travels across the States targeting the young and impressionable with horrific effect. Their only hope is the intervention of Native American Miguel Coyote who for the last 200 years has tried to stop the Demon curse.
Novels and screenplay by Samantha Lee
BAKER STREET
Long Form Series - Mystery Adventure
1960s London. American granddaughter of Dr Watson connects with the English granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes to investigate past and present crimes and battle enemies old and new.
Original screenplay by Stephen Clarke
THE WORDS
Long Form Series - Psychological Thriller
FBI investigator Ferlucci is an expert in the occult. He should be. If he hadn’t suffered from short term memory loss every day he would remember why.
Pilot screenplay by Stephen Clarke
LONDON BLUES
Mini-Series - Crime Mystery
Swinging 60’s London’s Soho. Experienced by newcomer Tim Purdom on his journey as an innocent photographer to a celebrity porn film maker and his introduction into the world of spying, politics and prostitution that lead to the biggest scandal of that era.
Novel and original screenplay by Anthony Frewin
LADIES FROM HELL
Mini-Series - War Drama
From Ken Hyman, producer of 'The Dirty Dozen', comes this First World War Drama following the exploits of a reluctant group of Scottish Highlanders off to fight in Europe for the honour of their clan.
Original screenplay by Stephen Clarke
WARM EARTH
Mini-Series. - 1930s Spanish Civil War Drama
True life events around 3 women nurses, one American, one English and one Irish who join the International Brigade, fought against the fascists and were honoured for their service.
Novel by Angela Jackson