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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three drama pilots herald new younger drama for channel
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Update – 16 January 2008: Dis/Connected was originally billed as The Six.
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Danny Cohen, Controller of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three, today announces the commission of six
bold new drama pilots to transmit later this year.
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A combination of hot new talent and established names will produce the
pieces, which cover a wide range of maverick tales set both in the
present day and the future.
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Danny Cohen comments: "I'm very excited by the
fresh feel of the drama pilots that we've commissioned. They are bold,
vibrant pieces that draw together emerging talent with some of the
strongest voices in British drama.
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"These pilots are the first step in the
development of a new generation of youthful drama series for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three."
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Being Human follows three young flatmates and the traumas and
tribulations of co-habiting. The extra challenge for them is that one of
them is a vampire, one is a ghost, and the other, a werewolf.
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Produced
by Touchpaper TV (NY-LON) and written by Toby Whithouse (Doctor Who,
Torchwood), Being Human films in September in the Bristol area.
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Mrs Inbetweeny follows siblings whose parents are estranged from each
other and are not around to care for their children. The only option is
for their long lost uncle from the USA to bring them up.
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But when he
arrives, he's no longer an uncle – he's now their pre-op transsexual aunt
Emma (the part will be cast as a woman).
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Written by Caleb Ranson and
executive produced by Paul Abbott, this warm tale is from Tightrope
Productions (The Girl in the Café).
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From the mind of Gorillaz and Tank Girl creator, Jamie Hewlett, comes
Phoo Action – a futuristic kung fu live action drama.
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The year is 2012
and London is in the grip of mutant criminals. Only Terry Phoo, a
Buddhist kung fu cop, and Whitey Action, an enigmatic young anarchist,
can save the nation.
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Based on the comic strip Get The Freebies which
appeared in The Face magazine, Phoo Action is written by Matthew Enriquez
Wakeham, Peter Martin and Jessica Hynes and produced by Matthew Read for
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland.
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The Things I Haven't Told You is a dark thriller by young writer Lisa Mcgee set in a sixth form of a school where every student has a dark secret and
a twisted life.
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Produced by Tiger Aspect (Robin Hood), the story follows
events after a girl's disappearanceand an
inquisitive light is shone onto her friends' movements.
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W10 LDN is a drama penned by Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Doctor Who),
set on a housing estate in West London, about the lives, loves, ambitions
and dreams of a group of young teenagers.
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W10 LDN will be produced by
Kudos Film and TV (Life On Mars).
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Dis/Connected follows a group of six teenage strangers from different walks of
life whose lives interconnect in and around the streets of London.
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From the wrong and right side of the tracks, lives connect and unusual
friendships form as sex, lies and intrigue await for the group.
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Produced by Shine Productions (Sugar Rush), Dis/Connected is written by Howard Overman (Hotel Babylon). Ìý
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