³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ THREE Autumn 2005 & Winter 2006 press pack
Dramatic
Following the success of Bodies,
Conviction, Outlaws and Casanova, three
of which were nominated for Baftas,
the channel has begun to establish a
reputation for cutting edge British
drama.
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This season sees the arrival
of newcomer Daniel Mays with Kris
Marshall and Sarah Smart in the
disturbingly funny thriller Funland –
from the writers of The League of
Gentlemen and EastEnders and the
director of Shameless – as well as
the return of Bodies.
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Funland
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Mystery, murder, violence, lust and
perversion … in Blackpool.
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Newcomer Daniel Mays heads a cast including
Kris Marshall, Roy Barraclough and Mark Gatiss in
Funland – a disturbingly funny thriller by Bafta
award-winning EastEnders writer Simon Ashdown and Jeremy Dyson, multiple award-winning writer
of The League of Gentlemen.
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Set in Blackpool, Funland lifts the lid on intrigue,
deception, unspeakable secrets and depravity that
lie just behind the funhouse doors.
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Daniel Mays is
Carter Krantz, the charismatic young hero, who
arrives in Blackpool naked and carrying only a
fragment of paper containing two mysterious words.
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Kris Marshall plays the hapless Dudley Sutton. At
his side, but who knows for how long, is his wife
Lola (Sarah Smart) who is looking forward to their
dirty weekend.
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Ian Puleston-Davies is Shirley Woolf, a borderline
psycho trapped by the demons of his past and
the evil Mercy (Judy Parfitt), Blackpool's manipulative,
powerful and awesome matriarch; and his foolhardy
wife Connie (Frances Barber).
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Roy Barraclough
plays the corrupt town mayor and Mark Gatiss
plays the bizarre and haughty repressed taxidermist
Ambrose Chapfel.
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Kenton Allen, Executive Producer of Funland and
the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Editor of Comedy, says: "Funland takes
viewers to the deep black heart that beats at the
core of every English seaside town, bringing the
saucy seaside postcard screaming into the 21st
century.
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"It's like the bastard son of The League of
Gentlemen and EastEnders after a heavy night on
the town with Twin Peaks. It's a hard-boiled comedy
like you've never seen before."
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Funland is directed by Dearbhla Walsh (Shameless),
Susan Tully (55 Degrees North) and Brian Kirk (Murphy’s Law).
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A ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ production
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Bodies
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"The first British doc opera to
seriously rival ER for mature
drama, Bodies has no secret
weapon beyond the all-round
excellent performances,
notably Max Beesley as Lake,
Neve McIntosh as Donna,
Patrick Baladi as Hurley and
Keith Allen as the consultant.
Great stuff" - The Sunday Times
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Darkly humorous and scarily unsettling, the critically
acclaimed Bodies is back.
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Jed Mercurio's drama sets
pulses racing as tragedy, humour and sex interlace in
explosive and moving tales of hospital life in an Obs
and Gynae unit.
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Rob Lake has blown the whistle on his boss Roger
Hurley for being an incompetent surgeon. But Hurley
has covered his tracks and Rob's career is over.
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Whitman is finding it hard to come to terms with
demotion and he plots Hurley's downfall while Rob
continues to find solace in the arms of Sister Rix.
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Starring Max Beesley as Rob Lake, Patrick Baladi as
Roger Hurley, Neve McIntosh as Donna Rix and
Keith Allen as Tony Whitman.
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A Hat Trick production
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