Karen Cogan’s “Fled” has come top of The Brit List, a league table of unproduced scripts from British writing talent, this year devoted to television projects. The list, similar to The Black List in the U.S., was compiled from recommendations by British production companies, talent agencies, financiers and broadcasters.
Cogan, represented by Independent Talent Group, received 20 recommendations for “Fled,” a darkly comedic drama in which a pregnant girl and a scared nun are forced together to find some kind of freedom in 90s Ireland. No producer is attached.
Cogan, who has seven original projects in development with television and film production companies, wrote season 2 of the BBC’s “The Young Offenders,” and was part of the writers’ room for Sky’s “Temple.”
Next, with eight recommendations, came “Only Child” by Ryan J. Brown, a crime thriller in which a grieving mother from a small town finds new life...
Cogan, represented by Independent Talent Group, received 20 recommendations for “Fled,” a darkly comedic drama in which a pregnant girl and a scared nun are forced together to find some kind of freedom in 90s Ireland. No producer is attached.
Cogan, who has seven original projects in development with television and film production companies, wrote season 2 of the BBC’s “The Young Offenders,” and was part of the writers’ room for Sky’s “Temple.”
Next, with eight recommendations, came “Only Child” by Ryan J. Brown, a crime thriller in which a grieving mother from a small town finds new life...
- 11/18/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Drama projects from The Young Offenders writer Karen Cogan, Mum producer Big Talk, The Virtues producer Warp Films and NBCUniversal-backed Heyday Television lead the Brit List: TV 2019, the UK television equivalent of The Black List.
The Brit List, overseen by Alexandra Arlango, has published its second television rankings of unproduced drama scripts from British writers with 24 making the final list from 232 scripts put forward.
The top project, which received twenty recommendations from industry executives is Fled, a dark comedy drama from rising writer Karen Cogan, who has written on the second season of BBC Three series The Young Offenders. The show follows a pregnant girl and a scared nun, who are forced together to find some kind of freedom in the last remaining mother and baby Home in 90s Ireland.
Other shows with the most recommendations including Big Talk’s crime thriller Only Child from Ryan J Brown and...
The Brit List, overseen by Alexandra Arlango, has published its second television rankings of unproduced drama scripts from British writers with 24 making the final list from 232 scripts put forward.
The top project, which received twenty recommendations from industry executives is Fled, a dark comedy drama from rising writer Karen Cogan, who has written on the second season of BBC Three series The Young Offenders. The show follows a pregnant girl and a scared nun, who are forced together to find some kind of freedom in the last remaining mother and baby Home in 90s Ireland.
Other shows with the most recommendations including Big Talk’s crime thriller Only Child from Ryan J Brown and...
- 11/18/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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