Exclusive: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost.
The drama comes around 35 years after the disaster, which took place off the coast of Scotland on a North Sea oil rig that at the time accounted for around 10% of the North Sea’s oil and gas production.
The BBC, Scottish producer Stv Studios and writer James Wood are in the research phase, we are told, and the show is yet to go into production or be given the green light. It is being developed in consultation with Piper Alpha survivors and relatives, and would be based on these new interviews, ongoing research, the 1990 Cullen report into the tragedy and the book Fire in the Night by Stephen McGinty.
Piper Alpha began production in 1976 around 120 miles north east of Aberdeen,...
The drama comes around 35 years after the disaster, which took place off the coast of Scotland on a North Sea oil rig that at the time accounted for around 10% of the North Sea’s oil and gas production.
The BBC, Scottish producer Stv Studios and writer James Wood are in the research phase, we are told, and the show is yet to go into production or be given the green light. It is being developed in consultation with Piper Alpha survivors and relatives, and would be based on these new interviews, ongoing research, the 1990 Cullen report into the tragedy and the book Fire in the Night by Stephen McGinty.
Piper Alpha began production in 1976 around 120 miles north east of Aberdeen,...
- 9/2/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) is setting her sights on a new TV role.
The Emmy Award-winning actress will star in and executive-produce the legal-thriller limited series The Holdout, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Written by Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) and based on his novel of the same name,...
The Emmy Award-winning actress will star in and executive-produce the legal-thriller limited series The Holdout, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Written by Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) and based on his novel of the same name,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Outlander and Karen Pirie actress Lauren Lyle has signed on for Netflix drama series Toxic Town, which tells the true story of a town in England where babies were born with limb defects. As reported by Deadline, Lyle will be joining a star-studded cast that includes Sex Education‘s Aimee Lou Wood, Doctor Who‘s Jodie Whittaker, The Full Monty‘s Robert Carlyle, and Bridgerton‘s Claudia Jessie. The show is being written by Jack Thorne whose previous credits include His Dark Materials. (Credit: Starz) Meanwhile, Black Mirror‘s Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ Broke & Bones production is attached to the upcoming series as producers. A recent BAFTA-winner for her titular role in BritBox‘s Karen Pirie, Lyle is best known for playing the feisty Marsali Fraser in Outlander, which she’s appeared in since Season 3. The step-daughter to Sam Heughan‘s Jamie Fraser, Lyle’s character has been a fan-favorite since joining the ensemble.
- 12/12/2023
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Outlander star Lauren Lyle has boarded Netflix’s Corby Poisonings drama Toxic Town.
Lyle’s role is unconfirmed but she joins an all-star cast including Aimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle and Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie. The series is being penned by Help and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne and produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ Netflix-backed Broke & Bones production outfit.
Lyle is probably best known for playing Marsali across three seasons of Starz smash Outlander opposite the likes of Sam Heughan. She has just won two BAFTA Scotland gongs for her titular lead performance in ITV’s Karen Pirie and is also starring alongside Saoirse Ronan in upcoming indie movie The Outrun from Nora Fingscheidt, which is premiering at Sundance. Other credits include Vigil and Broken, both for the BBC.
Revealed by Deadline in August, Toxic Town tells of the scandalous waste spillages in Corby,...
Lyle’s role is unconfirmed but she joins an all-star cast including Aimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle and Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie. The series is being penned by Help and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne and produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ Netflix-backed Broke & Bones production outfit.
Lyle is probably best known for playing Marsali across three seasons of Starz smash Outlander opposite the likes of Sam Heughan. She has just won two BAFTA Scotland gongs for her titular lead performance in ITV’s Karen Pirie and is also starring alongside Saoirse Ronan in upcoming indie movie The Outrun from Nora Fingscheidt, which is premiering at Sundance. Other credits include Vigil and Broken, both for the BBC.
Revealed by Deadline in August, Toxic Town tells of the scandalous waste spillages in Corby,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a brand-spanking new year on the horizon – and with it, a smorgasbord of new TV series to look forward to. With Netflix’s global audience looking set to top 250 million going into 2024, they’re packing their upcoming releases for the year with new Original Series offerings, including sci-fi, fantasy, anime and thrillers.
These new Netflix series are full of big stars: Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker is in true-crime drama Toxic Town, Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Eric, Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley unite in Black Doves, and Jeff Goldblum pops up in Greek myth fantasy series Kaos, to name just a few.
We don’t even have long to wait – there are two top-tier dramas from the UK and the US arriving in January alone – here’s what’s coming up in 2024:
3 Body Problem
March 21
This sci-fi series is based on the novel of the same name by Chinese author Liu Cixin,...
These new Netflix series are full of big stars: Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker is in true-crime drama Toxic Town, Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Eric, Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley unite in Black Doves, and Jeff Goldblum pops up in Greek myth fantasy series Kaos, to name just a few.
We don’t even have long to wait – there are two top-tier dramas from the UK and the US arriving in January alone – here’s what’s coming up in 2024:
3 Body Problem
March 21
This sci-fi series is based on the novel of the same name by Chinese author Liu Cixin,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie has joined the cast of Jack Thorne’s Netflix series Toxic Town alongside Michael Socha (The Gallows Pole) and Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones).
The trio, whose roles are so far unconfirmed, round out cast for the upcoming show about one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals, the Corby poisonings. They join Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, departing Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker and Robert Carlyle.
Jessie plays rebel Bridgerton child Eloise in Shonda Rhimes’ Netflix smash. The English actress also led Bali 2002, Stan and Nine Network’s series about the Bali bombings.
Socha most recently led Shane Meadows’ BBC drama The Gallows Pole and has previously appeared in Meadows’ This is England movie and series. Dempsie is best known for his roles playing Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones and Chris in E4 teen comedy Skins.
Toxic Town director Minkie Spiro said...
The trio, whose roles are so far unconfirmed, round out cast for the upcoming show about one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals, the Corby poisonings. They join Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, departing Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker and Robert Carlyle.
Jessie plays rebel Bridgerton child Eloise in Shonda Rhimes’ Netflix smash. The English actress also led Bali 2002, Stan and Nine Network’s series about the Bali bombings.
Socha most recently led Shane Meadows’ BBC drama The Gallows Pole and has previously appeared in Meadows’ This is England movie and series. Dempsie is best known for his roles playing Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones and Chris in E4 teen comedy Skins.
Toxic Town director Minkie Spiro said...
- 9/18/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Toxic Town is coming to Netflix. The streaming service has ordered the four-part limited series from writer Jack Thorne. The series is a dramatization of the events of the infamous Corby poisonings in the UK and will follow three mothers fighting for justice.
Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle, Aimee Lou Wood, Rory Kinnear, and Brendan Coyle have been cast in the new series, which will begin filming later this month.
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Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle, Aimee Lou Wood, Rory Kinnear, and Brendan Coyle have been cast in the new series, which will begin filming later this month.
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- 8/14/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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