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IDRIS ELBA COMEDY FOR NETFLIX
Written by Georgia Lester, Laura Neal, Femi Oyeniran and Victoria Asare-Archer, the newly announced Netflix original TURN UP CHARLIE will star Elba as a DJ who reluctantly becomes a ‘manny’ to his famous best friend’s problem-child daughter. Georgia will also act as supervising producer on the Brown Eyed Boy/Green Door Pictures show.

BBC2 PICKS UP MOTHER’S DAY
Nick Leather’s Warrington bomb drama Mother’s Day is now shooting in Belfast, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Vicky McClure.
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BBC2 PICKS UP MOTHER’S DAY
Nick Leather’s Warrington bomb drama Mother’s Day is now shooting in Belfast, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Vicky McClure.
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STORIES FROM HAY EL MATAR
Adapted into English from the Arabic original by Jonathan Myerson, this 5 x 15 minute drama series about contemporary life in Syria go out on Radio 4 at 10.45 and 19.45 from the 19th to the 23rd June. more here

STORIES FROM HAY EL MATAR
Adapted into English from the Arabic original by Jonathan Myerson, this 5 x 15 minute drama series about contemporary life in Syria go out on Radio 4 at 10.45 and 19.45 from the 19th to the 23rd June. more here

MURDERED FOR BEING DIFFERENT
Nick Leather’s 60 minute factual drama about the brutal 2007 killing of 20 year-old Sophie Lancaster headlines BBC Three’s Sorry Not Sorry Season. Now available online / via the iPlayer. more here

THAT WAS THEN
Starring Rosie Cavaliero, Jonathan Myerson’s 5 part 15 Minute Drama goes out on Radio 4 at 10.45 and 19.45 from the 5th to the 9th June. more here

BROKEN
With ep 3 co-written by Nick Leather and creator Jimmy McGovern, Broken is LA Productions new 6 part drama starring Sean Bean and Anna Friel. Broken broadcasts from Tuesday 30th May on BBC1 at 9pm.

BBC NEW TALENT HOTLIST 2017
JTM are delighted to announce that writers Emteaz Hussain and Ishy Din are on the BBC’s New Talent Hotlist 2017, selected by creative leaders from across the BBC who were tasked with identifying emerging new talent and broadcasting stars of the future. details here

MEAT PIE, SAUSAGE ROLL
Cathy’s Crabb’s new musical, co-written with Lindsay Williams, opens on the 3rd of March and runs until the 25th at the Oldham Coliseum. more here

MEAT PIE, SAUSAGE ROLL
Cathy’s Crabb’s new musical, co-written with Lindsay Williams, opens on the 3rd of March and runs until the 25th at the Oldham Coliseum. more here