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British Academy Television Awards Production Entries Voting Synopses 1 2 Single Drama This should be a single, self-contained drama of any length – from 5 minutes upward (when part of a strand, the umbrella title should also be listed) A Real Summer BBC Two/BBC/10.11.07 Set in 1958, A Real Summer follows Mary (Ruth Wilson), a brilliant young writer and critic who is befriended by Geraldine (also Ruth Wilson), a young debutante of a similar age but from a very different background. What starts as friendship becomes something more unsettling. A Room With A View ITV1/IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group/04.11.07 A new interpretation by Andrew Davies of EM Forster’s classic novel. When Lucy Honeychurch visits Florence in search of adventure, she finds herself drawn to a handsome fellow traveller. This new adaptation of the novel is framed poignantly by Lucy Honeychurch’s nostalgic return to Florence after the First World War. Ballet Shoes BBC One/Granada Productions/26.12.07 Orphans Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are adopted by eccentric explorer Professor Matthew Brown “Gum” and raised as sisters by his selfless niece Sylvia. When “Gum” goes missing, Sylvia makes ends meet by taking in lodgers whose actions change their lives forever. Boy A C4/Cuba Pictures /26.11.07 Based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, ‘Boy A’ is a powerful coming-of- age drama that raises difficult questions about the morals of our times. Starring Andrew Garfield and Peter Mullan, ‘Boy A’ is a fictional story about Jack(Garfield) a young man who has spent most of his life in institutions paying for a terrible crime he committed as a minor. Capturing Mary BBC Two/A Talkback Thames Production for BBC Films and HBO/12.12.07 Capturing Mary creates a terrifying, compulsive story of lost youth. Maggie Smith who plays the older Mary, knocks unannounced on the door of a grand house. Meeting the teenage concierge, Joe, she enters and hesitantly relives her past. Coming Down the Mountain BBC One/Tiger Aspect/02.09.07 When teenager David’s family move to the back of beyond for the sake of his brother, Ben, who has Down Syndrome, David’s antipathy towards Ben grows and grows – to the point where he decides to push him off a mountain to get rid of him for once and for all… Consent C4/Century Films/21.01.07 When Becky (Anna Madeley) and Steve (Danny Mays) attend a client party and end up kissing in a hotel room, no-one but them knows what happens next. When she approaches the police to accuse him of rape, the fates of both are handed over to a real-life jury , shedding light for the first time on what happens behind the doors of the jury room. 3 Single Drama cont… This should be a single, self-contained drama of any length – from 5 minutes upward (when part of a strand, the umbrella title should also be listed) Forgiven C4/Betty/16.08.07 A challenging factual drama about the uncomfortable subject of child abuse. A convincing portrait of a middle-class family dealing with the unimaginable horror of discovering a father who has been abusing his own daughter. With performances of quite awesome range and intensity, Forgiven successfully tells a story that challenges our preconceptions – not only about child abuse, but about love and marriage. George Gently BBC One/Company Television/08.04.07 It’s 1964, and the world is changing fast…..When Commander George Gently’s beloved wife is murdered, he suspects his nemesis, the gangster Joe Webster, is responsible. Gently follows Webster to Northumberland where he and his new young sidekick John Bacchus race to find him before he kills again. Good Samaritan, The ITV1/ITV Productions/16.05.07 When Brian Guest (Shane Richie) wrongly receives a phone call from a man threatening to jump from a rooftop his life spirals out of control. Believing that his unhelpful response has resulted in the man’s death, Brian sets out to make amends to the man’s wife, regardless of the cost. Half Broken Things ITV1/Festival Film & TV/28.10.07 A lonely house-sitter facing imminent retirement falls in love with the country house she’s looking after. When she takes in two strangers, she discovers the family she never had but as their idyllic fantasy begins to crumble, the family must decide how far they’re willing to go to protect their perfect life. History of Mr Polly, The ITV1/ITV Productions/07.05.07 We first meet our hero, 37-year-old Alfred Polly at his lowest ebb. Via flashbacks to his childhood, it unfolds that Polly has always been a dreamer. As a single man, he struggles to hold down his retail apprenticeship. The unexpected death of his father leaves him some money, enabling Polly to start anew. Fast forward 15 years, and we rejoin the world- weary Polly that we met at the start. It’s A Free World C4/Sixteen Films/24.09.07 The latest collaboration from director Ken Loach, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien, is a drama rooted in the world of illegal employment in contemporary Britain. The single drama stars newcomers Kierston Wareing and Juliet Ellis. Angie (Wareing) may not have much formal education but she’s got energy, wit and ambition, and she’s in her prime. They set up a recruitment agency for immigrant workers which operates in a twilight world where labour is cheap and laws are made to be ignored. Joe’s Palace BBC One/A TalkbackThames production for BBC Films and HBO/04.12.07 Joe’s Palace charts the relationship between Elliot, a reclusive billionaire, and Joe, who looks after Elliot’s grand, empty house. Elliot cannot bring himself to live in the house he has inherited, haunted by memories of his mysterious father. 4 Single Drama cont…. This should be a single, self-contained drama of any length – from 5 minutes upward (when part of a strand, the umbrella title should also be listed) Mansfield Park ITV1/Company Pictures/18.03.07 Fanny Price is taken from her impoverished childhood home to live with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, but is never allowed to forget her roots. While Fanny’s uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them the recklessness of London society. Mark of Cain, The C4/Red Production Company/12.04.07 Life-long friends Shane Gulliver and Mark ‘Treacle’ Tate are on their first tour of duty with the British Army in Basra in 2003. The rules of engagement as peace-keeping troops force them into complex situations they’d never anticipated, leaving them forced to re- examine their actions, with profound consequences. Maxwell BBC Two/BBC Specialist Factual/01.01.07 Maxwell is a one-off special for BBC Two that tells the story of the dramatic stages of Robert Maxwell’s life. It’s a gripping account of how greed and ambition destroyed a man and led him to commit one of the world’s biggest ever frauds. Miss Marie Lloyd – Queen of the Music Hall BBC Four/BBC Drama Production/Hat Trick Productions/09.05.07 A rags-to-riches costume drama inspired by the life and loves of London’s East End Music Hall legend, Marie Lloyd. Murder in the Outback ITV1/ITV Productions/09.04.07 This is the factual drama of the British backpacker Peter Falconio’s murder and his girlfriend Joanne Lees’ attempted abduction. This film explores the traumatic ordeal Joanne Lees faced, first in the outback, and then at the hands of the world’s press and the extraordinary battle to put a killer behind bars. My Boy Jack ITV1/Ecosse Films/11.11.07 My Boy Jack is the true story of Jack Kipling, who was refused entry into the army during WW1 because of his terrible eyesight. His father, Rudyard, the acclaimed author, used his influence to gain 17-year-old Jack a commission, but begins a frantic search for him when he goes missing in battle. Northanger Abbey ITV1/ITV Productions/25.03.07 Catherine Morland is taken to Bath for the season where she makes the acquaintance of the Thorpe family. Catherine’s head is turned by Henry Tilney and she is invited to Northanger Abbey, the home of the Tilneys. Catherine and Henry become close until Catherine imagines a mystery surrounding the death of the General’s wife which offends Henry. Old Curiosity Shop, The ITV1/Carnival Film & Television/26.12.07 An adaptation of the Dickens classic which tells the story of beautiful Nell Trent and her gambling grandfather who are forced to flee to the country in order to escape loan shark Quilp’s financial demands. But whilst Quilp’s vengeful net closes and a mysterious stranger joins the hunt for the fugitives, it’s ultimately Nell’s declining health coupled with Grandfather’s consuming addiction which together prove to be their greatest threat. 5 Single Drama cont… This should be a single, self-contained drama of any length – from 5 minutes upward (when part of a strand, the umbrella title should also be listed) Persuasion ITV1/Clerkenwell Films/01.04.07 A new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. At the age of nineteen Anne Elliot (Sally Hawkins) was persuaded by her family to break off her engagement with Frederick Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones), a decision she has always regretted.