Productions
Consent:
Tuesday 7th February 2023, 10pm, Channel 4 & All 4
Burningdale was a single-sex school for years but it has recently admitted female students to its Sixth Form. Archie (Tom Victor) is the embodiment of the school – rich, privileged and academically a high achiever. The rules of Archie’s social media and online existence are set by a ‘lad’ culture, which he feels he doesn’t really belong to. Porn culture governs how Dale’s boys describe encounters with girls even though most have never even had sex yet. Natalie (Lashay Anderson) – working class, clever (the opposite of Archie’s background) – has won herself a scholarship to attend the school. Natalie’s the outsider that Archie feels himself in part to be. They instantly bond. One night, at Archie’s birthday party, it all comes to a head. Boundaries are crossed, trust is broken, and nothing will ever be the same between them. But how will the school deal with an accusation Natalie makes against ‘one of their own’?
Inspired by hundreds of real-life testimonies of young people’s school experiences, Channel 4 has commissioned a 1x60 Factual drama that captures what it feels like for young people to be in an environment where sexual expectations are distorted by instant access to porn and where the lines of consent are minimised.
Written by Emma Dennis-Edwards, directed by Nadira Amrani (Extraordinary) and executive produced by BAFTA–winner Aysha Rafaele (The Left Behind, Murdered by my Father), Consent is a bold and provocative film set in a fictional private school.
Outrageous:
The true story of six sisters who refused to play by the rules and whose often-scandalous lives made headlines around the world. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, ‘Outrageous’ will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time - a story of family betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, personal heartache and even imprisonment. Refusing to conform to a world order that was collapsing around them, the show explores how and why these women were so ahead of their time - and what drove them to take their very different, complex and often extreme paths. A family saga like no other, this is the Mitfords as they really were: unapologetic, outrageous and utterly human.
Outrageous (6x60") is UKTV’s Drama Channel’s First Original Commission produced by Firebird Pictures and written by Sarah Williams (Small Island, Flesh and Blood, The Long Song).
British couple Liv and Will seem to have it all: A rock-solid marriage, a glamorous new life in New York thousands of miles from their provincial hometown, and still young enough to feel that their whole lives are ahead of them. Until Liv learns about Will’s affair. Heartbreak is swiftly followed by another emotion—fury. Revenge is her only option, and when Will proposes a trip around America’s epic National Parks to give their relationship a fresh start, she knows just the place…Wilderness is a twisted love story, where a dream holiday and a supposedly “happily-ever-after” life quickly turn into a living nightmare.
Based on B.E. Jones’ novel of the same name, Wilderness is a six-part series written by Marnie Dickens, produced by Firebird Pictures for Amazon Studios and will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in 2023 in over 240 countries and territories.
Wilderness:
Three thirty-something Nigerian-British female friends are living in London, successfully navigating a world that mixes roast dinners with jollof rice: Ronke, desperate to settle down, is in love with Kayode; Boo has a gorgeous husband and daughter, but feels unfulfilled and unsure where she belongs; Simi’s life seems perfect, but she’s crippled by imposter syndrome, and her husband thinks they’re trying for a baby. She’s not. At least they have each other. That is, until the charismatic Isobel arrives in their lives, bringing a whole lot of wahala with her.
Based on Nikki May’s hotly anticipated debut novel, Wahala is a six-part series, adapted by Theresa Ikoko for BBC1.
