Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan, Toby Jones and Douglas Booth join Matt Smith in a new BBC Two drama. Written by acclaimed playwright Kevin Elyot (My Night With Reg) and produced by Mammoth Screen through BBC Wales, Christopher And His Kind chronicles the formative years of Christopher Isherwood.

Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Solitary Man) stars as Jean Ross, an aspiring actress and singer who provided Christopher with the inspiration for the Sally Bowles character of Cabaret fame.

The hedonistic Berlin cabaret scene is in full swing when a young and wide-eyed Christopher Isherwood arrives in the city, unable to speak a word of German, to stay with his close friend, Auden.

To Isherwood’s reserved English sensibility, the city’s thriving gay subculture is thrilling and intoxicating. But Christopher soon finds himself heartbroken after the failure of a hopeless love affair, and so sets out on a process of self-discovery.

This 90-minute film is directed by Geoffrey Sax (Tipping The Velvet) and produced by Celia Duval (Margot) for Mammoth Screen, withMichele Buck, Kevin Elyot and Damien Timmer as executive producers.

The drama was commissioned for BBC Two by Janice Hadlow, Controller BBC Two and Ben Stephenson, Controller of Drama commissioning with Eleanor Moran as BBC executive producer andPiers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales.

Christopher And His Kind is currently filming on location in Belfast and is being made with the assistance of Northern Ireland Screen.

Solitary Man

A once successful Manhattan mogul who owned a chain of car dealerships finds himself on the brink of a fantastic comeback.

His marriage and businesses were lost to him through a series of indiscretions of romantic and financial natures.

His new girlfriend has a father that is offering him a second lease on life, but the one catch is he has to take his girlfriend’s daughter on a weekend college visit where he absolutely must behave himself or lose everything.

ITV and Mammoth Screen announces the cast and start of principal photography for A Bouquet of Barbed Wire a 3 x 60 min drama

Six weeks of principal photography began this week on the ITV1 drama, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire.

TREVOR EVE (Waking the Dead, Framed) leads the cast as Peter Manson. Written by acclaimed writer Guy Andrews (Lost In Austen, Prime Suspect), directed by Ashley Pearce (Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Commander, Afterlife) produced by Mammoth Screen, and commissioned by ITV1, the 3 x 60 min drama will be filmed on location around London.

Eve will star alongside  IMOGEN POOTS (Miss Austen Regrets, 28 Weeks Later), HERMIONE NORRIS (Spooks, Kingdom), TOM RILEY (St. Trinians 2, Lost In Austen), JEMIMA ROOPER (Lost In Austen, The Black Dahlia) and MARK LEWIS JONES (The Passion, The Commander).

A modern reworking of Andrea Newman’s taboo-busting 1970s psychological drama, and adapted by Guy Andrews, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire explores the consequences of a father’s obsessive love for his daughter and how secrets once buried in the past return to haunt their lives. Trevor Eve will play Peter Manson, whose apparently successful life is turned upside down when his beloved teenage daughter Prue reveals she’s pregnant by her teacher, Gavin Sorenson. The very heart of the family is threatened as Peter has an intuitive sense that Gavin’s on a personal quest for revenge.

Commissioned by ITV’s Controller of Drama Commissioning, Sally Haynes, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire will be adapted for ITV by independent production company Mammoth Screen, who have recently produced Wuthering Heights, and whose joint managing directors Michele Buck and Damien Timmer are overseeing ITV1/AMC’s upcoming The Prisoner for ITV Studios. Mammoth will produce three 60 minutes episodes of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire.

“We’re delighted Guy Andrews has agreed to adapt A Bouquet of Barbed Wire for ITV,” said Sally. “It’s a timeless, multi-layered tale of a family torn apart by secrets from the past. It created a stir during the 1970’s when first produced for television, and 30 years on we’re convinced a modern day audience will be just as intrigued by its themes of paternal jealousy and incestuous relationships.”

Executive Producer for Mammoth Screen Damien Timmer said: “The original TV version of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was one of the most controversial dramas of its era, busting taboos which still have the power to shock decades later. Guy will bring a thrilling, modern sensibility to the story,” he added.

Central to the drama are the characters of Peter (Trevor Eve), his daughter Prue, and his wife Cassie. No further casting information is available presently and pre-production has commenced. Filming is scheduled for November 2009.

As the story unfolds, architect Peter employs mid 20’s rising star, Sarah Francis. Consequently, Peter and Cassie’s relationship becomes increasingly distant, as Peter tries to overcome the aching fear that he’s lost his daughter, and embarks on an affair with Sarah. With Peter’s marriage at breaking point, his increased erratic behaviour and facing financial ruin, it’s only a matter of time before the truth is revealed.

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon

A group of teenagers encourage each other’s bad behavior.

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Set in a strict elite boarding school in the 1930s, the story centers on a clique of girls who idolize their enigmatic swimming instructor, Miss G . When a beautiful Spanish girl named Fiamma  arrives at the school, Miss G’s focus is shifted away from the other girls. Jealousy ultimately leads to Fiamma’s inexplicable disappearance.

Miss Austen Regrets is a BBC-produced drama film. The film is based on the last few years of Jane Austen’s life as she looks back on her life and loves and helps her favorite niece, Fanny, find a husband

Over the course of 28 weeks following the original outbreak, the infected have all starved to death and Britain has been declared relatively safe. An American-led NATO force, under the command of United States Army Brigadier General Stone, begins repopulating the country. Amongst the new population are Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy.