“Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T Davies is set to exec produce a new BBC drama about the first trials for Viagra.
Produced by Quay Street Productions and Boom, “Men Up” tells the story about a trial for the sex drug that took place in Wales in 1994.
“Industry” scribe Matthew Barry is writing the feature-length drama, which is a co-commission with BBC Wales.
Starring in the show are Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Aneurin Barnard (“Dunkirk”), Alexandra Roach (“Killing Eve”), Phaldut Sharma (“Sherwood”), Paul Rhys (“A Discovery of Witches”), Steffan Rhodri (“House of the Dragon”), Mark Lewis Jones (“Gangs of London”), Joanna Page (“Gavin & Stacey”), Alexandria Riley (“The Pembrokeshire Murders”), Nathan Sussex (“It’s A Sin”), Lisa Palfrey (“Sex Education”), Dyfan Dwyfor (“A Very English Scandal”) and Katy Wix (“Ghosts”).
Rheon plays Meurig Jenkins who, along with Colin White (Rhodri), Tommy Cadogan (Rhys), Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah (Sharma) and Eddie O’Connor (Jones), is suffering from impotency.
Produced by Quay Street Productions and Boom, “Men Up” tells the story about a trial for the sex drug that took place in Wales in 1994.
“Industry” scribe Matthew Barry is writing the feature-length drama, which is a co-commission with BBC Wales.
Starring in the show are Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Aneurin Barnard (“Dunkirk”), Alexandra Roach (“Killing Eve”), Phaldut Sharma (“Sherwood”), Paul Rhys (“A Discovery of Witches”), Steffan Rhodri (“House of the Dragon”), Mark Lewis Jones (“Gangs of London”), Joanna Page (“Gavin & Stacey”), Alexandria Riley (“The Pembrokeshire Murders”), Nathan Sussex (“It’s A Sin”), Lisa Palfrey (“Sex Education”), Dyfan Dwyfor (“A Very English Scandal”) and Katy Wix (“Ghosts”).
Rheon plays Meurig Jenkins who, along with Colin White (Rhodri), Tommy Cadogan (Rhys), Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah (Sharma) and Eddie O’Connor (Jones), is suffering from impotency.
- 3/1/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The story behind the rise of Viagra is getting a TV feature treatment for the BBC.
Written by Matthew Barry (Industry, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and exec produced by Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, It’s a Sin, Years and Years), Men Up comes from Quay Street Productions (behind Davies recent drama Nolly and founded by Nicola Shindler, who exec produced It’s a Sin) and Boom.
Men Up is inspired by the true story of one of the world’s first medical trials for what would become the now world-famous drug, which were held in Swansea’s Morriston Hospital in Wales in 1994.
The cast includes Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones, Misfits, Riviera), Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk, The Pact), Alexandra Roach (Killing Eve, Sanditon, No Offence), Phaldut Sharma (Sherwood, Romantic Getaway), Paul Rhys (A Discovery of Witches, Rellick), Steffan Rhodri (House of the Dragon, Temple), Mark Lewis Jones (Gangs of London, The Phantom of the Open...
Written by Matthew Barry (Industry, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and exec produced by Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, It’s a Sin, Years and Years), Men Up comes from Quay Street Productions (behind Davies recent drama Nolly and founded by Nicola Shindler, who exec produced It’s a Sin) and Boom.
Men Up is inspired by the true story of one of the world’s first medical trials for what would become the now world-famous drug, which were held in Swansea’s Morriston Hospital in Wales in 1994.
The cast includes Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones, Misfits, Riviera), Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk, The Pact), Alexandra Roach (Killing Eve, Sanditon, No Offence), Phaldut Sharma (Sherwood, Romantic Getaway), Paul Rhys (A Discovery of Witches, Rellick), Steffan Rhodri (House of the Dragon, Temple), Mark Lewis Jones (Gangs of London, The Phantom of the Open...
- 3/1/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BBC is making a feature-length drama about the remarkable true story of one of the world’s first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra, which once again pairs It’s A Sin’s Russell T. Davies with Nicola Shindler.
Shindler’s Quay Street and Welsh indie Boom are behind Men Up, starring the likes of Iwan Rheon, Aneurin Barnard, Alexandra Roach and Steffan Rhodri (House of the Dragon), and penned by Matthew Barry. Davies and Shindler are EPs.
Years before the little blue pill changed the lives for millions across the globe, a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men underwent the extraordinary, taking part in one of the first clinical trials for an unknown drug which later became Viagra. This group of men had one thing in common: impotency, and were living their lives drowned in shame and silence before being offered a lifeline.
Shindler’s Quay Street and Welsh indie Boom are behind Men Up, starring the likes of Iwan Rheon, Aneurin Barnard, Alexandra Roach and Steffan Rhodri (House of the Dragon), and penned by Matthew Barry. Davies and Shindler are EPs.
Years before the little blue pill changed the lives for millions across the globe, a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men underwent the extraordinary, taking part in one of the first clinical trials for an unknown drug which later became Viagra. This group of men had one thing in common: impotency, and were living their lives drowned in shame and silence before being offered a lifeline.
- 3/1/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Noel Clarke, the Bulletproof and Adulthood writer and actor, is to headline ITV’s Viewpoint, a Rear Window-esque crime drama based on an idea from Emmy-winning Fleabag helmer Harry Bradbeer.
Produced by Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect, Clarke plays surveillance detective, DC Martin King, who sets up an observation post in the home of single mum and secret voyeur, Zoe Sterling, played by Alexandra Roach (Black Mirror).
Sterling’s windows command a panoramic view of Westbury Square, Manchester, and provides a direct sightline into the home of beloved missing school teacher, Gemma Hillman (Amy Wren). Hillman shares the home with her boyfriend and prime suspect, Greg Sullivan, played by Fehinti Balogu.
Rounding out the cast are Catherine Tyldesley (Scarborough), Bronagh Waugh (The Fall), Sarah Niles (Trust Me), Shannon Murray (Get Even), Phil Davis (Whitechapel) Ian Puleston-Davies (Tin Star), Dominic Allburn (Jack Irish: Dead Point), Marcus Garvey (Broadchurch), Carlyss Peer...
Produced by Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect, Clarke plays surveillance detective, DC Martin King, who sets up an observation post in the home of single mum and secret voyeur, Zoe Sterling, played by Alexandra Roach (Black Mirror).
Sterling’s windows command a panoramic view of Westbury Square, Manchester, and provides a direct sightline into the home of beloved missing school teacher, Gemma Hillman (Amy Wren). Hillman shares the home with her boyfriend and prime suspect, Greg Sullivan, played by Fehinti Balogu.
Rounding out the cast are Catherine Tyldesley (Scarborough), Bronagh Waugh (The Fall), Sarah Niles (Trust Me), Shannon Murray (Get Even), Phil Davis (Whitechapel) Ian Puleston-Davies (Tin Star), Dominic Allburn (Jack Irish: Dead Point), Marcus Garvey (Broadchurch), Carlyss Peer...
- 8/25/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emmy-winning Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer has co-created a Rear Window-esque crime drama with Manhunt writer Ed Whitmore for ITV.
The pair have devised five-part thriller Viewpoint from Ripper Street producer Tiger Aspect, ordered to series by the British commercial broadcaster.
The drama follows a police surveillance investigation into a tight knit community in Manchester and explores whether it is ever possible observe the lives of others with true objectivity and zero effect.
When beloved primary school teacher Gemma King vanishes into thin air, DC Martin Young decides to set up his observation post in the home of single mum Zoe Sturges. His reasoning is simple – Zoe’s flat commands a panoramic view of all the comings and goings in Westbury Square. More specifically, he can see straight into the flat that Gemma shares with boyfriend Greg Sullivan, the prime suspect in her disappearance. But Martin is a man...
The pair have devised five-part thriller Viewpoint from Ripper Street producer Tiger Aspect, ordered to series by the British commercial broadcaster.
The drama follows a police surveillance investigation into a tight knit community in Manchester and explores whether it is ever possible observe the lives of others with true objectivity and zero effect.
When beloved primary school teacher Gemma King vanishes into thin air, DC Martin Young decides to set up his observation post in the home of single mum Zoe Sturges. His reasoning is simple – Zoe’s flat commands a panoramic view of all the comings and goings in Westbury Square. More specifically, he can see straight into the flat that Gemma shares with boyfriend Greg Sullivan, the prime suspect in her disappearance. But Martin is a man...
- 1/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Laura Haddock (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Marta Milans (“Shazam”) and Juan Diego Botto (“Good Behavior”) are set to star in “White Lines,” the Netflix original series written by “La Casa de Pavel” creator Alex Pina.
The 10 episode show will start shooting later this month until October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. On top of writing the series, Pina also serve as showrunner. Nick Hamm, Luis Prieto, Ashley Way and Alvaro Brechner will be directing it.
After the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza, his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened. Her investigation will lead her through a thrilling world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups, forcing her to confront the darker sides of her own character.
The cast is completed by Nuno Lopes, Laurence Fox (“Victoria”) and Angela Griffin.
The series...
The 10 episode show will start shooting later this month until October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. On top of writing the series, Pina also serve as showrunner. Nick Hamm, Luis Prieto, Ashley Way and Alvaro Brechner will be directing it.
After the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza, his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened. Her investigation will lead her through a thrilling world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups, forcing her to confront the darker sides of her own character.
The cast is completed by Nuno Lopes, Laurence Fox (“Victoria”) and Angela Griffin.
The series...
- 6/13/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is under way on ten-part UK-Spanish crime-drama series White Lines, which is written by Money Heist creator Álex Pina (who is serving as showrunner) and executive-produced by Andy Harries and Sharon Hughff for The Crown outfit Left Bank Pictures.
Laura Haddock (Transformers: The Last Knight) leads cast in the English-language series in which the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza. When his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened her investigation leads her through a world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups.
Also starring are Marta Milans (Shazam), Juan Diego Botto (Good Behavior), Nuno Lopes (Saint George), Daniel Mays (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Laurence Fox (Victoria) and Angela Griffin (Turn Up Charlie).
The series will film from June-October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. Directors will be Nick Hamm,...
Laura Haddock (Transformers: The Last Knight) leads cast in the English-language series in which the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza. When his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened her investigation leads her through a world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups.
Also starring are Marta Milans (Shazam), Juan Diego Botto (Good Behavior), Nuno Lopes (Saint George), Daniel Mays (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Laurence Fox (Victoria) and Angela Griffin (Turn Up Charlie).
The series will film from June-October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. Directors will be Nick Hamm,...
- 6/13/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
For many years they waited. Under the ground. Waiting for the moment that they would see the light of day and reign supreme...
Yes, Chris Chibnall's crayon-scribbled Doctor Who scripts locked in a hermetically-sealed time capsule in the late 1970s and dug up and dusted in the 21st century. Well, possibly. Yes, having put us through the wretched 42 , it seems that the man ain't through with us yet. He was invited back to pen a two-part story for Matt Smith's first season, which not only brings back the Silurians but apparently wipes out Amy's gormless whipping-boy once and for all.
It's a shock tactic that could have paid dividends, but in the harsh light of day, it wasn't to be. Which makes my original take on the story somewhat laughable, given that a good story was supposedly elevated to classic status because of an ending that just...
Yes, Chris Chibnall's crayon-scribbled Doctor Who scripts locked in a hermetically-sealed time capsule in the late 1970s and dug up and dusted in the 21st century. Well, possibly. Yes, having put us through the wretched 42 , it seems that the man ain't through with us yet. He was invited back to pen a two-part story for Matt Smith's first season, which not only brings back the Silurians but apparently wipes out Amy's gormless whipping-boy once and for all.
It's a shock tactic that could have paid dividends, but in the harsh light of day, it wasn't to be. Which makes my original take on the story somewhat laughable, given that a good story was supposedly elevated to classic status because of an ending that just...
- 11/13/2011
- Shadowlocked
What do we have when even memories fade? When our own past is brutally ripped away from us, when time itself is so malleable that it can be rewritten to erase the memory of a loved one from existence itself? The Doctor has traveled throughout time and space, arriving at fixed points in time and others that are far more changeable. He's witnessed beautiful and terrible things but likely none more heartbreaking than being forced to remember it all, even when those around you forget, waking up to a false dream that's far too real and far too tragic. On this week's episode of Doctor Who ("Cold Blood"), the second half of the installment established in last week's "The Hungry Earth," the Doctor attempted to launch a desperate rescue mission under the surface of the Earth to recover those taken by the Silurians to their civilization down below--including Amy Pond herself--while on the surface,...
- 6/21/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
The second half of Torchwood writer-showruner Chris Chibnall’s two-parter, directed by Ashley Way, is hearkens back to classic Who, building the tension slowly but grippingly.
The sets are fantastic, from the magisterial, shiny court and place of execution (“Ooh, lovely place, very gleaming.”) to bridges over lava reminiscent of the planet Mustafar from Star Wars Episode III, to the more organic environs of Malokeh’s laboratory. There are even automatic doors with translucent glass, which look very pretty. The sets look artificial, but in the best possible way. As with other aspects of the episode, the set design celebrates the enjoyably cheesy nature of classic Who episodes, while bringing it up to date with vastly improved production values.
Murray Gold’s score builds effectively throughout the episode, creating a sense of thrilling suspense early on, and then moving on to a sense of old-fashioned, epic adventure. For those crazy...
The sets are fantastic, from the magisterial, shiny court and place of execution (“Ooh, lovely place, very gleaming.”) to bridges over lava reminiscent of the planet Mustafar from Star Wars Episode III, to the more organic environs of Malokeh’s laboratory. There are even automatic doors with translucent glass, which look very pretty. The sets look artificial, but in the best possible way. As with other aspects of the episode, the set design celebrates the enjoyably cheesy nature of classic Who episodes, while bringing it up to date with vastly improved production values.
Murray Gold’s score builds effectively throughout the episode, creating a sense of thrilling suspense early on, and then moving on to a sense of old-fashioned, epic adventure. For those crazy...
- 5/30/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (Calvin Peat)
- Shadowlocked
The second half of Torchwood writer-showruner Chris Chibnall’s two-parter, directed by Ashley Way, is hearkens back to classic Who, building the tension slowly but grippingly.
The sets are fantastic, from the magisterial, shiny court and place of execution (“Ooh, lovely place, very gleaming.”) to bridges over lava reminiscent of the planet Mustafar from Star Wars Episode III, to the more organic environs of Malokeh’s laboratory. There are even automatic doors with translucent glass, which look very pretty. The sets look artificial, but in the best possible way. As with other aspects of the episode, the set design celebrates the enjoyably cheesy nature of classic Who episodes, while bringing it up to date with vastly improved production values.
Murray Gold’s score builds effectively throughout the episode, creating a sense of thrilling suspense early on, and then moving on to a sense of old-fashioned, epic adventure. For those crazy...
The sets are fantastic, from the magisterial, shiny court and place of execution (“Ooh, lovely place, very gleaming.”) to bridges over lava reminiscent of the planet Mustafar from Star Wars Episode III, to the more organic environs of Malokeh’s laboratory. There are even automatic doors with translucent glass, which look very pretty. The sets look artificial, but in the best possible way. As with other aspects of the episode, the set design celebrates the enjoyably cheesy nature of classic Who episodes, while bringing it up to date with vastly improved production values.
Murray Gold’s score builds effectively throughout the episode, creating a sense of thrilling suspense early on, and then moving on to a sense of old-fashioned, epic adventure. For those crazy...
- 5/30/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (Calvin Peat)
- Shadowlocked
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