TV
Frauds (Monumental / ITV)
Six part series staring Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker as two con women whose toxic but darkly funny friendship is rekindled in order to pull off the art heist of the century. Set against the epic rolling hills of southern Spain and the dark criminal underbelly that casts a shadow over the glistening coast, FRAUDS is a complex and addictive story of friendship, deception and survival.
Produced by Pat Tookey-Dickson, Alison Owen, Katie Kelly
Directed by Giulia Gandini, Brian O’Malley
Cast
Suranne Jones, Jodie Whittaker, Elizabeth Berrington, Karan Gill
Rain Dogs (HBO / BBC / Sid Gentle)
Six part series from the makers of Killing Eve. An unconventional familial love story following a working-class single mum trying to raise her 10 year old daughter on the poverty line. Rain Dogs is about dysfunction, art, love, poverty and trying to go straight in a crooked world. It was nominated at the 2023 Gotham Awards, RTS Awards, and won two RTS West of England Awards.
Directed by Richard Laxton and Jennifer Perrott.
Cast
Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Fleur Tashjian.
Staged (BBC / Netflix)
Three series of comedy staring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Including an eye watering cast of appearances from Dame Judi Dench, Samuel L Jackson, Cate Blanchet, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Whoopi Goldberg, Christoph Waltz, Olivia Coleman, Michael Palin, Ken Jeong, Simon Pegg, Adrian Lester, Ben Schwartz…
Written and directed by Simon Evans