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[03/03/09 - 06:33 AM]
Julie Gardner Joins BBC Worldwide's U.S. Production Studio
Gardner will be responsible for the company's scripted projects, working with top-level U.S. writers in addition to U.K. creative talent.

[03/10/08 - 09:40 AM]
HBO to Partner with the Weinstein Company and the BBC to Present New Drama Series the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Based on the International Bestselling Novels by Alexander Mccall Smith
In addition to the two-hour film, which will serve as the pilot, HBO has ordered 13 one-hour episodes that will begin filming this summer.

[09/11/06 - 12:00 AM]
Stuart: A Life Backwards - TV Adaptation of Alexander Masters' Award-Winning Memoir Commences Filming







STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS (HBO)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/11/06 - 3/3/09
STATUS:
previously in development
DESCRIPTION:
(from BBC's press release) When Stuart Shorter a homeless alcoholic with a violent past meets writer and charity worker Alexander Masters, they strike up an unlikely friendship. As Alexander learns more about Stuart's complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and Stuart advises him to tell the story backwards, so that it's "More exciting - like a Tom Clancy murder mystery". As their remarkable alliance develops, Stuart gradually recounts his life story in reverse, his resilient personality and dry sense of humour giving the story an almost tragi-comic edge. Through post office heists, attempts at suicide and spells inside numerous institutions, Alexander is given a glimpse into a totally alien world and begins to understand how Stuart's life spiralled so badly out of control.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Benedict Cumberbatch as Alexander Masters
· Tom Hardy as Stuart Shorter
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alexander Masters as BOOK
· David Attwood as DIR
· Julie Gardner as EP
· Sam Mendes as EP
· Tara Cook as EP
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· BBC Worldwide Productions