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STV PRODUCTIONS SECURES A FURTHER DRAMA COMMISSION
STV PRODUCTIONS SECURES A FURTHER DRAMA COMMISSION.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4957I STV Group PLC 21 March 2018 \n\n \n \n \n \nSTV PRODUCTIONS SECURES A FURTHER DRAMA COMMISSION\n \n21 March 2018\n \nSTV Productions has secured a further BBC drama commission. Based on the award winning, best-selling novel, Elizabeth is Missing combines a gripping mystery with a tender yet unflinching exploration of one woman's struggle with dementia. \n \nElizabeth is Missing is a 1 x 90' drama written by Andrea Gibb (Swallows and Amazons), adapted from Emma Healey's novel. Executive Producers are Sarah Brown and Andrea Gibb for STV Productions and Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Gaynor Holmes for BBC One.\n \nIn August last year, it was confirmed that STV Productions had been commissioned to produce four-part series, The Victim, also for BBC One. The series is scheduled for delivery later this year. \n \nSarah Brown, Head of Drama at STV Productions, said: \"We are thrilled to have secured this second drama commission from the BBC. We hope that TV audiences will be just as enthralled and moved by Andrea Gibb's sensitive adaptation, as they have been by Emma's extraordinary novel - we are truly honored to have been given the opportunity to bring it to the screen\". \n \nInformation on the cast and details of the drama's broadcast will be announced in due course. \n \nElizabeth is Missing has been commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content.\n \nENDS\n \nFor further information, please contact the STV press office:- \n \nKatie Martin\n0141 300 3109\[email protected]\n \nEllen Drummond\n0141 300 3670\[email protected] \n \nSTV Productions\n \nSTV Productions is one of the UK's leading content businesses with ambitious plans for domestic and international growth. \n \nThe company has a record of success across a range of genres, including drama, entertainment and factual, for a wide range of broadcasters. Ratings winner Antiques Road Trip has run for sixteen series on the BBC, along with seven series of sister programme Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. A further two series of Antiques Road Trip and an eighth series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip are now in production. \n \nIn en...