March 26th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Channel-4, Julie Walters, Mo Mowlam
Oscar nominated actress Julie Walters is to play Mo Mowlam, the former Northern Ireland secretary and one of the most popular Labour politicians of recent times, in a new single drama for Channel 4.
Written by Neil McKay (See No Evil: The Moors Murders, Innocents, Wall of Silence, Dunkirk), Mo portrays Mowlam’s rise to prominence in Tony Blair’s government and her unorthodox, straight talking style that helped bring the Good Friday peace agreement to fruition in 1998.
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January 26th, 2009 by Lynn Rowlands-Connolly. Tags: A Short Stay in Switzerland, debate, Dr Anne Turner, Drama, Julie Walters, Right to Die
This morning, I read a review of this drama as written by Andrew Billen in The Times Online, and with disbelief, I read this… “Yet to have been truly effective, either as drama of propaganda, it should have moved the viewer, and it didn’t me, or not very much.”
I’m assuming he meant “… as drama or propaganda” but typo aside, I can only assume Mr Billen is an automaton or an opponent of the right to choose to die. How anyone can have failed to have been moved by either the real story or this sensitive but faithful reconstruction of it is beyond me… Read more & comment »
January 25th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Julie Walters
Julie Walters stars in a one-off drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner, from award-winning writer Frank McGuinness.
Having just witnessed the death of her husband, Jack, from an incurable neurological disease, Anne Turner is diagnosed with a near-identical illness. With determined rationality, Anne’s answer is that once her illness has reached a critical point, she will take her own life … but she needs her children’s support.
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July 20th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Julie Walters
Julie Walters (Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story; Mamma Mia!) is set to star in A Short Stay In Switzerland for BBC One, a drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner by award-winning writer Frank McGuinness.
Kate Harwood, Controller, Series and Serials, BBC Drama Production, says: “One of Ireland’s foremost dramatists, Frank brings a lightness of touch, dark wit and a heart-wrenching humanity to this piece inspired by Anne Turner’s story about life and death, love and family.” Read more & comment »
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