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STV PRODUCTIONS SECURES A FURTHER DRAMA COMMISSION

21 March 2018

STV 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.

Elizabeth 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.

In 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.

Sarah 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". 

Information on the cast and details of the drama's broadcast will be announced in due course.

Elizabeth is Missing has been commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content.

ENDS

For further information, please contact the STV press office:-

Katie Martin

0141 300 3109

katie.martin@stv.tv

Ellen Drummond

0141 300 3670

ellen.drummond@stv.tv  

STV Productions

STV Productions is one of the UK's leading content businesses with ambitious plans for domestic and international growth.

The 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.

In entertainment, the company has produced six series of Catchphrase for ITV, game shows And They're Off...for Sport Relief for BBC One and Babushka for ITV Daytime, as well as The Dressing Room for UKTV's entertainment channel W.

STV Productions has a track record of producing quality drama, with four part thriller The Victim currently in production for BBC One. The company recently announced a second BBC commission - 90 minute drama Elizabeth is Missing, adapted from Emma Healey's novel. Previous drama productions include Taggart and Rebus for ITV.

Highlights among Factual series and specials include Britain's Polar Bear Cub for Channel 4, two series of Prison: First & Last 24 Hours for Sky1, Ross Kemp Behind Bars - Inside Barlinnie for ITV, Scotland and the Battle for Britain presented by Andrew Marr for BBC Two, Fire in the Night, an award winning feature documentary to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster and Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered for BBC1, Smithsonian Channel and Discovery Canada.

STV Productions works with a number of leading international sales agents that distribute its completed programmes and formats outside the UK. The company recently announced a partnership with Sky Vision, covering international distribution rights to STV Productions' unscripted catalogue as well as a global distribution deal for forthcoming BBC drama, The Victim.

STV Productions has a strategic development partnership with Motion Content Group to create new entertainment, factual and drama projects for the UK and international markets.