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New Doctor Who Peter Capaldi and “the other Doctor” David Morrissey lead an all-star cast in Acorn Media’s 30 September release of The Field of Blood, Set 1. Written and directed by David Kane, The Field of Blood is based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Denise Mina. The central character — Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) — is a copy writer at a Glaswegian newspaper. She dreams of forging a career as an investigative journalist but opportunities are at a premium for young women in 1980s Glasgow. Paddy gets an unexpected break when a toddler is murdered — seemingly by her young cousin. Allegations concerning the suspect soon appear in the local papers. Her relatives, wrongly blame Paddy for the negative headlines surrounding the family and the supposed killer. Paddy sees an opportunity to raise her own profile while uncovering the truth about the murder.
New Doctor Who Peter Capaldi and “the other Doctor” David Morrissey lead an all-star cast in Acorn Media’s 30 September release of The Field of Blood, Set 1. Written and directed by David Kane, The Field of Blood is based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Denise Mina. The central character — Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) — is a copy writer at a Glaswegian newspaper. She dreams of forging a career as an investigative journalist but opportunities are at a premium for young women in 1980s Glasgow. Paddy gets an unexpected break when a toddler is murdered — seemingly by her young cousin. Allegations concerning the suspect soon appear in the local papers. Her relatives, wrongly blame Paddy for the negative headlines surrounding the family and the supposed killer. Paddy sees an opportunity to raise her own profile while uncovering the truth about the murder.
- 9/30/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
David Morrissey returns to UK television this week, reprising his role of Murray Devlin in BBC One's Field of Blood - the latest outing for investigative reporter Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) is The Dead Hour, a thriller set against the backdrop of the miners' strike and the changing face of 1980s journalism...
Digital Spy spoke to Morrissey about the two-part drama, the public's renewed interest in TV crime and what it's like splitting his time between the Us and Britain...
What should we expect from the new Field of Blood? Your character Murray has a new rival, of sorts...
"He doesn't have a rival... what he has is a boss! He's the editor of the paper [and] he's lucky enough to run the day-to-day [goings-on] of the paper, but it's come under new ownership now and a woman comes up from London... basically to put a rocket up their arse!
"The paper is failing,...
Digital Spy spoke to Morrissey about the two-part drama, the public's renewed interest in TV crime and what it's like splitting his time between the Us and Britain...
What should we expect from the new Field of Blood? Your character Murray has a new rival, of sorts...
"He doesn't have a rival... what he has is a boss! He's the editor of the paper [and] he's lucky enough to run the day-to-day [goings-on] of the paper, but it's come under new ownership now and a woman comes up from London... basically to put a rocket up their arse!
"The paper is failing,...
- 8/6/2013
- Digital Spy
We're saying goodbye to a beloved telly friend and welcoming back some attractive assassins in this week's Must-See TV - but there's more to look forward to than Skins and Nikita!
Read on for full details of the other great programmes hitting your box in the next seven days...
Skins: Monday (August 5) at 10pm on E4
Brace yourselves, because the conclusion of Cook's (Jack O'Connell) story this week is definitely, almost certainly, probably the final ever episode of Skins. Some of us here at DS Towers have grown from adolescents to adults alongside Effy, Cassie and the other Skins favourites featured in this trio of catch-ups, so it'll be a sad moment when those credits roll one last time.
Having witnessed his drug-dealing boss kill poor little Lucien Laviscount for sleeping with his missus - something of which he is also guilty - Cook goes on the run with...
Read on for full details of the other great programmes hitting your box in the next seven days...
Skins: Monday (August 5) at 10pm on E4
Brace yourselves, because the conclusion of Cook's (Jack O'Connell) story this week is definitely, almost certainly, probably the final ever episode of Skins. Some of us here at DS Towers have grown from adolescents to adults alongside Effy, Cassie and the other Skins favourites featured in this trio of catch-ups, so it'll be a sad moment when those credits roll one last time.
Having witnessed his drug-dealing boss kill poor little Lucien Laviscount for sleeping with his missus - something of which he is also guilty - Cook goes on the run with...
- 8/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Last night I caught up with BBC1’s two-parter The Field of Blood on the iPlayer. Based on the best-selling Denise Mina novel the story has been adapted and directed by David Kane. The story, set in 1982, follows Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson), an ambitious young copy girl at a Glasgow newspaper who dreams of finding the big story and fighting injustice. As she thinks she’s found the case to kick-start her career she ends up embroiled in a murder case that comes at a cost to her. David Morrissey plays the surprisingly small role of her sexist and vulgar boss, Devlin.
As Paddy struggles to find her way in a very male dominated and sexist world of journalism she comes under abuse of all manner of drunken Scottish men, but still manages to keep her resolve. Paddy also seems to have the habit of being a nosey cow, I...
As Paddy struggles to find her way in a very male dominated and sexist world of journalism she comes under abuse of all manner of drunken Scottish men, but still manages to keep her resolve. Paddy also seems to have the habit of being a nosey cow, I...
- 8/30/2011
- by D.J. Haza
- Obsessed with Film
The Irish born actor Jonas Armstrong will star alongside David Morrissey (The Reaping, Blitz), Peter Capaldi (In the Loop, The Thick of It) and Jayd Johnson (River City) in BBC hour long drama 'The Field of Blood'. Written and directed by David Kane (This Year's Love, Born Romantic), 'The Field of Blood' is a crime drama adapted from Denise Mina's novel of the same name.
- 8/16/2011
- IFTN
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South Riding lead man David Morrissey and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher star Peter Capaldi bring their not inconsiderable talents to BBC One at the end of August in the two-part crime drama The Field of Blood. David Kane’s screenplay is based on the novel by Denise Mina about newspaper employee who gets caught up in a murder case.
The Field of Blood follows the attempts of an aspiring journalist Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) to make a name for herself at a Glaswegian newspaper. She decides to start looking into the gruesome murder of a toddler. To her horror, the main suspect in the case turns out to be her 10 year old cousin. Meehan has to choose between protecting her family’s honor and seizing her chance...
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South Riding lead man David Morrissey and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher star Peter Capaldi bring their not inconsiderable talents to BBC One at the end of August in the two-part crime drama The Field of Blood. David Kane’s screenplay is based on the novel by Denise Mina about newspaper employee who gets caught up in a murder case.
The Field of Blood follows the attempts of an aspiring journalist Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) to make a name for herself at a Glaswegian newspaper. She decides to start looking into the gruesome murder of a toddler. To her horror, the main suspect in the case turns out to be her 10 year old cousin. Meehan has to choose between protecting her family’s honor and seizing her chance...
- 8/16/2011
- by admin
20 year old Scottish actress Jayd Johnson, one of Screenterrier's Faces to Watch 2010, stars alongside David Morrissey, Peter Capaldi, Jonas Armstrong in The Field Of Blood, a dark and uncompromising drama adapted from the best-selling novel by Denise Mina, coming to BBC1 this September.
Written and directed by David Kane, the crime drama is set in 1982 and centres on Jayd's character Paddy Meehan, a young copygirl working in a Glasgow newspaper office. Stuck in an almost exclusively male-dominated world of limited opportunities and cynicism, Paddy dreams of becoming an investigative journalist, believing that in miscarriages of justice, reporters are sometimes the only hope. Paddy seizes an opportunity to kick-start her career and becomes embroiled in a dark murder case. For Paddy, it's the opportunity of a lifetime but it comes at a great personal cost.
Since leaving Scottish soap River City where she had played Nicki Cullen (from 2004 - 2009), Jayd has...
Written and directed by David Kane, the crime drama is set in 1982 and centres on Jayd's character Paddy Meehan, a young copygirl working in a Glasgow newspaper office. Stuck in an almost exclusively male-dominated world of limited opportunities and cynicism, Paddy dreams of becoming an investigative journalist, believing that in miscarriages of justice, reporters are sometimes the only hope. Paddy seizes an opportunity to kick-start her career and becomes embroiled in a dark murder case. For Paddy, it's the opportunity of a lifetime but it comes at a great personal cost.
Since leaving Scottish soap River City where she had played Nicki Cullen (from 2004 - 2009), Jayd has...
- 8/15/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
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