{"id":21,"date":"2013-04-20T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/louisedoughty.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:42:50","slug":"plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/louisedoughty.com\/index.php\/plays\/","title":{"rendered":"drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Drama<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Radio Plays<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe<\/em>, winner of a Radio Times Drama Award, BBC Radio 3, 1991<\/p>\n<p><em>The Koala Bear Joke<\/em>, BBC Radio 4, 1994<\/p>\n<p><em>Nightworkers<\/em>, BBC Radio 4, 1998<\/p>\n<p><em>Geronimo!<\/em>, BBC Radio 4, 2004<\/p>\n<p><em>The Withered Arm<\/em>, adapted from the story by Thomas Hardy, BBC Radio 4, 2006<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><strong>Screenwriting\/dramatisations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4-oS6WIJFdw\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Louise Doughty&#8217;s first original drama for television, the three-part thriller <em>Crossfire<\/em>, about a gun attack on a holiday resort, was made by Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC One.\u00a0 It stars Keeley Hawes and was broadcast on 20th, 21st and 22nd September 2022, reaching consolidated viewing figures of over 7 million and selling in multiple territories worldwide.\u00a0 She is also an Executive Producer on the series.<\/p>\n<p>She was an Associate Producer on the television adaptation of <em>Apple Tree Yard<\/em> adapted by Amanda Coe and made by Kudos for BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>She was an Executive Producer on the television adaptation of <em>Platform<\/em> <em>Seven<\/em>, adapted by Paula Milne for Dancing Ledge Productions and broadcast on ITVX on 7th December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>An adaptation of\u00a0<em>A Bird in Winter<\/em> is currently in development with Dancing Ledge Productions and she is also an Executive Producer on that series.<\/p>\n<p>Her third novel, <em>Honey-Dew<\/em>, is available to option and she is working on a series outline.<\/p>\n<p>Rights in other novels are available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama Radio Plays: Maybe, winner of a Radio Times Drama Award, BBC Radio 3, 1991 The Koala Bear Joke, BBC Radio 4, 1994 Nightworkers, BBC Radio 4, 1998 Geronimo!, BBC Radio 4, 2004 The Withered Arm, adapted from the story by Thomas Hardy, BBC Radio 4, 2006 Screenwriting\/dramatisations Louise Doughty&#8217;s first original drama for television, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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