"Great LezBritian" is a fortnightly stroll through the very best of British lesbo-centric entertainment and culture. Plus there will be some jolly good interviews with the top ladies who are waving the flag for gay UK.
A couple of columns ago we wrote about the British women we wish were gay, which gave rise to much debate and informed us that our readers lust after and loathe Cheryl Cole in equal amounts. We decided that in this column we’d like to celebrate the British ladies we’re glad actually are gay or bisexual, which has been an unexpectedly tricky task.
Once again we sent out a Tweet asking you to suggest your favourite Britbians, and as the land that proffered Skins, Tipping the Velvet and Bad Girls, we were certain that Britain would have so many options that we’d be tossing second tier choices out of the list...
A couple of columns ago we wrote about the British women we wish were gay, which gave rise to much debate and informed us that our readers lust after and loathe Cheryl Cole in equal amounts. We decided that in this column we’d like to celebrate the British ladies we’re glad actually are gay or bisexual, which has been an unexpectedly tricky task.
Once again we sent out a Tweet asking you to suggest your favourite Britbians, and as the land that proffered Skins, Tipping the Velvet and Bad Girls, we were certain that Britain would have so many options that we’d be tossing second tier choices out of the list...
- 6/7/2010
- by Sarah and Lee
- AfterEllen.com
Alan Ball bounces to 'Bad Girls'
Move over Oz, some Bad Girls are coming to HBO.
The pay cable channel and Alan Ball are developing an American version of the long-running British prison drama.
Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker are penning the adaptation, with Ball supervising the writing.
The three will executive produce with Eileen Gallagher, co-creator of the original series and CEO of Shed Prods., which produced Bad Girls for ITV.
The drama, which bowed out in 2006 after eight seasons, revolves around the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
Co-created by Gallagher, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, Bad Girls has been praised for its portrayal of the complex relationships among female inmates. Its U.S. rights previously were held by FX.
Women's prisons as a setting and foreign formats are hot this year. Fox is developing a spinoff of Prison Break that would take place at a female prison. The broadcast networks recently added seven new scripted series based on international formats. HBO adapted the Israeli series In Treatment and is shooting a pilot based on the U.K.'s Suburban Shootout.
Bad Girls is among the first pieces of development for HBO's new entertainment president Sue Naegle.
The pay cable channel and Alan Ball are developing an American version of the long-running British prison drama.
Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker are penning the adaptation, with Ball supervising the writing.
The three will executive produce with Eileen Gallagher, co-creator of the original series and CEO of Shed Prods., which produced Bad Girls for ITV.
The drama, which bowed out in 2006 after eight seasons, revolves around the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
Co-created by Gallagher, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, Bad Girls has been praised for its portrayal of the complex relationships among female inmates. Its U.S. rights previously were held by FX.
Women's prisons as a setting and foreign formats are hot this year. Fox is developing a spinoff of Prison Break that would take place at a female prison. The broadcast networks recently added seven new scripted series based on international formats. HBO adapted the Israeli series In Treatment and is shooting a pilot based on the U.K.'s Suburban Shootout.
Bad Girls is among the first pieces of development for HBO's new entertainment president Sue Naegle.
- 5/26/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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