‘Bodyguard’ Producer World Productions Adapting “Chalk & Cheese’ Crime-Fighting Novel ‘Art Of Death’
Bodyguard producer World Productions is teeing up a “chalk-and-cheese” crime-fighting duo as it looks to build on the success of the BBC’s most successful new drama in a decade.
The ITV-owned company has optioned Art of Death by Charlie Bird, the pseudonym of Laurence Anholt and Paddy Magrane. The book begins when a famously narcissistic performance artist is found floating in a tank of formaldehyde at her own private view.
The subsequent murder investigation is lead by is Di Shanti Joyce, recently transferred from London to Yeovil following the collapse of her marriage and a case that went wrong. To help with the case, she tracks down Vince Caine, aka the Mindful Detective with the hope that her down-to-earth pragmatism and his intuition prove a winning combination.
World Productions is currently producing the latest season of BBC cop drama Line of Duty, recently produced The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco...
The ITV-owned company has optioned Art of Death by Charlie Bird, the pseudonym of Laurence Anholt and Paddy Magrane. The book begins when a famously narcissistic performance artist is found floating in a tank of formaldehyde at her own private view.
The subsequent murder investigation is lead by is Di Shanti Joyce, recently transferred from London to Yeovil following the collapse of her marriage and a case that went wrong. To help with the case, she tracks down Vince Caine, aka the Mindful Detective with the hope that her down-to-earth pragmatism and his intuition prove a winning combination.
World Productions is currently producing the latest season of BBC cop drama Line of Duty, recently produced The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco...
- 10/12/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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