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Brief Encounters (TV series)

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Brief Encounters
GenreDrama
Created by
Based onGood Vibrations: The True Story of Ann Summers
by Jacqueline Gold
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Anne-Louise Russell
  • Carolyn Parry-Jones
  • Jo Willett
Production locationsSheffield, United Kingdom
Cinematography
  • Nick Dance
  • Ollie Downey
  • Tim Palmer
EditorBen Drury
Production companyCPL Productions
Original release
NetworkITV

Brief Encounters is a forthcoming British comedy-drama series created by Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling. The series is loosely based on Gold Group International CEO, Jacqueline Gold's 1995 memoir, Good Vibrations,[1] details the beginning of the Ann Summers retailer company, through four women who see the potential of finding happiness and fulfillment by selling lingerie and sex toys to women in the privacy of their own homes.[2][3] The series is produced by CPL Productions for broadcast on ITV. Filming began in January 2016 in Sheffield.[4]

Plot

In the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and community are turned around when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "ITV is making a drama about Ann Summers. Yeah, that Ann Summers". Metro. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "ITV making an Ann Summers drama, obviously called Brief Encounters". The Independent. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "ITV to make drama about Ann Summers' parties". The Daily Telegraph. 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "ITV's Brief Encounters to start filming in Sheffield". Prolific North. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "ITV drama about Ann Summers casts Sharon Rooney, Penelope Wilton, Sophie Rundle and Angela Griffin". Radio Times. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)