Brief Encounters (TV series)

*Brief Encounters*
Brief Encounters
Genre	Drama
Created by	Oriane Messina; Fay Rusling;
Based on	Good Vibrations: The True Story of Ann Summers; by Jacqueline Gold
Written by	Oriane Messina; Fay Rusling;
Directed by	Joss Agnew; Marek Losey; Jill Robertson;
Starring	Sophie Rundle; Penelope Wilton; Angela Griffin; Sharon Rooney; Aisling Franciosi; Will Merrick;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Danielle Lux; Arabella McGuigan; Oriane Messina; Fay Rusling; Matthew Read;
Producers	Anne-Louise Russell; Carolyn Parry-Jones; Jo Willett;
Production locations	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Cinematography	Nick Dance; Ollie Downey; Tim Palmer;
Editor	Ben Drury
Production company	CPL Productions
Original release
Network	ITV

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

Sophie Rundle^[5] as Steph
Angela Griffin as Nita
Penelope Wilton as Pauline
Sharon Rooney as Dawn
Felicity Montagu as Joan
Peter Wight as Brian
Will Merrick as Russell
Karl Davies as Terry
Don Gilet as Kieran
Gina Bramhill
Grant Crookes

References

^ "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)
^ "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)
^ "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)
^ "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)
^ "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)

External links

Brief Encounters at IMDb

[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)

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