BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE
3 x 1 hour episodes
Written by Guy Andrews
Based on the book by Andrea Newman
A dark psychological thriller exploring sexual obsession and betrayal.
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Contents
Bouquet of Barbed Wire Press Release
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Trevor Eve plays Peter Manson
Pages 5- 6
Hermione Morris plays Cassie Manson
Page 7- 8
Imogen Poots plays Prue Sorenson
Page 9- 10
Tom Riley plays Gavin Sorenson
Page 11 - 12
Jemima Rooper plays Sarah Francis
Page 13 - 14
Synopsis
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Cast & Crew
Page 16 - 17
DVD Press Release
Page 18 - 19
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ITV COMMISSIONS BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE
STARRING TREVOR EVE
A modern reworking of Andrea Newman’s taboo-busting 1970s psychological
drama, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, is coming to ITV this autumn.
TREVOR EVE (Waking the Dead, Framed) leads the cast as Peter Manson. Written
by acclaimed writer Guy Andrews (Lost In Austen, Prime Suspect), directed by
Ashley Pearce (Class of 74) produced by Mammoth Screen, and commissioned by
ITV1, the 3 x 60 min drama was filmed on location around London.
Eve stars alongside HERMIONE NORRIS (Spooks, Kingdom), IMOGEN POOTS
(Miss Austen Regrets, 28 Weeks Later), TOM RILEY (St. Trinians 2, Lost In Austen)
and JEMIMA ROOPER (Lost In Austen, The Black Dahlia).
Bouquet of Barbed Wire explores the consequences of a father’s obsessive love for
his daughter and how secrets once buried in the past return to haunt their lives.
Trevor Eve plays Peter Manson, whose apparently successful life is turned upside
down when his beloved teenage daughter Prue reveals she’s pregnant by her
teacher, Gavin Sorenson. The very heart of the family is threatened as Peter has
an intuitive sense that Gavin’s on a personal quest for revenge.
Commissioned by ITV’s Controller of Drama Commissioning, Sally Haynes, A
Bouquet of Barbed Wire is adapted for ITV by independent production company
Mammoth Screen, and is executive produced by joint managing directors Michele
Buck and Damien Timmer. Kate McKerrell produces the 3 x 30 min drama.
“We’re delighted Guy Andrews agreed to adapt A Bouquet of Barbed Wire for ITV,”
said Sally. “It’s a timeless, multi-layered tale of a family torn apart by secrets from
the past. It created a stir during the 1970’s when first produced for television, and 30
years on we’re convinced a modern day audience will be just as intrigued by its
themes of paternal jealousy and intense familial relationships.”
Executive Producer for Mammoth Screen Damien Timmer said: “The original TV
version of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was one of the most controversial dramas of
its era, busting taboos which still have the power to shock decades later. Guy has
brought a thrilling, modern sensibility to the story,” he added.
Central to the drama are the characters of Peter (Trevor Eve), his daughter Prue
(Imogen Poots), his wife Cassie (Hermione Norris) and Gavin (Tom Riley).
As the story unfolds, architect Peter employs twenty-something Sarah Francis
(Jemima Rooper). Consequently, Peter and Cassie’s relationship becomes
increasingly distant, as Peter tries to overcome the aching fear that he’s lost his
daughter, and embarks on an affair with Sarah. With Peter’s marriage at breaking
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point, his increased erratic behaviour and facing financial ruin, it’s only a matter of
time before the truth about his past is revealed.
Press contact: Tim West on 0207 157 3040 or email tim.west@itv.com
Pictures contact: Patrick Smith on 0207 157 3044 or email patrick.smith@itv.com
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Trevor Eve plays Peter Manson
Well known for his role as DS Peter Boyd in Waking the Dead, in Bouquet of Barbed
Wire Trevor plays Peter Manson, a man whose life is turned upside down when his
teenage daughter Prue reveals she’s pregnant by her teacher, Gavin Sorenson.
Here he talks about changing times and the journey his character goes through as
the world he knows collapses before him.
“I think some of the public’s attitudes will have changed towards the original subject
matter. We’re living in a strange period of social history, a much more moral time
now. When I was doing television drama in the 70’s and 80’s there was a lot of
nudity and sexual activity on screen and now there are more people who would
prefer a greater restriction of such expressions.
“I do think this modern audience will respond well to our re-working but I would have
thought after 30 years, people would have become more liberated when in certain
aspects it’s gone the other way.
“I play Peter Manson. He adores his daughter and is completely enamoured by her
as she grows up. He realises he enjoys her company more than anyone else’s and
his love turns to an obsessive love. It’s not a sexual love. We aren’t talking about
incest here - it’s more subtle than that.
“Peter’s world is shattered when he realises his daughter has to go off to the real
world. She finds a man, becomes pregnant and suddenly the companion of his life,
the love of his life has gone. I think it shatters his world and he realises that she was
the one true joy in his life and if she’s gone there’s not a lot left. As a result of the
catalogue of disastrous events that play out, he starts this confused and deranged
obsession which eventually brings about his downfall”
A long-time fan of Andrea Newman, Trevor also talks about appearing in some of
her other televised adaptations.
“I find Andrea Newman very interesting. I suppose she’s one of the first people to
expose the dark side of people’s psyches in a pot-boiling genre. I really like her
work and think Guy Andrews has done a great job in adapting the book. In fact this
is the third Andrea Newman I’ve done; I did Sense of Guilt in 1988, Evil Streak in
1998 and now A Bouquet of Barbed Wire in 2009. I try to do one every decade!
“Bouquet of Barbed Wire is about manipulation. The author of the original book,
Andrea Newman, writes about people who manipulate people. Peter’s daughter,
Pru, manipulates him as much as he manipulates her. In fact everybody is
manipulating everyone else and they don’t even know it. Andrea is clearly using this
technique throughout her drama. She doesn’t write the characters as villains. They
are people responsible for what happens to them as a result of difficult situations.”
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After completing filming on Bouquet of Barbed Wire and juggling the new series of
Waking the Dead Trevor headed off to South Africa to start production on a brand
new ITV Drama, Kidnap and Ransom, which is co-produced by his production
company Projector Productions.
“I’ve just finished filming a 3-part drama thriller for ITV about hostage negotiation
called Kidnap and Ransom. It’ll be screened next year and was a very intense
shoot, but very rewarding. I’m looking forward to the viewers seeing it as we put our
hearts and souls into production.”
Trevor Eve’s previous credits include: Waking The Dead, Possession, Framed Heat
of The Sun, Shoestring.
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Hermione Norris plays Cassie Manson
Hermione Norris’s career did not take off as expected when she first started out.
She even considered dropping her acting plans to pursue a degree in law, after
being out of work for four months. However, after gaining huge success in ITV’s
Cold Feet her career has gone from strength to strength.
Here she talks about her role as Cassie Manson, the World Cup and her decision to
leave Spooks.
“I play Cassie Manson, Peter’s wife and Prue’s mother. She’s a fixer, a controller;
she likes to make everything nice and presentable, create a lovely home and she
wants to educate her children well. She’s a therapist and is trying to help the
community. Slowly but surely with the introduction of Prue’s boyfriend Gavin, the
announcement of Prue’s pregnancy and the decision she won’t be going to college,
all of the superficial shackles of their very comfortable lifestyle start to unravel. The
relationship she thought she had with Peter isn’t all it seems and Prue isn’t the
daughter she thought she was and I think she finds she isn’t the woman she thought
she was.
“The story follows her on the journey of all of that; she doesn’t know any of it from
the get-go and it shows the unpicking of who she believes herself to be and who
she believes her family to be. To be honest it’s an actors dream to act in a drama
like this. “
When researching her role in Bouquet of Barbed Wire Hermione decided not watch
the original, a decision shared by her co-stars.
“I deliberately didn’t watch the original. I always think it’s best if you’re trying to
create a drama from on the page to concentrate on what is there in front of you
rather than going back to the original. I don’t think it would have served me to look at
a different take on it really.
Despite the inevitable change in viewing tastes and the public generally becoming
more desensitised towards taboo subjects over time, Hermione still feels this reworking has elements that will shock hardened viewers.
“We’re at the end of 2010 and the original came out in the 1970s. Television is a
completely different medium now. In the 1970s it was complete taboo to see
anything like this on television. Now, however, we have seen everything on
television. We are used to seeing nudity, people swearing, people behaving badly –
there are no surprises. I think it’s a very intelligently written and well-observed script.
It is scandalous and disturbing and that’s how it should be. It’s not gratuitous,
lascivious or superficial. I think it’s as disturbing as it’s appropriate for the
relationships involved.
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“The way Ashley Piece has directed this, the writing of it, and the quality of acting
from the other cast members, is intelligent, subtle and believable. I believe it is a
beautiful piece of television.”
Regardless of the heavy and poignant nature of the script Hermione admits there
were still lighter moments on set, especially when it came to kissing younger costars…
“When you are dealing with actors who are all used to working with heavier material
it makes it easier to switch off when the cameras stop rolling. We laughed a lot. Tom
probably had the darkest storyline to follow. He had to snog me in some of those
scenes! He is a lovely, lovely man. I thought he was very good and handled difficult
stuff really well.
“It was a strange thing. I have fond memories of that job and the people that were
involved in it. It felt like we were making something good and that’s always a nice
feeling.”
Currently filming in South Africa on new drama series Outcasts for the BBC, her
decision to leave hugely popular spy series Spooks stemmed from a constant need
to try new things.
“When I left Spooks I thought I needed to do something different. I then got offered
Bouquet of Barbed Wire and straight afterwards I flew off to Africa to film Outcasts.
The idea of being somewhere completely different for 4/5 months gives you a
completely different perspective on life. It’s an amazing feeling. I think my need to
do different things fuelled the decision to leave Spooks.
“I’ve had my favourite roles throughout the years and I love my job. I feel I’ve been a
very lucky person to be able to act for a living which is something I’ve always
wanted to do. I think that’s a hugely privileged position to be in and I’m really
grateful for that. At the end of every job I think that’s it, but while filming on Outcasts
I was offered a chance to return to the stage once it finishes and I’m desperate to
tread the boards again having done television solidly for the past 14 years. I’m
happy to be going back on the stage for the immediate relationship with the
audience.
“We did manage to watch a bit of the World Cup in-between filming. Our
performance was slightly unfortunate but we thought we’d better support the boys.
Some of the other cast members are huge football fans and let’s just say they went
on quite a journey during England’s performance!”
Hermione’s previous credits include: Spooks, Kingdom, A Kindness of Strangers,
Wire in the Blood, Cold Feet and Berkeley Square
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Imogen Poots plays Prue Sorenson
At 21 rising star Imogen Poots already has a string of high profile credits to her
name. Now starring as Prue Sorenson in Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Imogen is
certainly one to watch...
Talking about her character in the upcoming ITV drama, Imogen says: “I play Prue
Sorenson and at the beginning she is living quite an innocent existence, although
there is the presence of her brooding and over-protective father, Peter Manson, in
the background. When she becomes intimately involved with her school teacher a
lot of things start to fall to pieces around her. It appears as if the flaws of everyone
else transfer to her. She’s savvy, she’s intelligent and bold but at the same time
she’s a young girl caught up in this ridiculously tragic situation and therefore bound
to be vulnerable at times.
“I think her Mother, Cassie, is actually pretty amazing in the way she deals with the
situation, especially the moment Prue brings Gavin home and Cassie accepts the
fact he’s older and her teacher. She also accepts how they met and then her
pregnancy; she takes it in a very steady way, a very British way to be precise!”
Imogen explains the reasons why she was keen to take on the challenge of this
iconic role.
“It’s very difficult to shock an audience these days; we’ve become such a liberal
society with art, literature and sexuality. The chance to play a part like Prue was
very, very exciting because she’s so multi-faceted. Her character has an extra
dimension and there’s a lot going on.
“I’m 21 now but when I left home I was in a similar situation to Prue in the sense I
was taking my first steps into the big wide world out alone. It meant cutting off some
of the family ties I had in places. For me, that whole aspect of her character was so
exciting. She’s not just a school girl who is ruined or broken; there are a lot of
contributing factors. She’s making her own decisions and she’s breaking away from
home and I think that’s always a very exciting time for anyone.”
“The 1975 original definitely played a large part in our rehearsal process. It was so
prominent and notorious at the time, but one thing we didn’t want to do was try and
top that or try to replicate the controversy. Ashley, the director was very open to
everybody trying something new and working together in order to breathe new life
into the characters.
“Tom Riley and I quickly passed the stage of being polite and cautious with each
other, which allowed us to really enjoy bouncing off one another and challenge each
other. He was such a great support and a dream to work with in that sense. We had
fun with it.”
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Imogen admits she and Tom, who plays Gavin Sorenson, have become firm friends
as a result of filming Bouquet of Barbed Wire…
“It’s very rare when you are filming with other actors to stay in touch as friends on a
regular basis. Tom Riley is a friend and an incredible person. He was really a
pleasure to be around at all times.
Despite the dark nature of some scenes, Imogen and Tom had a lot of fun filming on
set.
“We were quite thankful to have each other on set, especially because the subject
did get so dark sometimes. We helped each other to disconnect from it.
“It was snowing at one point during filming, and one of Tom’s favourite things to do
was knock on my door and throw a snowball at me when I opened it. I have to admit
it grew slightly boring after a while but he continued to do it, everyday, until the snow
melted!”
Imogen is currently filming a remake of Fright Night alongside an all star cast
including Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennent and Anton Yelchin.
Imogen explains: “We’re not far from Sante Fe in New Mexico, filming in a place
called Albuquerque. If you can spell that you get 10 points! The director is Craig
Gillespie, who previously did Lars and the Real Girl. The cast are incredible and it’s
really exciting. I’m playing an all America girl so it’s completely different to anything
I’ve ever done before. I’ve always wanted to try and do as many things as possible
so I feel really lucky to get a variety of parts. I’m having a lot of fun!”
Imogen will also be starring in the up-coming BBC film Jane Eyre as Blanche
Ingram. Her previous credits include: Solitary Man, Cracks, Me and Orson Welles,
Miss Austen Regrets and 28 Weeks Later.
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Tom Riley plays Gavin Sorenson
Aspiring actor Tom Riley plays the disturbed Gavin Sorenson in this re-imagining of
Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
Gavin’s shocking introduction to the Manson family only scratches the surface of the
sinister intentions he has planned… But, there is more to Gavin then meets the eye
and a revelation shows a man with a tortured past.
Tom explains: “Gavin is one of those characters who is a gift to play. However,
playing him could potentially be a trap as well because, to all intents and purposes,
he can be portrayed quite easily as the bad guy, the evil guy, the guy people love to
hate. Nonetheless, there is so much more to him than being a moustache twirling
villain. Hopefully, by the end of the series the viewers will have a sense of
understanding and sympathy for him, having seen the depth to his character and
history as to why he does what he does, including the path of revenge he takes
against Peter and the people he hurts and falls for along the way…
“This drama does differ from the original; one way specifically is the time we now
live in. The original came out in the ‘70s and was shocking because of what it didn’t
show. It was a product of the time and people remember it as ‘the incest drama’ but
even though the incest was so gently implied, at the time it was such a shock. Now
we have to approach it slightly differently as people are shocked less easily. The
barrier has been raised – it’s a different audience in a different time and it’s a
different way of doing it. Hopefully the power of the drama is enough this time
around.”
Tom was keen to accept the role of Gavin having previously worked with writer Guy
Andrews on ITV’s Lost In Austen. This role also sees him reunited on screen with
best friend Jemima Rooper, who played the title role in the period drama.
“The scripts for Bouquet of Barbed Wire are fantastic. Guy Andrews is a brilliant
writer; he has a real gift with character and dialogue. He can create characters in
just a few lines. I previously did Lost In Austen with him, which had a huge
ensemble of characters and he made them walk off the page. Knowing he was
writing the series, working with fantastic producers, and the quality of the cast
including Trevor, Hermione and Imogen Poots, and the part itself, gave me so many
positive reasons to sign up.
“I know Jemima, she lives close to me and we worked together on Lost in Austen.
She is one of my best friends so that was another great reason to do it.”
Before jumping in front of the camera Tom carefully researched his role, but decided
not to read or watch the original version.
“When you take on a heavy part such as this, involving domestic violence and
abuse you owe it to people that have been through similar experiences to do
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research and go in whole-heartedly. Before I started filming I read books and case
studies to help with my portrayal of Gavin. It was tough to read about the most
horrific things people have gone through but it gave me a good understanding of
how to approach the role.
“I didn’t read the original novel or see the original series purely out of choice. I’m
playing the character Guy has written. If I watched someone else’s portrayal or read
the original novel I’d be doing a different version to what he had written.
“During filming there was an intense atmosphere on set, but that showed how much
everyone cares about this project. The making of Bouquet of Barbed Wire feels like
a chance to do something that hasn’t been seen on television for a while; it’s great
and engaging and thrilling, but it’s also brutal. I’m really excited about it and I hope it
will shake up audiences who are used to lighter viewing.”
Tom Riley’s previous credits include: St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold,
Happy Ever Afters, Lewis and Agatha Christie’s Poirot.
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Jemima Rooper Plays Sarah Francis
Jemima Rooper is well known for her starring role in ITV’s Lost In Austen. In a stark
contrast she takes on a gritty challenge, playing Peter Manson’s colleague and
lover, Sarah Francis in Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
Speaking about her character, Jemima says: “When I first read the script the main
reason I liked Sarah was I had no idea what was going to happen to her. You don’t
see much of Sarah on her own or see anything of her life. You only see what she
shows to other people and that can be interpreted in various ways. You don’t know
if she’s a good or a bad person, whether you should take her at face value or
whether there is something more sinister underneath.
“The more messed up you see the protagonists, the more you think there will be a
big revelation involving Sarah. By the end of the series you see she’s just a sweet,
naïve girl with needs like every other human being. She’s an honest, good person
who has reason to behave badly but doesn’t, unlike the other characters…”
Sarah begins her affair with Peter Manson when he spontaneously makes love to
her whilst working late in the office.
“The scene in which Peter first has sex with Sarah in his office is attention-grabbing.
It’s quite a violent act but Sarah gives her consent, which is an interesting thing for a
woman in that situation to do. It’s a women potentially being overpowered by a man
but her consent gives her the power over his lust. It makes you wonder what she’s
going to do with the situation; is she going to use it to manipulate Peter? Or is it just
something that’s happened? And exactly what does it mean to her? It’s a
controversial but very modern take on a woman’s sexual role. It’s subtle and clever.
The scene is very quick but I think it really works.
“As the affair continues, Sarah acts as Peter’s rock as his family gets more messed
up. However, she’s selfless enough to remove herself from the equation because
she thinks she’s damaging him even more.”
Jemima chose not to watch the original version of Bouquet of Barbed Wire once she
accepted the role as Sarah.
“I was aware of the original production but I purposely didn’t see it. I took the lead
from the director because it can depend on the director’s intention with a project that
has been done before as to how they want to approach it. If they are taking
completely new strides it can be unhelpful to look back. Before I started I knew this
was a re-imagining and would be different from the novel and the original TV show.
That was helpful to me because I knew I was dealing with a different approach to
the character and it felt very separate.
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“Everyone comments that the original was “so shocking”. The problem is nowadays
people aren’t very easily shocked; we’ve all been desensitised so much and don’t
tend to get so titillated or upset by things.
“Having watched this new version, it’s got a really good element of making you feel
uncomfortable and really tense. The darkness of the piece and the way it’s shot
gives it a really good sinister edge, which makes it much more dangerous and
exciting.”
Playing Sarah Francis in Bouquet of Barbed Wire gave Jemima the opportunity to
take on a new challenge and reunite with friends.
“It was interesting for me to embark on playing a character where I had to leave as
much mystery as possible.
“I also like working for Mammoth and one of my best friends, Tom Riley, plays Gavin
and that always makes it fun. We only had one scene together, but we were in fits of
giggles for most of it so I think the director was very happy we didn’t have anymore
together!
“It is quite a dark piece so it was nice to have lighter moments off camera. I think
that was really important. Tom and Imogen had a really good working relationship
so consequently Imogen is now a good friend of mine. It was much easier for me
because I didn’t have to deal with as much of the dark stuff as they did but I could
sense it felt a bit like a holiday when there were new people on set. When I was in
for a week I think it helped having someone else on set.
“From a practical sense, it also fitted in with my break from the National Theatre
where I’m currently starring in All My Sons until October. Stage and screen are
opposite disciplines using opposite techniques and I love having the opportunity to
do both. The nice thing about doing a play is you get to rehearse and really explore
a piece. The repetition of doing it every night or 8 times a week is weird but there is
nothing quite like the immediate reaction you get from an audience when you’re on
stage. Filming for television is opposite as you have the variety of every day being
different.”
Jemima Rooper’s previous credits include Reunited, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The
Time of Your Life, Synchronicity, Hex and As If. She will also star in the upcoming
Hotel Caledonia directed by Nicholas David Lean.
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Synopsis
3 x 1 hour episodes
Written by Guy Andrews
Based on the book by Andrea Newman
A dark psychological thriller exploring sexual obsession and betrayal.
The lives of Peter and Cassie Manson are turned upside down when their beloved
daughter Prue reveals that she is pregnant by her teacher, Gavin Sorenson. Prue
plans to keep the baby, drop out of school and marry Gavin. Besides Peter’s fears
for his daughter’s future, he is rocked by the unnerving certainty that Gavin is on
some sort of personal mission against him.
Peter is a successful architect with offices in the city of London, but his practice has
been severely hit by the recession. In a bid to bring in new clients he and his partner
(Richard) decide to employ a junior. The successful candidate is Sarah Francis, a
beautiful and talented twenty-something.
As Peter tries to overcome the aching fear that he has lost his daughter forever, his
relationship with Cassie becomes increasingly distant. Is this just fatherly concern,
or has Peter’s love for Prue become an obsession? Peter is then hit by the news
that the company’s only client is pulling out of a deal that was keeping the practice
afloat, and the only person Peter feels he can talk to is Sarah. With his life
disintegrating around him, Peter and Sarah embark on an affair.
Prue organises a honeymoon for herself and Gavin in Wakefield, Yorkshire. She is
intrigued by Gavin’s past in Wakefield, especially because that’s where her father
grew up, and where her grandmother still lives. But more than anything Prue wants
to track down the mysterious “Paula” whose name Gavin has tattooed on the
underside of his wrist.
When Prue returns from the honeymoon with her face battered and bruised, Peter is
convinced that Gavin is to blame. Nevertheless Prue remains devoted to Gavin, and
there is a sense that this new dimension to their relationship excites her. In a
desperate attempt to rebuff Gavin, Peter calls in a private security firm, who break
into the flat and attack Gavin, putting him in hospital.
Cassie tries all she can to keep the family together, but she beings to fall under
Gavin’s spell, intrigued by his knowledge of Peter’s past and the mysterious woman
named “Paula”.
With his marriage at breaking point, and facing financial ruin, the net begins to close
around Peter: everything appears to lead back to “Paula”. As Gavin’s personal quest
for the truth nears its conclusion Peter is forced to face the dark secret of his past, a
secret which shines a disturbing light on Peter’s own love for Prue, and forces the
Manson family to acknowledge a truth which may destroy their lives forever.
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Cast
PETER MANSON ................................................................................ Trevor Eve
CASSIE MANSON ...................................................................... Hermione Norris
PRUE SORENSON ......................................................................... Imogen Poots
GAVIN SORENSON..............................................................................Tom Reilly
SARAH ......................................................................................... Jemima Rooper
DAVID ........................................................................................... Pierro Niel Mee
GILES............................................................................................Nicholas Farrell
CLARK ...................................................................................... Mark Lewis Jones
RICHARD .......................................................................................Adrian Rawlins
MONIQUE ....................................................................................... Ann Ogbomo
NELLIE ............................................................................................... Sylvia Syms
DOLORES..................................................................................... Dystin Johnson
GILL .............................................................................................. Syreeta Kumar
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Crew
Executive Producer .......................................................................... Guy Andrews
Executive Producer .......................................................................... Michele Buck
Executive Producer ...................................................................... Damien Timmer
Producer......................................................................................... Kate McKerrell
Director........................................................................................... Ashley Pearce
Writer................................................................................................ Guy Andrews
Line Producers ............................................................................... Hilary Benson
Director of Photography ................................................................... Mike Spragg
Production Designer ......................................................................... Claire Kenny
Make-Up & Hair Design....................................................................... Vivien Riley
Costume Designer ........................................................................ Marlene Lawlor
Location Manager ............................................................................. Richard May
Editor ......................................................................................... David Blackmore
Casting Director .............................................................................. Susie Parriss
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BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE
AVAILABLE TO OWN ON DVD 20 SEPTEMBER 2010
This modern reworking of Andrea Newman’s tale depicts a father’s obsessive love for his
daughter and how secrets once buried return to haunt their lives in a timeless three-part
drama, Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
It is a controversial tale of paternal jealousy, incestuous relationships and secrets and is
yours to own on DVD from 20 September 2010 courtesy of ITV STUDIOS Home
Entertainment.
Bouquet of Barbed Wire stars TREVOR EVE (Waking the Dead, Framed), HERMIONE NORRIS
(Spooks, Kingdom), IMOGEN POOTS (Miss Austen Regrets, 28 Weeks Later), TOM RILEY (St.
Trinians 2, Lost In Austen), JEMIMA ROOPER (Lost In Austen, The Black Dahlia) and MARL
LEWIS JONES (The Passion, The Commander).
This provoking rework of the 1970s drama was filmed against the backdrop of London and
was written by acclaimed writer Guy Andrews (Lost in Austen, Prime Suspect), directed by
Ashley Pearce (Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Commander, Afterlife) and produced by
Mammoth Screen.
Peter Manson, his teenage daughter Prue and wife Cassie are in the midst of a family crisis
over Prue’s shock affair with her teacher and resulting pregnancy when architect Peter
employs rising star, Sarah Francis. Fearing that he is losing his beloved daughter and with
his marriage to Cassie at breaking point, Peter turns to Sarah for affection. With his
increasingly erratic behaviour, it is only a matter of time before all is revealed....
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Executive Producer for Mammoth Screen Damien Timmer says: “The original TV version of
Bouquet of Barbed Wire was one of the most controversial dramas of its era, busting
taboos which still have the power to shock decades later.”
Release information:
Credit:
ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment
Genre:
TV drama
RRP:
£19.99
Retail Cat. Number: 3711533003
Retail Barcode:
5037115330031
Release date:
20 September 2010
DVD extras:
None
Copyright:
© Mammoth Screen (Bouquet) Limited and Ingenious Broadcasting 2
LLP 2010. Licensed and distributed by Granada Ventures Ltd. (Trading
as ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment). All Rights Reserved.
Notes to Editor
About ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment:
ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment is the consumer label within ITV Studios Global
Entertainment. It is the company behind one of the UK’s most comprehensive film and
video collections with over 3000 titles and is a major player in the UK and International
Home Entertainment Market. The range includes titles in contemporary and classic film
(Shawshank Redemption, Fabulous Baker Boys, Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes), children’s
titles (Numberjacks, Thunderbirds, Big & Small, Pinky & Perky), drama (Inspector Morse,
Cracker, Prime Suspect, Murphy's Law, Lewis, Ultimate Force) sport (Arsenal, and Liverpool
football clubs) and comedy (Al Murray The Pub Landlord, Harry Hill’s TV Burp). ITV STUDIOS
Global Entertainment also owns the video rights for the Rank and ITC film collections which
contain over 1500 classic British films.
For further information please contact Romley Davies Publicity:
Print and Broadcast:
Natalie Cheary
E: Natalie@romleydavies.com
T: 020 3301 4734
Zoë Baldwin
E: Zoe@romleydavies.com
T: 020 3301 4733
E: Ollie@romleydavies.com
T: 020 3301 4749
Digital:
Ollie Lavery
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