[16.08 - French Time] ITV has announced today who will star in the title role of Monroe, one of the three new dramas which will replace The Bill. And it's James Nesbitt (Jekyll, Occupation).Monroe, a 6X60-minute medical drama created and written by Peter Bowker (Desperate Romantics, Occupation), is about the work of a hospital neurosurgeon. It is produced by Mammoth Screen, the indie producer behind Bowker's adaptation of Wuthering Heights for ITV.
Monroe is a brilliant and unconventional neurosurgeon. "A flawed genius who never lets anyone forget his flaws or his genius", says ITV's press release. This new drama focuses on its main character rather than an ensemble (like in other British medical dramas) and there will be dark humour. In March Peter Bowker told The Guardian that he hoped Monroe would match House in dramatic intensity (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/30/bill-replacement-itv-monroe).
Monroe will start filming in September 2010 in Leeds.
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/monroe/default.html
http://www.mammothscreen.com/
http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2010/03/itvs-triple-bill.html
See also:
http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2010/03/itvs-triple-bill.html
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