The Moorside
A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
Paul Whittington
Neil McKay
Casts & Crew
Sheridan Smith
Gemma Whelan
Siobhan Finneran
Sian Brooke
Steve Oram
Dean Andrews
Kirsty Armstrong
Catherine Breeze
Sally Carr
Darren Connolly
Cody Ryan
Macy Shackleton
Sam Chapman
John Dagleish
Martin Gledhill
Tom Hanson
William Hunt
Rebecca Manley
Faye McKeever
Paul Opacic
Martin Savage
Erin Shanagher
Keir Charles
Charlotte Mills
Gail Kemp
Bill Maynard
Nicholas Jones
Also Directed by Paul Whittington
Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
Based on a true story, this four-part drama tells the story of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool, in 2007. It explores Melanie’s and Steve’s ordeal, and tells of how Rhys’ murderer and associates were eventually brought to justice.
An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Paul Whittington's moving short tells the story of a young soldier who returns from the Falkland's War emotionally scarred by what he has seen. That the tale is told through the eyes of his adoring younger brother makes it all the more heartbreaking.
A series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown. Each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through after weeks of isolation. The series will be filmed observing the strict rules of lockdown with actors and their families filming the scenes themselves watched remotely by the directors. Each of the directors — Paul Whittington, Paul Andrew Williams, Louise Hooper and David Blair — will be watching footage via their mobile phones and giving advice to the actors and their family members about camera positioning, scene composition and lighting as they record the scenes.