Joe's Palace' and 'Capturing Mary'

Two major new films for the BBC and HBO Films, due to be televised by the BBC in November 2007, and published with an introduction by the author. A steller cast that includes Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith, Rupert Penry Jones, Kelly Reilly, David Walliams, Ruth Wilson, and Rebecca Hall. Includes a third screenplay, A Real Summer, to be shown on the Culture Show on 10 November. All will receive considerable TV trailing and press publicity. The book features two plate sections and 15 integrated black and white photos from the three films. The Lost Prince (2003) won three Emmy Awards and in 2006/7 Gideon's Daughter was awarded two Golden Globes and the Peabody Award.

Two major new screenplays by the inimitable, award-winning Stephen Poliakoff made for the BBC and HBO Films and due to be broadcast in autumn 2007 . A stellar cast led by Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith feature in these exquisite, major new films that are linked by a grand house and memories of the past.Two major new screenplays by the award-winning Stephen Poliakoff made for the BBC and HBO Films and due to be broadcast in November 2007. A stellar cast led by Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith feature in these exquisite, major new films that are linked by a grand house and memories of the past. In Joe's Palace, the first of two screenplays, Stephen Poliakoff explores the relationship between a reclusive billionaire (played by Michael Gambon), and the teenage boy he employs to take care of a grand house. This is a lavishly shot contemporary film about loneliness and loss. In Capturing Mary, the companion film for BBC2 set in the same exquisite empty house, Poliakoff takes his characters into a dark and terrifying exploration of the past and its power to capture and destroy a person's life. Dame Maggie Smith plays the lead role. Included also is A Real Summer, a glorious companion drama to Capturing Mary charting the development of an unexpected friendship between a young aristocratic woman and Mary before she enters the dangerous world of Mr Graham's house.