‘The Birth Of Daniel F Harris’: International Interest Sparked For Latest Authentic Offering From ‘End Of The F***ing World’ Producer Clerkenwell Films – Series Mania
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has started drumming up interest internationally for The Birth of Daniel F Harris, the latest young adult drama from End of the F***ing World producer Clerkenwell Films.Channel 4’s show is one of two UK entries in the Series Mania International Competition and was given a world premiere to hundreds of viewers as the Lille event gets underway.BBC Studios, which debuted The Birth of Daniel F Harris at last month’s Showcase, co-financed with Channel 4 and therefore rest of the world rights are up for grabs.Much like Charlie Covell’s BAFTA-winning smash hit End of the F**ing World for Channel 4 and Netflix, Fried and writer Pete Jackson are hoping that this latest offering’s “authenticity of character” and “dark humorous underbelly” will appeal to buyers around the world, and they are speaking to the global streamers.“The themes are entirely universal: we deal with loss, grief, friendship and love,” Jackson told Deadline from Series Mania.“Young people more than ever have a shared experienced worldwide due to social media and everything has become more aligned.”The show follows protagonist Danny (Lewis Gribben), whose mum died in a car crash when he was a baby.
Overwhelmed with grief, dad Steve (Rory Keenan) bought a house in the middle of nowhere and locked his son away, telling him that the world is full of monsters.
For eighteen years they just stayed in, listening to Benny Goodman records and watching old movies, until Danny’s world is turned on its head.Jackson was inspired to write after listening to old records with his son and, no doubt in part due to End of the F***ing World’s success, Channel 4 greenlit almost immediately after Clerkenwell had pitched.Jackson wrote the show in lockdown, which
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