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Patrick Spence

Head of Drama, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland


Last updated August 2008
Category: TV Drama; N.Ireland; Senior Staff
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Patrick Spence joined the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in March 2004 as Head of Drama, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.

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Productions to date include Ballet Shoes, Heidi Thomas' adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's classic novel broadcast on Boxing Day 2007 on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One; Hancock And Joan, starring Ken Stott and Maxine Peake, for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four; the Shakespeare Re-told anthology, including David Nichols' BAFTA and RTS-nominated Much Ado About Nothing; and the successful relaunches of BAFTA-nominated Murphy's Law and Messiah.

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Forthcoming productions include Pete Bowker's Occupation from Kudos Film and Television and Guy Hibbert's Five Minutes Of Heaven, starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt.

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Patrick also executive produced the 2005 series of Waking The Dead.

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This is Patrick's third time at the ´óÏó´«Ã½. He was on the team that produced Silent Witness in 1996, then came back two years later as the show's Executive Producer and as Head of Development, Drama Series – commissioning Waking The Dead, Murder In Mind and Down To Earth, amongst others.

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Additional credits include Five's first and only BAFTA- nominated drama, Wing And A Prayer, which Patrick commissioned at Thames; and stints at Scottish, Central, Pearson and Granada, where he script edited Cracker, written by Jimmy McGovern and Paul Abbott.

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