{"id":11670,"date":"2019-07-25T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-independent-developing-howard-marks-drama\/"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:12:55","slug":"bbc-studios-independent-developing-howard-marks-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-independent-developing-howard-marks-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios, Independent Developing Howard Marks Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios and Independent are set to develop a drama series on the life of infamous drug smuggler Howard Marks based on his autobiography, <em>Mr Nice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The series will be written by Neil Forsyth (<em>Urban Myths<\/em>; <em>Eric, Ernie and Me<\/em>). The story will play out on an international stage through the 1970s and &#8217;80s, following how Marks created ingenious ways of trafficking enormous amounts of marijuana into Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. and in the process became one of America\u2019s most-wanted men.<\/p>\n<p>Forsyth said: &#8220;I\u2019m delighted to be adapting Howard Marks&#8217; story. Who wouldn\u2019t want to take a journey into a thrilling, dangerous and often surreal world, guided by a charming, fearless, and often stoned Welshman?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilary Salmon, BBC Studios executive producer, added: \u201cWith over 43 aliases and such a colorful list of associates this very British anti-hero ran the police on both sides of the Atlantic ragged for decades. The time feels right to tell the unbelievable and outrageous truth of Howard\u2019s story on the bigger canvas that today\u2019s television affords.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Luc Roeg and Andrew Orr of Independent commented: \u201cWe are excited to be working with BBC Studios on a television series based on Howard Marks\u2019 best-selling autobiography, <em>Mr Nice<\/em>. It was clear from our first meeting with Neil Forsyth that he was the right choice to adapt Howard\u2019s legendary story for television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios and Independent are set to develop a drama series on the life of infamous drug smuggler Howard Marks based on his autobiography, Mr Nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1138,3221],"class_list":["post-11670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-independent","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios, Independent Developing Howard Marks Drama - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-independent-developing-howard-marks-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios, Independent Developing Howard Marks Drama - 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