{"id":15444,"date":"2021-08-25T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:15:02","slug":"channel-4-commissions-queenie-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4-commissions-queenie-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Commissions Queenie Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part TV adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams\u2019 critically acclaimed book <em>Queenie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The drama series will be written and executive produced by Carty-Williams, with Further South Productions producing in association with Lionsgate Television for Channel 4. <em>Queenie<\/em> is ultimately a story about a young Black woman\u2019s value and the unrelenting trials and tribulations of life.<\/p>\n<p>It follows Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British journalist living in South London. She is frequently forced to compare herself to her white, middle-class peers and, after a break-up with her long-term white boyfriend, finds herself lost and searching for comfort in all the wrong places. Surrounded by her friend group, nicknamed the \u201cCorgis,\u201d Queenie is forced to confront three main questions: What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to bring Queenie, her family and, of course, the Corgis to the screen, is so exciting to me,\u201d Carty-Williams said. \u201cAnd to do that with Channel 4, who has always set the tone for what television is about by pushing boundaries of what we watched, is an added bonus. It\u2019s clear to me that Queenie, a character whose story came to me when I was battling my way through my own messy twenties, is still so relevant today, and it\u2019s about time that a show like this can explore why. To adapt and breathe new life into a story that has been talked about across the globe, and to bring Queenie, our problematic fave, to a whole new audience is such a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandice is the stand-out voice of her generation and has created an iconic character in Queenie whose honesty, vulnerability and sharp sense of humor shines an unflinching light on who we are today,\u201d commented Caroline Hollick, head of drama at Channel 4. \u201cI\u2019m so excited for this adaptation, and I\u2019m in no doubt that both Queenie and Candice are going to take Channel 4 by storm!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve November, executive producer, said, \u201cChannel 4 is the perfect home for Candice\u2019s provocative, timely, hilarious writing, and we are delighted to be working with them and Candice to bring <em>Queenie<\/em> to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to work with Candice on <em>Queenie<\/em>\u2019s journey from page to screen, and we hope that the many, many fans of the book will love this version of <em>Queenie<\/em> and that the adaptation will allow new fans to fall in love with this amazing character for the first time,\u201d added Sarah Conroy, executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part TV adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams\u2019 critically acclaimed book Queenie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[233,593,4624],"class_list":["post-15444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-lionsgate-television","tag-queenie","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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