{"id":18740,"date":"2023-05-31T10:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-chris-thompson-podcast\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:46:22","slug":"clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Clapperboard Secures Rights to Chris Thompson Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clapperboard Studios (<em>The Teacher<\/em>, <em>The Holiday<\/em>) has secured the TV rights for <em>Uncut<\/em>, a drama based on Chris Thompson\u2019s semi-autobiographical podcast <em>Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Uncut<\/em> follows British playwright Chris Thompson as he heads to New York City after destroying his ten-year relationship and with his career spiraling. Once he arrives, he meets a man named Lionel and falls unexpectedly in love. When Lionel disappears without a trace, Chris goes on a hunt to track him down.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery takes Chris on a journey of sexual liberation and self-discovery, taking him through the cruising grounds, libraries and sex clubs of New York. Every man he meets brings him a step closer to finding out the truth about what happened to Lionel.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson has already developed the <em>Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar<\/em> podcast into a live one-man show of the same name for New York\u2019s cabaret circuit. The <em>Uncut<\/em> series will be developed by Clapperboard Studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Uncut<\/em> is beautifully filthy and has an energy and authenticity which really excited us,\u201d said Mike Benson, executive producer and managing director at Clapperboard Studios. \u201cChris is a unique talent and voice and brings a combination of heartbreak and hilarity to everything he writes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson added, \u201cWith Clapperboard\u2019s incredible track record, there\u2019s no one else I\u2019d trust more to help me bring the story of my slutty sexual reawakening to life. They share my vision for this piece, and they have a commitment to authorial voice, which means I feel right at home with them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clapperboard Studios (The Teacher, The Holiday) has secured the TV rights for Uncut, a drama based on Chris Thompson\u2019s semi-autobiographical podcast Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6799,6657,6800,6801,6802],"class_list":["post-18740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chris-thompson","tag-clapperboard-studios","tag-mike-benson","tag-two-foreskins-walked-into-a-bar","tag-uncut","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Clapperboard Secures Rights to Chris Thompson Podcast - 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\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clapperboard Secures Rights to Chris Thompson Podcast - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clapperboard Studios (The Teacher, The Holiday) has secured the TV rights for Uncut, a drama based on Chris Thompson\u2019s semi-autobiographical podcast Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T14:04:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T15:46:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/ClapperboardStudios-ChrisThompson-0523.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/\",\"name\":\"Clapperboard Secures Rights to Chris Thompson Podcast - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T14:04:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-31T15:46:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/clapperboard-secures-rights-to-chris-thompson-podcast\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Clapperboard Secures Rights to Chris Thompson Podcast\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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