{"id":19557,"date":"2023-11-06T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/studio-crook-options-first-lilly-valentine-book-tv\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:30:38","slug":"studio-crook-options-first-lilly-valentine-book-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/studio-crook-options-first-lilly-valentine-book-for-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Crook Options First Lilly Valentine Book for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton-based Studio Crook has acquired the right to develop the first of Helen Black\u2019s <em>Lilly Valentine<\/em> legal book series, <em>Damaged Goods<\/em>, into a six-part TV show.<\/p>\n<p>Titled <em>Valentine<\/em>, the adaptation follows an almost-divorced single mother whose home is barely standing. While there is a lot she can\u2019t keep up with, she excels at her job at a local law firm and will go to any length to help her clients, even at the expense of her son and nearly ex-husband.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lilly Valentine<\/em> is the third book title optioned by Studio Crook for TV. Having won investment from Channel 4\u2019s Indie Growth Fund earlier this year, the acquisition marks an expansion into the scripted market for the studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLilly Valentine was the first character I ever created, and readers couldn\u2019t get enough of her courage and her flaws in equal measure,\u201d Black said. \u201cShe\u2019s a working-class scrapper, a lawyer who won\u2019t give up on her clients, and I love seeing characters like Lilly on TV\u2014seemingly ordinary yet magnificent women with so much on their plate yet still the funniest people you\u2019ll meet. Having worked previously with Studio Crook\u2019s head of scripted, Justine Potter, on my first commission, I know that Lilly is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Crook, managing director of Studio Crook, added, \u201cLilly Valentine is a force of nature, and from the first page of <em>Damaged Goods<\/em>, we knew we had to bring her to the screen. It\u2019s a pleasure to work with Helen Black on adapting her work. 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