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SINGER Will Young has signed up for his first drama series - a Living TV thriller set in a former lunatic asylum haunted by ex-inmates.

 

The Pop Idol winner, 31, will play Ryan, who shares a flat in the ghost-infested apartment block converted from a pre-Victorian mental hospital.

Bedlam is Will's first major telly acting role, although he starred in 2005 flick Mrs Henderson Presents and had a guest spot in Skins.

He said yesterday: "I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam.

"The scripts are original and fantastic, as are the other actors involved. I can't wait to get my teeth into the role."

The six-parter also stars Theo James, Charlotte Salt and Ashley Madekwe.

It will be made by Red Production Company, whose hits include Queer As Folk and Casanova.

It is digital channel Living's first foray into original drama and will air early next year.

A source said: "The conversion awakens a darker side of the building, with former asylum spirits coming back to take back what they believe to be theirs.

"They start to seek revenge on those who have wronged them."

Living's director of television Claudia Rosencrantz said: "We've been searching for ages for the right idea to launch Living into original drama, and Bedlam is the perfect fit.

"It's sexy, stylish and truly scary. It is about very frightening things happening to very beautiful people."

The move ups the ante in Living's war on ITV2.

Living has already bought the rights to Katie Price's reality shows, which previously belonged to its rival.

Red's executive producer Nicola Shindler said: "We want to make Bedlam sit alongside US imported drama."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...x-inmates.html

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I just couldn't sleep...so thought I'd just check the news before bed and this popped up!..so it is Bedlam :thumbup: ...it sounds spooky! :dance:

Fabulous news. Well done to the girls on D for researching and coming up trumps. :dance:

 

It's on his Home Page now:

 

Will to star in Living TV drama 'Bedlam'

 

We're pleased to announce that Will is set to star in Bedlam, a brand new paranormal drama for Living

TV.

 

The glossy, haunting six-part series is set around Bedlam Heights – an apartment block converted from a pre-Victorian lunatic asylum and its inhabitants. But the conversion of Bedlam Heights awakens a darker side of

the building, with former asylum spirits coming back to take back what they believe to be theirs and seek revenge on those who have wronged them.

 

Will says,"I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam, the scripts are fantastic and original, as are the other actors involved and I can't wait to get my teeth into the role of Ryan."

 

Watch out for Bedlam arriving in 2011!

:cheer: So pleased for him.

 

Picked up by others now.

 

 

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Digital channel Living, best known for screening Britain's Next Top Model and Most Haunted, has commissioned its first original UK drama, a £3m supernatural thriller starring Will Young.

 

Bedlam is set in a disused asylum that is being converted into loft-style apartments, where things start going bump in the night.

 

Young, the Pop Idol winner who became a chart-topping music star, plays a character desperate to find out why his brother has died.

 

Though better known for his pop career, Young has previously had roles in the movie Mrs Henderson Presents, ITV drama Miss Marple and on stage in Noel Coward's The Vortex.

 

The six-parter, budgeted at about £3m, starts filming next month and is being made by Red, the Manchester-based independent production company responsible for Queer as Folk, Clocking Off and Casanova.

 

Bedlam marks a significant departure for subscription channel Living, which has up to now targeted female viewers with factual entertainment shows such as Britain's Next Top Model and Most Haunted, and US imports including Grey's Anatomy.

 

Claudia Rosencrantz, the director of television for the Living TV Group of channels, which were recently sold by Virgin Media to BSkyB for £165m, said she was moving Living away from a narrow focus on "pink and paranormal".

 

"We thought it was time, that the channel was mature and ambitious enough, to commission its first scripted piece. We wanted to make sure Living had a variety of things, including original drama," added Rosencrantz. "When I arrived Living was pink and paranormal. That was too narrow an identity. It is all about intelligent, glamorous entertainment now."

 

Jenny Reeks, Rosencrantz's former ITV colleague, is overseeing Bedlam for Living, and if the series works, it is expected to return.

 

BBC Worldwide is also investing in Bedlam, which it hopes to distribute outside of the UK, particularly to US viewers, who are lapping up supernatural tales, from Twilight to True Blood.

 

Rosencrantz is now trying to ensure couples will watch Living shows together, with more programmes appealing to both women and men.

 

Recent commissions have included 4 Weddings, in which brides judge their rivals' weddings to pick a winner, and Dating in the Dark, made by Endemol, in which a group of single men and women select potential mates through encounters in darkened rooms.

 

In July, Rosencrantz also lured Katie Price away from ITV2, where her observational series, What Katie Did Next... has been one of the biggest multichannel hits of recent years.

 

Price's first Living show launches in November. Rosencrantz said Price is "ripe for reinvention, and saw the opportunity to reposition herself".

 

Living TV Group's channels – Living, Bravo, Channel One (formerly Virgin1) and Challenge – are expected to be fully integrated into Sky's west London base at Osterley later this year, once the deal is cleared by UK competition regulators processes have been completed, and the longer-term plans for the networks are unclear.

 

"Sky is trying to find reasons, with entertainment, for people to come into Sky. Their recent HBO deal is part of that shift, and for Living glossy UK drama of a very strong kind is part of a drive I've been making for the past four years, since I moved to this job," said Rosencrantz.

 

She is unable to answer questions about the future, until the sale to Sky is finally sealed, but said: "I am extremely happy. I stay in places where I am happy to work, and leave places where I am not."

 

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...dlam-living-tv

 

Could be brilliant for Will if this is shown outside the UK. :dance: Fingers crossed for a great script. :thumbup:

 

And Digital Spy.

 

Will Young for 'mental asylum thriller'

Monday, August 16 2010, 07:12 BST

 

Will Young is to star in a spooky television drama about a pre-Victorian mental hospital, it has been revealed.

 

Bedlam, which is to be the first original drama aired on digital channel Living, tells the story of Ryan (Young), who lives in an apartment block converted from the sinister asylum, reports The Sun.

 

A source said: "The conversion awakens a darker side of the building, with former asylum spirits coming back to take back what they believe to be theirs. They start to seek revenge on those who have wronged them."

 

Young, who previously appeared in 2005 comedy Mrs Henderson Presents and guest-starred in E4's Skins, said that he is delighted to be acting in the thriller.

 

He said: "I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam. The scripts are original and fantastic, as are the other actors involved. I can't wait to get my teeth into the role."

 

The six-part series, which is to be made by Red Production Company, also stars Theo James, Charlotte Salt and Ashley Madekwe.

 

Red Production's executive producer Nicola Shindler said: "We want to make Bedlam sit alongside US imported drama."

 

Living's director of television Claudia Rosencrantz added: "We've been searching for ages for the right idea to launch Living into original drama, and Bedlam is the perfect fit.

 

"It's sexy, stylish and truly scary. It is about very frightening things happening to very beautiful people."

 

http://www.newzfor.me/news/77346918.aspx

 

 

 

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He's even news in Albania! :lol:

albmediagroup: #Media Living to air Will Young supernatural thriller: pound;3m supernatural drama Bedlam marks subscripti... http://bit.ly/aI2QX5 #english 21 minutes ago via twitterfeed

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:dance: thanks again to Julie.

Orange!

Singer Will Young has landed his first major TV acting role - in a thriller set in a former lunatic asylum that's haunted by ex-inmates.

 

The Pop Idol winner will play a character called Ryan who is lives in a haunted flat that was once a mental hospital. Will has dipped his feet in the world of acting before, with a part in the film Mrs Henderson Presents, and guest spots in Skins and Miss Marple.

 

But Bedlam will be Will's meatiest role yet - and he's looking forward to it. Will, whose character is desperate to find out why his brother has died, says: "I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam. "The scripts are original and fantastic, as are the other actors involved. I can't wait to get my teeth into the role."

 

The six-parter, to be broadcast by digital channel Living, is made by Red, the production company behind Queer As Folk and Casanova. It's set to air early next year, with filming due to start next month. Bedlam sounds scarier than facing the Pop Idol judges.

 

One insiders says: "The conversion [into flats]awakens a darker side of the building, with former asylum spirits coming back to take back what they believe to be theirs. "They start to seek revenge on those who have wronged them."

 

Sounds like one to watch - from behind the sofa.

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/tv/W...medium=twitter

Young To Star In Tv Thriller

 

 

Singer WILL YOUNG is set for a spooky new role - he's landed the lead in an upcoming British thriller series.

 

The Leave Right Now hitmaker made his acting debut in 2005 by appearing opposite Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in Mrs Henderson Presents.

 

He followed it up with a starring role in Noel Coward play The Vortex in 2007 and earlier this year (10) appeared in British teen drama Skins.

 

And he's continuing with his small screen stardom by taking on a role in Bedlam, a new drama set in a former psychiatric hospital haunted by ex-inmates, according to Britain's The Sun.

 

Young says, "I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam. The scripts are original and fantastic, as are the other actors involved. I can't wait to get my teeth into the role."

 

The series, also starring Theo James and Charlotte Salt, is set to air on U.K. network Living early next year (11).

 

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...riller_1158712

 

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Will is the top Media Story today..

Today's media stories from the papers: Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Living to air Will Young supernatural th... http://bit.ly/dlgd4g

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Someone posted a thread on DS about Will giving up music because he isn't popular anymore :lol: and whats more they posted it at first in the X factor forum because apparently he's signed and managed by Syco!...honestly. :rofl:

 

 

I saw a couple of Tweets from the writers, miffed they aren't getting name-checked. What did they expect - they should be pleased it's trending all over the internet :P

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A Much more detailed peice here.. thanks to Living4Will for the find.. :thumbup:

LIVING commissions "Bedlam" as first original UK drama for 2011

Will Young, Theo James, Charlotte Salt and Ashley Madekwe to star in contemporary ghostly drama

 

LONDON (August 16 2010) LIVING, part of the LIVING TV Group, today announced its first foray into scripted drama with its own glossy, haunting six-part drama series – Bedlam.The sexy, ghostly series will star singer and actor Will Young (Mrs Henderson Presents, Skins), Theo James (A Passionate Woman), Charlotte Salt (The Tudors) and Ashley Madekwe (Secret Diary of a Call Girl). Bedlam is produced by Red Production Company (Worried About the Boy, New Street Law, Casanova, Queer As Folk), and will air on LIVING in early 2011.

 

The contemporary paranormal series, written and created by Neil Jones, David Allison and Chris Parker, is set around Bedlam Heights – an apartment block converted from a pre-Victorian lunatic asylum and its inhabitants.But the conversion of Bedlam Heights awakensa darker side of the building, with former asylum spirits coming back to take back what they believe to be theirs and seek revenge on those who have wronged them – targeting one set of flat sharers in particular. The terrifying hauntings that follow reveal that sometimes when you scratch away the surface, things aren’t always what they seem.

 

Kate (Charlotte Salt) lives in Bedlam Heights and flat shares with Ryan (Will Young) and Molly (Ashley Madekwe). Kate’s father owns the old family property Bedlam Heights and is renovating the former asylum into flats, with the help of protégé Kate. Kate is overly self-confident but ultimately self-destructive, and is surprised by the appearance of her adopted cousin, Jed (Theo James), who arrives unexpectedly. Jed is unique. Having a history of mental illness, Jed in reality is a troubled man who sees visions of the dead, the past and ghosts. He is sent messages to “Save Kate”, propelling him back into Kate’s life. Gradually Jed uncovers the terrifying secrets held in Bedlam Heights, whilst trying to retain his sanity.

 

Claudia Rosencrantz, Director of Television, LIVING TV Group said: “We’ve been searching for ages for the right idea to launch LIVING into original drama, and Bedlam is the perfect fit. It’s sexy, stylish and truly scary. It is about very frightening things happening to very beautiful people!”

 

Nicola Shindler, Executive Producer, Red Production Company: “I am very excited to be working on LIVING’s first drama commission. Bedlam is a passion project for Red and we are working towards a modern and original horror series. With thrilling and provocative scripts, ambitious casting and hugely talented directors, we want to make Bedlam sit alongside LIVING’s glossy, assured US imported drama but still have a distinctly British voice.”

 

Theo James said: “The first episode of the script immediately drew me in. It's a refreshing and exciting take on the genre and I'm really excited to be involved in this brilliant new project. Jed is a complex and dynamic character with a dark and complicated history.”

 

Will Young said: "I'm so excited to be part of Bedlam, the scripts are fantastic and original, as are the other actors involved and I can't wait to get my teeth into the role of Ryan."

 

Charlotte Salt said: “I was instantly drawn to this project due to its high energy and originality and I couldn't be more excited to throw myself into the character and her relationships, immersing myself into the dark chilling world of Bedlam..."

 

Ashley Madekwe said: “I love anything suspense filled and spooky, so I knew I was going to enjoy the scripts before I'd even begun reading. I love being scared by things I watch, so am excited to be part of Bedlam and have my chance to help frighten others!”

 

Bedlam was commissioned by Claudia Rosencrantz. It will be overseen by Head of Commissioning Mark Sammon and former ITV Head of Drama Jenny Reeks, who is consulting for LIVING and who worked on script development with Head of Acquisitions Amy Barham.

 

Credits for Red Production Company:

Executive Producer - Nicola Shindler

Producer - Matthew Bird

Director - John Strickland

Director - Alrick Riley

Production Designer - Martyn John

Director of Photography - Jono Smith

Costume Designer - Theresa Rymer

Make Up - Jessica Taylor

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Thanks to Soul Sister..

Tweet from Joe.. :wub:

hey will..good luck with the Bedlam .great to see you again...love and prayers as always.xx

How lovely of Joseph. Will seems to form a close bond with everyone he works with.

 

Thanks for the extra details about Bedlam Bev. Liking the sound of the plot. :thumbup:

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Thanks to Julie for the tweets.

 

A tweet from one of the leading actors Charlotte Salt and then a reply from one of the writers David Allison:

 

Very excited about our new show BEDLAM.. Staring myself, Will Young, Theo James and Ashley MAdekwe!!!
:D

@will_young31 @charlottesalt Great to meet you both yesterday. @neil_jones, Chris and I couldn't be more chuffed with the cast

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