Historical drama
Newlands
Following a devastating chimney collapse in Victorian Bradford, a community faces the urgent struggle to save lives and confront the disaster’s human consequences.
- Format
- Film / television: enquiries welcome
- Setting
- Victorian Bradford
- Project status
- Screenwriting project
- Rights
- Please enquire
Project overview
Adapted from Newlands: Beneath the Chimney, this screen project places people at the centre of an industrial disaster.
The drama extends beyond the collapse itself: rescue, responsibility and relationships carry the story through its aftermath.
Materials & collaboration
For the current screenplay, proposed duration or episode structure, and a discussion of the project’s development, please contact John directly.
Full scripts and detailed treatments are not published on this site.
The underlying work
Newlands
Inspired by a real disaster in Victorian Bradford, Newlands explores the human consequences of industrial catastrophe.
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