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Pleasureland | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Pleasureland (opera) by
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Written by | Helen Blakeman |
Screenplay by | Helen Blakeman |
Directed by | Brian Percival |
Starring | Katie Lyon Claire Hackett Philip Olivier Barry Sloane |
Composers | Ric Featherstone Magnus Fiennes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Natasha Dack |
Producer | Joanne O'Sullivan |
Production location | Merseyside |
Cinematography | David Katznelson |
Editor | Kristina Hetherington |
Running time | 71 minutes |
Production company | Kudos Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 16 November 2003 |
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Pleasureland is a 2003 Channel 4 feature-length television drama focusing on a group of teenagers in Liverpool who feel pressured to grow up. Written by Helen Blakeman, directed by Brian Percival and produced by Kudos, the makers of the BBC One espionage series Spooks.
The drama was based on the John Adams opera Pleasureland and was filmed on location in Liverpool as part of the Channel 4's Adult at 14 season.