| West 10 LDN | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Also known as | W10 LDN West 10 London |
| Genre | Youth drama[1] |
| Written by | Noel Clarke |
| Directed by | Menhaj Huda |
| Starring | Ashley Madekwe Duane Henry Chi Kolo Andre Squire Noel Clarke Ashley Walters Fraser Ayres Tamer Hassan Adam Deacon Nick Nevern |
| Theme music composer | The Angel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Menhaj Huda Derek Wax |
| Producer | Tim Cole |
| Production location | London |
| Cinematography | Duncan Telford |
| Editor | Chris Muckle |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Kudos Film & Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 10 March 2008 |
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West 10 LDN was a one-off BBC Three youth drama, written and created by Noel Clarke[2] and directed by Menhaj Huda, first broadcast on 10 March 2008. The screenplay was based on the novel Society Within, a short story collection by Courttia Newland.[3] The film was the second collaboration between Clarke and Huda, following their work on Kidulthood, which gave Huda the idea for a television series based upon a similar format.[4] West 10 LDN is set entirely in the fictional Greenside council housing estate in West London, which in reality, is the White City Estate. Ashley Madekwe and Duane Henry served as lead actors for the project.
West 10 LDN was produced by the award-winning Kudos Film & Television, who had enjoyed recent success with Life On Mars, Spooks and Hustle.[5] Tim Cole was assigned as producer and Derek Wax served as executive producer Derek Wax. West 10 LDN was broadcast as part of BBC Three's Drama Pilot Season, in which six different one-hour pilots were broadcast, with the highest-rated going on to be developed into a six-part series.[6]
Although it received critical acclaim from fans of Kidulthood and Adulthood alike, Noel Clarke later confirmed on his official MySpace page that the then controllers of BBC Three, Danny Cohen and Jane Tranter, had made the decision not to commission West 10 LDN into a full series.[7]
- ^ West 10 LDN at BBC.
- ^ Deb, Descant (18 September 2016). "Fresh from Box Office Triumph". The British Blacklist. United Kingdom: The British Blacklist LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Newland, Courttia (2000). Society Within. London: Abacus Publishing. ISBN 978-0349111803.
- ^ "BBC Press Release". BBC News. London: BBC. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ Kudos Productions
- ^ "BBC Three Winter/Spring 2008". BBC Press Office. BBC. 22 January 2008.
- ^ MySpace.