Premiering tonight in the U.S. on PBS as part of Masterpiece Mystery is the British medical drama Breathless co-created and written by Paul Unwin (Shameless) and starring Jack Davenport, Iain Glen, Zoe Boyle Catherine Steadman, Iain Glen, Natasha Little, Oliver Chris, Joanna Page and Shaun Dingwall. The show’s original music is composed by Academy Award winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, Black Box). Breathless follows a group of doctors and nurses in a hospital in 1960s London. The series premiered last fall in the UK on ITV and will air in the US Sunday nights on PBS. Visit the official show website to learn more about the drama.
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Anne Dudley Scoring ITV’s ‘Breathless’
Anne Dudley is composing the score for the upcoming medical drama Breathless. The series is co-created and written by Paul Unwin (Shameless) and stars Jack Davenport, Iain Glen, Zoe Boyle and Natasha Little. The show is set in 1960s London and follow a group of doctors and nurses working in a hospital at a time when abortion was still illegal, the contraceptive pill only available to married women and moral codes were shifting. Unwin has also directed the first two episodes of the six-part drama and is executive producing the Masterpiece and ITV Studios production with Rebecca Eaton (Downton Abbey, Sherlock) and Kate Bartlett.