LADETTE TO LADY

RDF MEDIA FOR ITV

5 x 60

Hard core ladettes are sent back to a 1950’s finishing school in Yorkshire

I filmed, produced and directed this first series and helped devise the format and style for what was to become a highly successful and controversial constructed reality show.

This was in part a living history show, in which we re-created the British 1950s finishing school curriculum. The ladettes felt they were really at a 1950s school which created much comedy, drama, transformation and growth. I was responsible for scriptwriting, producing and directing ladettes and staff, self-shooting back-stories then making five programmes in five weeks on location. Then directing edits for my two films.

Critic’s choice across press,

‘The series really hits paydirt in tonight’s sharply edited episode, blessed as it is with a succession of truly priceless scenes in which all the characters firmly establish themselves’. Time Out

‘Hit of the season’. The Times

‘Compelling television’. The Independent

‘Must See TV’. The Daily Mail

My episodes were amazingly popular with 5.1 million viewers 23 % share. This first series spawned multiple series in the UK and around the world.

Now streamed on You Tube.