Matthew PerryTo Make UK TV Comedy Debut In ‘The Dog Thrower’ For Sky Arts
Sky Arts HD isgetting ready for its annual PlayhousePresents series which returns to the channel this May. Theshowcase is devoted to one-off comedies and dramas with talent lined up thisyear to include MatthewPerry, Billie Piper, BenWishaw, Mark Strong, Jo Brand, Simon Callow, Cara Delevingne,Lindsay Duncan, Kevin Eldon, Jane Horrocks, Daniel Mays, Sylvia Syms, AshleyWalters, Jason Watkins and Richard Wilson. Previous editions have had suchnames as Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Idris Elba and DavidTennant. This year also involves the writing talents of Oscar-winner PeterStraughan, among others. Perry, who’s prepping his Odd Couple pilot at CBS, will make his UK TVcomedy debut with The Dog Thrower, the story of a man who finds fame, then infamy, when hestarts throwing his dog. It’s produced by Runaway Fridge. Among the otherofferings, Piper and Whishaw will star inFoxtrot from Sprout Pictures, about a gangheist gone wrong; Syms and Delevingne play unlikely friends in Timeless, astory of love, loss and hope, written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls) and produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow; and Strong willstar as a tormented movie actor in the Straughan-pennedNosferatu In Love from Bonafide Films.
Sky Arts HD isgetting ready for its annual PlayhousePresents series which returns to the channel this May. Theshowcase is devoted to one-off comedies and dramas with talent lined up thisyear to include MatthewPerry, Billie Piper, BenWishaw, Mark Strong, Jo Brand, Simon Callow, Cara Delevingne,Lindsay Duncan, Kevin Eldon, Jane Horrocks, Daniel Mays, Sylvia Syms, AshleyWalters, Jason Watkins and Richard Wilson. Previous editions have had suchnames as Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Idris Elba and DavidTennant. This year also involves the writing talents of Oscar-winner PeterStraughan, among others. Perry, who’s prepping his Odd Couple pilot at CBS, will make his UK TVcomedy debut with The Dog Thrower, the story of a man who finds fame, then infamy, when hestarts throwing his dog. It’s produced by Runaway Fridge. Among the otherofferings, Piper and Whishaw will star inFoxtrot from Sprout Pictures, about a gangheist gone wrong; Syms and Delevingne play unlikely friends in Timeless, astory of love, loss and hope, written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls) and produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow; and Strong willstar as a tormented movie actor in the Straughan-pennedNosferatu In Love from Bonafide Films.