‘Matilda The Musical’ Scribe Dennis Kelly Penning BBC Adaptation Of Andy West’s Prison Memoir ‘The Life Inside’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Matilda the Musical writer Dennis Kelly is penning a BBC adaptation of prisons philosopher Andy West’s heartwrenching memoir.
Kelly is working with Black Doves producer Sister on the TV series, which was hinted at by Sister boss Jane Featherstone several weeks back when she was discussing the struggle to fund TV shows in front of a parliamentary inquiry.
Published two years ago, West’s The Life Inside: A Memoir Of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free is an intense and sobering portrait of the life of a man whose father, uncle and brother have all spent time behind bars.
West built a different life for himself and instead teaches philosophy in prisons. His book, which was critically acclaimed, sees him discuss pressing questions of truth, identity and hope with his students, as he searches for his own form of freedom.
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