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Story
of the Tamworth Two dramatised for BBC ONE
Production
is to start in two weeks on a comedy drama from Box TV for BBC ONE
in association with Impossible Pictures, The Legend of the Tamworth
Two, based on the real-life adventures of Butch and Sundance,
two pigs who escaped death when they broke out of a Wiltshire abattoir
and spent a week on the run in January 1998.
Written
by Jed Mercurio (Cardiac Arrest), the film uses live action and
computer generated animation by Tim Haines' company Impossible Pictures,
whose recent credits include Walking with Dinosaurs.
It
features Lucy Davis from The Office as the voice of Sundance,
Ryan Cartwright (The Grimleys) as her brother Butch, Frances
Barber as their mum, and Brian Blessed as the wild boar
who inspires Butch to make a break for it and to avoid capture.
Real
pigs who are to play Butch and Sundance have already been cast.
Filming
is set to begin on the Isle of Man on 5 September.
Executive
producer Sally Woodward said: "The film tells how the story
of Butch and Sundance became a legend, of how Britain once again
took the under-dog to their hearts - or in this instance, the under-pig
- and in the process briefly made them the most famous fugitives
in the world.
"It
also shows how contrary human beings are in their relationship with
animals - how we are only too happy to tuck in to a pork chop, but
are outraged when we want to capture a pig that has stolen our heart."
Parts for the humans in the story have yet to be cast.
After
they were finally captured, the Daily Mail bought them and paid
for luxurious accommodation at a rare breeds centre in Kent, where
they both still live.
The
Legend of the Tamworth Two is directed by Metin Huseyin and produced
by Matthew Bird.
The
executive producers are Box TV's Justin Thompson-Glover, Tim Haines
(Impossible Pictures), Sally Woodward (BBC), Bill Boyes (BBC Wales)
and Steve Christian (Isle of Man Film Commission).
All the
BBC's digital services are now available on Freeview,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the BBC's eight television channels, interactive services
from BBCi, as well as 11 national BBC radio networks.
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