He continues: “I knew Maggie O’Neill socially and her vulnerability in terms of her performance was palpable. Written by Tony Marchant, it told the story a middle aged married cab driver Tom ad his love affair with a young unhappily married woman Kathy in a fictional Midland new town, which was heavily inspired by Telford itself.

It provided a starting point for a career that has taken in a number of substantial television dramas. Toby Jones in The Secret Agent, also written by Tony Marchant In each episode three animals get taken into SAFE's care and viewers will watch the team work tirelessly to save the lives of dogs and other pets that are lost and forgotten, unloved and unwanted, and often dumped by callous owners. Meet the team behind Take Me Home. (Nine)

Last year’s ITV drama series Butterfly, starring Anna Friel, was one of his, following on from BBC series including The Secret Agent, starring Toby Jones, and Public Enemies. He also did some writing on the hit series McMafia, starring James Norton. Take Me is the title of a 2001 British television drama serial on ITV, starring Robson Green and Beth Goddard. The series was produced by STV Studios, then known as "SMG TV Productions", and Coastal. It was filmed between October and December 2000 and first broadcast in the UK on 5 August 2001. Alex Pillai was the director. Take Me Home is a British television drama series that originally aired from 2–16 May 1989. The 3-part mini-series starred Keith Barron, Maggie O'Neill, Reece Dinsdale, and Annette Crosbie. It was created and written by Tony Marchant and was shown in three episodes on BBC One. The lead character, Kathy, was one of the first television roles for actress Maggie O'Neill. [1] The show was a success when it hit screens in 1989, and was Tony’s first series in television having written both for theatre and one-part television films previously.

She was attractive without being overt. It’s what they were supposed to be. The characters were just ordinary people. I think Take Me Home was very significant for my television writing,” adds Tony. “The three parter was a step up from writing a one-off. I concentrated mainly on the main four characters, but I could maybe have made some of the others more four dimensional.”

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He liked the idea of portraying a town that was in its infancy and the story of the people drawn there from other areas, often looking for a better life.

I suppose if there was one thing I would do differently is make some of the secondary characters more complicated.

Reece I knew through his acting in theatre, and while I didn’t know Annette Crosbie personally I was aware of her work.” The show got about 11 million viewers, which at the time wasn’t uncommon, but for a show of its nature it was extraordinary and I felt vindicated by that. The first episode has to have a hook for the beginning, and there has to be a separate middle and an end. The series was filmed in multiple locations, including Newcastle upon Tyne city centre; Wynyard Park, Billingham; Mitford Hall, Morpeth; Low Hauxley Beach; Samsung Factory at Billingham ( Middlesbrough); the Cammell Laird Shipyard, Hebburn; and St. Aloysius Church, Hebburn. Take Me Home is filmed in the Pilbara region in Western Australia. When and where can I watch Take Me Home ?