Boat Story

*Boat Story*
Boat Story
Genre	Black comedy; Crime drama; Thriller;
Created by	Jack Williams; Harry Williams;
Written by	Jack Williams; Harry Williams;
Directed by	Jack Williams; Harry Williams; Alice Troughton; Daniel Nettheim;
Starring	Daisy Haggard; Paterson Joseph; Craig Fairbrass; Michele Austin; Ethan Lawrence; Joanna Scanlan; Tcheky Karyo; Phil Daniels;
Theme music composer	Dominik Scherrer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Cristopher Aird; Tommy Bulfin; Daniel Walker; Jack Williams; Harry Williams; Sarah Hammond; Daisy Haggard; Paterson Joseph;
Producer	Matthew Bird
Production locations	Versa Studios, Leeds, United Kingdom
Production companies	All3Media; Two Brothers Pictures;
Original release
Network	BBC One; Amazon Freevee;
Release	19 November –; 4 December 2023

Boat Story is a British thriller television miniseries made for BBC One and Amazon Freevee by the All3Media production company, Two Brothers Pictures. Written and co-directed by Harry and Jack Williams, it stars Daisy Haggard, Paterson Joseph, Tchéky Karyo, Joanna Scanlan, Craig Fairbrass and Phil Daniels.

Synopsis

Cocaine is found on a boat by two hard-up strangers, Janet (Haggard) and Samuel (Joseph), who agree to sell it and split the proceeds. They quickly find themselves entangled with the police, masked hitmen and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor' (Karyo).^[3]

Cast

Daisy Haggard as Janet Campbell
Paterson Joseph as Samuel Wells
Tchéky Karyo as The Tailor
Joanna Scanlan as Pat Tooh
Craig Fairbrass as Guy
Phil Daniels as Craig Dodds
Ethan Lawrence as PC Ben Tooh, Pat's son.
Michele Austin as Camilla Wells, Samuel's wife.
Kate Dickie as Katia
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as the Narrator
Adam Gillen as Vinnie Douglas
Jonas Armstrong as Arthur

Production

The project was announced by the BBC and Amazon Freevee in November 2022 as a six-part series, produced by Two Brothers Pictures of All3Media. Written by Harry and Jack Williams, the actors Haggard, Joseph, Daniels, Scanlan, Karyo and Fairbrass were announced as the cast.^[4] The Williams brothers direct episodes, as do Alice Troughton and Daniel Nettheim.^[5]

Filming

Filming took place on Coatham Beach, Redcar on the Yorkshire coast in November 2022.^[6] Filming also took place in Redcar,^[7] Selby,^[8] and Halifax in 2023.^[9]

Reception

Critical reception

Jasper Rees in The Daily Telegraph gave the show four stars out of five, praising the performances of “likeable” Haggard and Joseph, noting that the tone swung “wildly between carefree irony and repellent savagery” noting that “in the first episode, a tongue is severed with brutal nonchalance while bodies pile profligately high in a Tarantino-esque killing spree.”^[10] Nick Hilton in The Independent gave the series three stars out of five, praising Haggard as “a terrific presence”, but found the “quippy tone grating” compared to the violence akin to “directors like the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin McDonagh” and “humour mixed with a blackness colour-matched from the darkest recesses of the universe”.^[11] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian also praised the performance of Haggard and gave the series five stars, saying that “cleverness, style and innovation” saying that she “loved it” and found it evokes “Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson and the Coen brothers in its ability to mash genres together.^[12]

Broadcast

Boat Story premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2023, and was released on Amazon Freevee in the United States on 12 March 2024.^[13]

References

^ "Dominik Scherrer Scoring BBC's 'Boat Story'". Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "Projects". Versa Studios.
^ "Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph embark on new BBC thriller Boat Story". Royal Television Society. 16 November 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "The BBC announces Boat Story, a Two Brothers Pictures thriller starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph". BBC.com. 15 November 2023. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph lead new BBC thriller Boat Story". Radio Times. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Boat Story: new on-set pictures of BBC drama set on Redcar beach as famous faces act out scenes". Gazette Live. 8 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Famous faces back on location as film crews descend on Redcar beach for upcoming BBC drama". Gazette Live. 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "BBC crews return to Selby to film new thriller Boat Story". Examinerlive.co.uk. 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Everything we know about Boat Story - Cast and plot details of BBC drama thought to be filming in Halifax". Halifax Courier. 3 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ Rees, Jasper (20 November 2023). "Boat Story, BBC One, review: the Williams brothers bring Tarantino-esque gore to Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ Hilton, Nick. "Boat Story review: BBC's pitch-black comedy falls short of its Coen Brothers ambitions". The Indelendent.
^ Mangan, Lucy (19 November 2023). "Boat Story review – Daisy Haggard's hilariously dark drama is worthy of Tarantino or the Coen brothers". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "Boat Story: Film crews spotted shooting new BBC and Amazon thriller in Yorkshire". Yorkshire Post. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

External links

Boat Story at IMDb

[1] "Dominik Scherrer Scoring BBC's 'Boat Story'". Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[2] "Projects". Versa Studios.

[3] "Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph embark on new BBC thriller Boat Story". Royal Television Society. 16 November 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[4] "The BBC announces Boat Story, a Two Brothers Pictures thriller starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph". BBC.com. 15 November 2023. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[5] "Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph lead new BBC thriller Boat Story". Radio Times. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[6] "Boat Story: new on-set pictures of BBC drama set on Redcar beach as famous faces act out scenes". Gazette Live. 8 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[7] "Famous faces back on location as film crews descend on Redcar beach for upcoming BBC drama". Gazette Live. 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[8] "BBC crews return to Selby to film new thriller Boat Story". Examinerlive.co.uk. 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[9] "Everything we know about Boat Story - Cast and plot details of BBC drama thought to be filming in Halifax". Halifax Courier. 3 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[10] Rees, Jasper (20 November 2023). "Boat Story, BBC One, review: the Williams brothers bring Tarantino-esque gore to Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[11] Hilton, Nick. "Boat Story review: BBC's pitch-black comedy falls short of its Coen Brothers ambitions". The Indelendent.

[12] Mangan, Lucy (19 November 2023). "Boat Story review – Daisy Haggard's hilariously dark drama is worthy of Tarantino or the Coen brothers". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[13] "Boat Story: Film crews spotted shooting new BBC and Amazon thriller in Yorkshire". Yorkshire Post. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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