A stellar line-up featuring Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff, David Oyelowo and Robert Carlyle begins shooting this week on London (working title), a major BBC ONE film drama, written and directed by Bafta award-winning Dominic Savage.

Savage's gripping dramas, such as Love and Hate, Out of Control and Nice Girl, are dedicated to tackling contemporary social issues.

In this film he addresses social inequality in Britain today through the lives of several characters whose paths collide at a B&B temporarily housing the homeless and dispossessed.

Mark (Colin Firth) is a wealthy city worker whose conscience and guilt about his luxurious lifestyle prompt him to try to help those less fortunate, but it results in turmoil for both himself and others.

Staying at the B&B are Michelle (Anne-Marie Duff), a pregnant mother with a young child who escapes an abusive husband; Nigerian Yemi (David Oyelowo), and his family; and Robert (Robert Carlyle), newly released from prison.

Dominic Savage explains further: "This is a film about social inequalities, people in desperate circumstances and their intertwining different lives.

"It's ultimately about people's relationships and the difficulties, dilemmas and moral issues they face."

The cast also includes Emilia Fox, Julia Davis, Megan Dodds, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Nichola Burley, Emily Woof and Pearce Quigley.

Notes to Editors

London (working title) is a BBC Factual & Learning production with BBC Films for BBC ONE.

Production credits

• Writer and Director - Dominic Savage
• Executive Producers - John Willis and David M Thompson
• Producers - Ruth Caleb and Lucy Hillman
• Line producer - Michas Kotz
• Director of Photograhy - Danny Cohen
• Designer - Emma McDevitt

Dominic Savage has won the following awards:

• Out Of Control (BBC ONE) - Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2002; RTS Television Award for Best Serials and Single Drama, 2003;
• When I Was 12 (BBC TWO) - Bafta Award for Best Single Drama, 2002;
• Nice Girl (BBC TWO) - Bafta Award for Best New Director, 2001

Dominic Savage's latest film - Love and Hate - opened in cinemas on 5 May.

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