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A 90 minute biopic on the life of 1970s pop star Karen Carpenter covering the last five years of her life and her relationship with her brother and mother. I have written both the drama and documentary script and have been filming with, and leading a 25 strong crew and cast on location.
Reading the online story there it looks like the US channel REELZ has this docudrama else why would their Vice President be commenting on the show.Please let us know how this goes after it airs, for those in the US that can't watch it.
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Channel 5 Preps Freddie Mercury, Karen Carpenter Docudramas - TVREAL »
LONDON: ITV Studios’ Potato is producing two feature-length drama documentaries for Channel 5,
one on Freddie Mercury and the other spotlighting Karen Carpenter.
"Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Revealed(1×120 min.)
and Karen Carpenter: Goodbye To Love (1×120 min.) will explore the truth behind the loss of two cultural icons.
The docudramas will examine their personal and professional lives and the key moments that ultimately led to the tragic deaths at the height of their respective careers. Using scripted dramatization based on first-hand accounts, rarely seen archive footage and interviews with those closest to them, both films will shed a revealing light on these much-loved icons’ stories. The new commissions follow on the success of Potato’s 2015 feature-length factual drama Whitney & Bobby: Addicted To Love."
Michael Kelpie, the executive producer and managing director of Potato, said:
“There are few artists who have touched the lives of so many through their music to the extent of Freddie Mercury and Karen Carpenter.
These films tell their stories in a compelling, truthful and respectful way and remind us all of how much we miss them both.”
Given the years being covered in the programme though, I'm going to guess that a number of posters here probably aren't going to like what this might have to say...
It appears my TV guide app is now showing all listings up to June 5 for the Reelz channel but no listing for this program title. It might show up sometime later as I noticed the other docs is listed, to be honest I'm not that excited as it kinda looks like that other one they did of the last days of KC.
The more I hear about this the more I'm dying to see it. The Whitney & Bobby: Addicted To Love programme was great! I wonder whether there will be any new interviews with close friends of Karen and who they will be?
Over the moon also to see there's one featuring the inimitable Freddie Mercury.
They've found a real good resemblance between Karen and the actor judging by the photo, anyone know her identity?