CultBox
14 May 2012

Channel 4 has today announced the commission of Here and There [working title “Seven Days”], an ambitious feature-length drama from The Trip director Michael Winterbottom.

Filmed over five years, the single 120-minute drama is “a tender and unique portrayal of one family living through a prison sentence” and stars John Simm (Mad Dogs) as a prisoner and Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter) as his wife.

Here and There is amongt a slate of new commissions by Channel 4 Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt, including conspiracy drama Utopia and crime drama The Fear.