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Patrick Spence joined the ±«Óãtv in March 2004 as Head of Drama,
±«Óãtv Northern Ireland.
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Productions to date include Ballet Shoes, Heidi Thomas'
adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's classic novel broadcast on
Boxing Day 2007 on ±«Óãtv One; Hancock And Joan, starring Ken
Stott and Maxine Peake, for ±«Óãtv Four; the Shakespeare Re-told
anthology, including David Nichols' BAFTA and RTS-nominated
Much Ado About Nothing; and the successful relaunches of
BAFTA-nominated Murphy's Law and Messiah.
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Forthcoming
productions include Pete Bowker's Occupation from Kudos Film
and Television and Guy Hibbert's Five Minutes Of Heaven,
starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt.
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Patrick also
executive produced the 2005 series of Waking The Dead.
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This is Patrick's third time at the ±«Óãtv. He was on the team
that produced Silent Witness in 1996, then came back two
years later as the show's Executive Producer and as Head of
Development, Drama Series – commissioning Waking The Dead,
Murder In Mind and Down To Earth, amongst others.
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Additional credits include Five's first and only BAFTA-
nominated drama, Wing And A Prayer, which Patrick
commissioned at Thames; and stints at Scottish, Central,
Pearson and Granada, where he script edited Cracker, written
by Jimmy McGovern and Paul Abbott.
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