Platform Seven

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Until you have experienced the hard slap of violence, you can’t imagine a sudden, bad thing happening.” How can we empathise with violence without experiencing it ourselves? Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy, Noughts and Crosses) will take the lead role of Lisa in gripping psychological thriller, Platform 7 which will air on ITVX. The pacing of the story was rather uneven. Occasionally the slow and ambiguous narrative could create and build tension. For example, Doughty emphasises Lisa's unease during a fight with Matty at their favourite restaurant by dragging out the description of a pepper mill:

This is no traditional ‘spooky’ ghost story. It’s the tale of a ghost on a quest to discover who she was and the events that led to her untimely death. Her story is a celebration of indignation versus passivity and truth versus lies. While writing it from Louise Doughty’s astute and emotionally intelligent novel, I began to feel she’s the ghost in all of us; the unseen part of us when we find ourselves reflecting on the wisdom of our past decisions. Sometimes with regret, occasionally with rancour but more often with the complicated relish of what it means to be human.” The Standards of proficiency for registered nurses list the knowledge, skills and behaviours that every nurse must have by the end of their programme. Dancing Ledge Productions’ Managing Director, Chris Carey (The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings), was executive producer on the drama alongside the company’s CEO, Laurence Bowen (The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings) and BAFTA winning executive producer Kate Triggs (A Very British Scandal, The Trial of Christine Keeler). Paula Milne and Louise Doughty were also executive producers. Platform Seven by Louise Doughty is an incredibly ambitious novel. At its most basic, it is an exploration of a coercive relationship, but it has plenty to say about the value of life and the lives of individuals and the communities in which they live and work. Most audaciously, the narrator is dead, which makes Doughty literally a ghost writer. There are times when the resulting book rivals anything else I will read this year, and even when the novel stumbles there is plenty to consider. We are so excited that BAFTA nominated Jasmine Jobson - one of the most brilliant acting talents to emerge in the last few years – is our lead in Platform 7. Powerhouse screenwriter Paula Milne’s brilliant scripts, based on Louise Doughty’s best-selling novel, have also attracted a stunning supporting cast alongside Jasmine; Toby Regbo, Yaamin Chowdhury, Reece Ritchie and the incomparable Phil Davis also star and this combination, along with our superb creative team behind the camera, promise to deliver a properly compelling story that will delight and surprise audiences on ITVX later this year.”While writing it from Louise Doughty’s astute and emotionally intelligent novel, I began to feel she’s the ghost in all of us; the unseen part of us when we find ourselves reflecting on the wisdom of our past decisions. Sometimes with regret, occasionally with rancour but more often with the complicated relish of what it means to be human.” Annie was having IV antibiotics and Darren noticed that she kept trying to pull the cannula out, so Darren found ways to distract her. He demonstrated this to Saima and Colin who were both able to keep closer observations of Annie. He also assessed Annie’s fluid intake and urinary output to ensure that she was not dehydrated, and asked Saima to monitor her pulse, temperature, respiratory rate and blood pressure. Darren discusses his learning objectives for the day with his practice supervisor. Darren provided his supervisor with an in-depth level of understanding of the health status of all three women, clearly explaining the physical, mental and social aspects of their care and the interaction of their medications. He spoke about evidence that he had read concerning audit results of infection control in wounds and guidelines for treating the wound. Darren also recognised that a couple of people in his care were experiencing nausea, so he chose to research the evidence of anti-emetics and the length of time people should be ideally nil by mouth.

As there was a safeguarding concern for Elouise’s child, Darren co-ordinated the teams that were involved and ensured that when he required more support, he gained this from his supervisor. Jobson said: "I’m super excited to be taking the lead in this amazing psychological thriller, based on Louise Doughty’s phenomenal best-selling novel. I’m also thrilled that I get to show audiences a completely different side to what I can do on screen with this character." He asked Colin, the HCA to support both students to deliver care to all three women, but particularly Janet and Annie. This is an unnerving, chilling and deeply unsettling novel from Louise Doughty, a literary blend of haunting ghost story and thriller revolving around two suicides that take place on the eponymous Platform Seven at Peterborough Station. In the very early hours of a bitterly cold November morning, a man makes his way to an isolated part of the station, far from any member of staff, thinking himself entirely alone as he walks purposefully to the edge of the platform. He is not alone, he is closely observed by the ghost of Lisa Evans, a secondary school teacher, but she is unable to intervene and prevent the tragedy that ensues. Unusually, the story is narrated by Lisa's ghost.

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Commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill from Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions, (The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings), the 4x60” series has been adapted by acclaimed and multi award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne (Him, The Politician’s Husband, White Heat) from the globally renowned, best-selling novel of the same title by Louise Doughty. Darren focused on person-centred care, knowing that each person reacts differently to being in hospital and has different personal concerns. He also knows that their understanding and responses to care is different and that he needs to provide cognitive, behavioural, and mental health care as well as the physical care required. He also needed to understand the cause of Annie’s confusion.

The series has now finished filming in the north of England, and was directed by Geoffrey Sax ( Dalgliesh) and adapted by Paula Milne ( Him). The new drama will debut on ITV’s new streaming service ITVX ahead of airing on ITV at a later date. how guidance or policy from the Department of Health and Social Care or other governing bodies is disseminated into practice As Evans’s ghost can now see past and future, her partner’s former girlfriend, and also Shelley, the single mother with whom Matty will have another child, perhaps a story as well told as hers can open the eyes of the reader to patterns of behaviour that may be entirely plausible but can destroy and kill.Recent television adaptations of Louise Doughty’s work include Apple Tree Yard. She has also written the original drama and Crossfire which is also produced by Dancing Ledge Productions. Recent television adaptations of Louise Doughty’s work include Apple Tree Yard and Crossfire which is also produced by Dancing Ledge Productions. Platform 7 is adapted by one of the UK’s most accomplished screenwriters, Paula Milne. The multi award-winning screenwriter is best known for The Politician’s Wife, Him, White Heat and The Virgin Queen. There are definite shades of Into the Darkest Corner and Killing Me Softly, and a strength is Doughty's forensic application of detail and specificity as Lisa's fairy-tale romance starts to drip-feed unease before turning down some dark routes.