Sally Head Productions
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Sally Head is a British
television producer. She began as a television script editor, before working as a producer, mainly for the BBC
. Her credits as producer include First Born
(1988) and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
(1986) and she was executive producer of the first four Prime Suspect television films. She also worked on other seminal Granada dramas such as Cracker
and Band of Gold
.
She founded her own production company, Sally Head Productions in 1997 with co-directors, Gwenda Bagshaw, John Howard and Sarah Simpson.
United Kingdom
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television producer. She began as a television script editor, before working as a producer, mainly for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. Her credits as producer include First Born
First Born
First Born is a British television serial produced by the BBC in 1988.Charles Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using his own sperm and cells taken from a female gorilla...
(1988) and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 novel by British feminist author Fay Weldon about a highly unattractive woman who goes to great lengths to take revenge on her husband and his attractive lover...
(1986) and she was executive producer of the first four Prime Suspect television films. She also worked on other seminal Granada dramas such as Cracker
Cracker (UK TV series)
Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were...
and Band of Gold
Band of Gold (TV series)
Band of Gold is a television drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It wasoriginally shown on ITV between 1995 and 1997...
.
She founded her own production company, Sally Head Productions in 1997 with co-directors, Gwenda Bagshaw, John Howard and Sarah Simpson.
Filmography
- Fanny Hill (2007) (TV - BBC)
- A Good Murder (2006) (TV - ITV)
- FingersmithFingersmithA fingersmith or finger smith is a person of extreme talent in any skill involving the use of hands. This term is most often used to refer to a talented pickpocket who has never been caught....
(2005) (TV - BBC) - The ReturnThe Return-Books:*The Return , the forty-eighth book in the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate*The Return , a 2007 novel by Håkan Nesser, first published in Sweden in 1995*The Return , a 1997 novel by William Shatner...
(2003) (TV - ITV) - The Mayor of CasterbridgeThe Mayor of CasterbridgeThe Mayor of Casterbridge , subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character", is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge . The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, all set in a fictional rustic England...
(2003) (TV - ITV) - Tipping the VelvetTipping the Velvet (TV serial)Tipping the Velvet is a 2002 BBC television drama serial based on the bestselling debut novel by Sarah Waters of the same name. It originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Sally Head Productions...
(2002) (TV - BBC) - The Cry (2002) (TV - ITV)
- Four Fathers (1999) (TV - ITV)
- Plastic ManPlastic ManPlastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
(1999) (TV ITV) - Jumping the Queue (1989) (TV) (producer)
- First BornFirst BornFirst Born is a British television serial produced by the BBC in 1988.Charles Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using his own sperm and cells taken from a female gorilla...
(1988) (mini) (TV Series) - The Marksman (1987) (TV Series)
- Breaking Up (1986) (TV)
- The Life and Loves of a She-DevilThe Life and Loves of a She-DevilThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 novel by British feminist author Fay Weldon about a highly unattractive woman who goes to great lengths to take revenge on her husband and his attractive lover...
(1986) (TV Series) - The Detective (1985) (TV series)