Mammoth Screen options Grime Kids by DJ Target

Published: Fri 27 Jul 2018

Mammoth Screen options Grime Kids by DJ Target, with award- winning playwright Theresa Ikoko set to adapt

Leading production company Mammoth Screen has optioned the television rights to Grime Kids by DJ Target from Marium Raja at No Chiefs and Richard King at Orion.

Executive Producers for Mammoth are Tom Leggett (71', Room) Preethi Mavahall i(NW, The City & the City) and Damien Timmer (Poldark, Endeavour)

Tom Leggett said: Not only is Grime Kids the definitive story of the birth of a British musical phenomenon, it is also an incredibly funny and moving story of friendship and community. For both fans of Grime and non-fans alike, we hope audiences will be inspired and entertained by Target's wonderful coming of age drama. We are thrilled to be working with the immensely talented Theresa Ikoko, whose intimate understanding of this story will bring this group of friends and their adventures to vivid life on screen!

The author DJ Target said The response to Grime Kids so far has been overwhelming, with both seasoned grime fans and newcomers to the culture learning something or enjoying the trips down memory lane. I wrote Grime Kids with a visual in mind, so the fact that Ill be working with Mammoth Screen to bring that to life is incredible. Im thrilled to be working with the amazing young writer Theresa Ikoko, who shares the same passion and excitement for this project as I do, and fully understands theculture and place it grew from. Watch this space, its coming!

Theresa Ikoko said I'm excited to be a part of this project. I'm looking forward to working with Target and Mammoth to bring a people, place and culture to life that are such an important part of recent British history and contemporary Britain. It's so much more than music. I look forward to sharing the heart of the friendships, community and the movement of grime, with those who know and love it and those who soon will

Grime Kids is an explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon. A group of kids in the 2000s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on todays pop culture.

DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The Godfather of Grime Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didnt realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeated deep into British culture and beyond. Household names were borne out of those housing estates, and the music industry now jumps to the beat of their gritty reality rather than the tune of glossy aspiration. Target's book reveals its explosive and expansive journey in full, using his own unique insight and drawing on the input of grimes greatest names.

Mammoth Screen is one of the UK's leading production companies. Current and forthcoming shows include POLDARK series 4, ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE, NOUGHTS AND CROSSES, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE ABC MURDERS , WORLD ON FIRE and THE SERPENT for BBC1, THE CITY & THE CITY for BBC2, ENDEAVOUR series 5, VICTORIA series 3, NEXT OF KIN, VANITY FAIR and THE SINGAPORE GRIP for ITV. Mammoth Screen is an ITV Studios Company.

Dj Target has solidified his reputation as a respected broadcaster, international club & festival Dj and author, holding cultural relevance across two decades. Beginning his career spinning records at pirate station Rinse FM, Target became actively involved in the UK Garage scene with Pay As U Go Cartel, and soon after made the natural progression into long-time friend Wiley's Grime collective Roll Deep. Today, alongside his weekly shows on BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra, DJ Target is the Talent & Music Lead at BBC 1Xtra, and also runs his own record label Pitched Up.

Theresa Ikoko was born and raised in Hackney, London. In August 2013, she completed her first full-length play, Normal, which debuted at Talawa Firsts 2014 season. Normal was also chosen for Tricycle Theatres young writers programme and was selected for Critical Mass at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Her play Visiting Hours was chosen for Belgrade Theatres The New Black Showcase in 2014. Her first professionally produced play, Girls, was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2015 and won the Alfred Fagon Award 2015.

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