''From There to Here'' is a British drama television series, first broadcast on

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on 22 May 2014. The drama begins in June 1996, on the day of the

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and covers four years, including

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in government in 1997 and the

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of 2000.

Plot

A sweet factory is run by both Daniel Cotton (

Philip Glenister Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series ''Life on Mars'' (2006–2007) and its sequel '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2010). He also played DCI William ...

) and his father Samuel Cotton (

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). Daniel lives with his wife Clare (

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) and their two children, Charlie (

Daniel Rigby Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 television film ''Eric and Ernie''. Early life Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Mancheste ...

) and Louise (

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). Daniel's brother Robbo (

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) runs a nightclub in Manchester and has a rift with Samuel. Daniel, Samuel and Robbo are the victims of a blast, along with Joanne ( Liz White), a hotel cleaner.

Cast

as Daniel Cotton. *

as Samuel Cotton, Daniel's father. *

as Robbo, Daniel's brother. *

as Clare, Daniel's wife. * Liz White as Joanne, a hotel cleaner. *

as Charlie, Daniel's son. *

as Louise, Daniel's daughter. *

Claire Cooper Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', a character she played from 2006 to 2013. Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet ...

as Matilda, Charlie's girlfriend. *Simone Clark as Fliss, Charlie's girlfriend. *Andy Sykes as PC Andrews. *Layla Clarke as Ella, Daniel's granddaughter. *Harrison Gilbert as Daniel's grandson. *Matthew Lowe as Daniel's grandson.

Music

The music score is composed by

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. See also: ''From There to Here''.

Production

Peter Bowker Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials ''Blackpool'' (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner; ''Occupation'' (2009), which follows three military servic ...

, the creator of the series, said:

I wanted to write a love letter to Manchester – warts 'n all – and to do it through a family saga that captured something of the city's pace, life and humour. To attract a cast of this quality and a director of the calibre of James Strong is incredibly exciting and just about compensates for the presence of a City fan as executive producer in the form of fellow Mancunian, Derek Wax.

Philip Glenister who plays Daniel said: "I'm really excited to be involved in such a terrific new drama written by Peter Bowker. Also to be working alongside such an outstanding cast and crew. And of course to be back filming in my adopted home town of Manc anchester" Derek Wax, one of the executive producers, said he was excited to be part of ''From There to Here'' with Peter Bowker, which differs from their previous collaborations that were based in Manchester (''

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'' and ''Flesh and Blood''). He also said Bowker brought "complexity, originality, scale and humour" and said of his delight about the excellence of the cast and director James Strong. Filming began in Manchester in September 2013. The series was commissioned by Danny Cohen and

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. Tim Bricknell is the producer and the executive producers are Peter Bowker, Derek Wax and Stephen Wright.

Home media

The DVD edition of the series was released by

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on 9 June 2014.
A CD with the soundtrack was released by

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on 24 November 2014.

References

External links

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