Teenage pregnancy is the unlikely subject for a new six-part comedy due to start on BBC Three on Thursday 23 February 2012. Called Pramface, it focuses on a young teenage couple – Laura Derbyshire (played by Scarlett Alice Johnson) and Jamie Prince (played by Sean Michael Verey – who have to come terms with parenthood.
Eighteen-year-old Laura meets sixteen-year-old Jamie at a sixth-form party and have a brief sexual encounter, which leads to Laura becoming pregnant. The series concentrates on the nine months of her pregnancy and the decisions the two have to make. And not pleased by Laura’s decision to keep the baby are her parents Janet and Alan Derbyshire (played by Anna Chancellor and Angus Deayton), whose marriage is already weak at the seams.
Actors in Pramface
Scarlett Alice Johnson is best known for playing Vicki in more than 200 episodes of Eastenders from 2003 to 2004. She was also Lexi in the 2008 film Adulthood and Jo in the 2011 film Panic Button.
Sean Michael Verey was Dan in the 2010 TV series Shelfstackers and has had appearances in shows such as Holby City, Casualty, Skins, The Bill and Doctors.
Anna Chancellor was nominated for a Golden Nymph for outstanding actress at the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival for her role as Camilla Diamond in the comedy Suburban Shootout. Her career dates back to the early 1990s with her first recurring role being as Mercedes Page in Jupiter Moon. She was also Miss Bingley in the 1995 mini-series Pride and Prejudice. She went on to be Anna Griffiths in Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. Other roles have included Julia Piper in Kavanagh QC, Christina Weir in The Vice, Diana Mackintosh in The Cazalets, Diana Lethaby in Tipping the Velvet, Estelle Slippery in Fortysomething and Juliet Shaw in Spooks. More recently, she was Lucy Christie in Waking the Dead, Lix Storm in The Hour and Elspeth Verney in Hidden.
Angus Deayton is best known for being the original presenter on Have I Got News for You before newspaper revelations about his private life led to him being sacked, but the job earned him two Bafta nominations and a Broadcasting Press Guild award. Acting roles have included Patrick in One Foot in the Grave, Colin Priestly in Absolute Power and Don Cole in Nighty Night.
The programme also features Ben Crompton and Bronagh Gallagher as Jamie’s parents Keith and Sandra Prince. Other actors include Yasmin Paige as Beth, Dylan Edwards as Mike and Emer Kenny as Danielle.
Team Behind Pramface
Pramface was written by Chris Reddy, and was a BBC and Little Comet production for BBC Three. It was commissioned by Zai Bennett, controller of BBC Three, and Cheryl Taylor, BBC controller of comedy commissioning. The executive producers were Mark Freeland and Simon Wilson and the series producer for Little Comet was Lucy Robinson. Dan Zeff was the director.
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