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Article: In the picture - Movie becomes TV series, with attitude
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- May 26, 2000
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YOU'VE seen the film, now watch the TV series. As the name
suggests Channel 4's big new drama Lock, Stock is a spinoff from one
of the most original and successful British movies in recent years
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.
This isn't the first - and certainly won't be the last - big to
small screen transfer.
In the 1970s and 1980s it worked the other way round with hit TV
series being turned into money-spinning films. Practically every
comedy, from On The Buses to That's Your Funeral, made the move.
They came with a built-in audience, were cheap to make and quick to
get into cinemas to capitalise on a series' popularity.
Now it's the other way round. American TV producers have been ...