TV and Film

Andrew Lownie works closely with film agents, film and television producers and scouts to place books as documentaries and dramas or to develop authors' careers as presenters. Further details of film activity are given in the author profiles but here are some highlights.

Recent Options

• The Secret Lemonade Drinker written by Guy Bellamy to Dina Appleton
• Married to a Bedouin written by Marguerite van Geldermalsen to Susie Wells
• Last Round written by Mark Nicol to Freedom Films

The following have been optioned but the options have lapsed

• The Pankhursts written by Martin Pugh to ARG
• Hollow Crown written by David Roberts to Columbia Pictures
• Diamond Geezers written by Kris Hollington to Ecosse Films
• Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and An Extraordinary Mind written by Daniel Tammet to Warner Brothers

The following books lend themselves to drama

• Zulu Rising written by Ian Knight
• Wild Child: The Incredible True Story of the Girl Raised by Monkeys written by Marina Chapman
• Traitor written by Duncan Falconer
• Today I'm Alice written by Alice Jamieson
• The “Englandspiel” Spy Scandal written by Roger Beam
• The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb written by Clare Mulley
• The Tax Exile written by Guy Bellamy
• The Sinner's Congregation written by Guy Bellamy
• The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde written by Neil McKenna
• The Protector written by Duncan Falconer
• The Pankhursts written by Martin Pugh
• The Operative written by Duncan Falconer
• The Nudists written by Guy Bellamy
• The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: A Biographical Investigation written by Jenny Woolf
• The Moonlight written by Joyce Cary
• The Mercenary written by Duncan Falconer
• The Man Who Would Be Jack written by David Bullock
• The Man Who Won written by Guy Bellamy
• The Lighthouse Keeper written by Alan Baker
• The Interceptor written by Cameron Addicott
• The Horse's Mouth written by Joyce Cary
• The Holiday written by Guy Bellamy
• The Comedy Hotel written by Guy Bellamy
• That Summer of 1816: Byron on the Lake of Geneva written by David Ellis
• Terror Cops written by Kris Hollington
• Task Force Helmand written by Doug Beattie
• Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships That Stopped the Slave Trade written by Sian Rees
• Sweet Sorrow written by David Roberts
• Spies Beneath Berlin written by David Stafford
• Size Matters Not written by Warwick A. Davis
• Sailing the Dream written by Michael Perham
• Robert Schumann written by John Worthen
• Red One written by Kevin Ivison
• Rasputin: The Untold Story written by Joseph Fuhrmann
• Pirate written by Duncan Falconer
• Of Love and Hunger: With an introduction by D.J. Taylor written by Julian Maclaren-Ross
• My Dad’s A Policeman written by Cathy Glass
• Mummy Told Me Not To Tell written by Cathy Glass
• Mr Speaker: A life of John Bercow written by Bobby Friedman
• Moll: the life and true times of Moll Flanders. written by Sian Rees
• Maxwell's Island written by Mei Trow
• Maxwell's House written by Mei Trow
• Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster written by Tim Newark
• Lost Without My Daughter written by Sayed Mahmoody
• Londongrad: From Russia with Cash written by Stewart Lansley
• Little Victim written by Kris Hollington
• La Grande Blonde written by Samantha Brick
• In the Midday Sun written by Guy Bellamy
• In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini written by Adam Ockelford
• I Miss Mummy written by Cathy Glass
• I Have a Complaint to Make written by Guy Bellamy
• I Did Tell, I Did written by Cassie Harte
• Holiday SOS written by Ben MacFarlane
• Hidden: The Heartbreaking True Story of an ‘Invisible’ Boy written by Cathy Glass
• Green-Eyed Boys written by Adrian Weale
• Game Over written by Nicholas Best
• From Starnash with Love written by Vicky Radtke
• Fanny & Stella written by Neil McKenna
• Dying for Approval written by Catherine Kerr-Phillips
• Dyatlov Pass written by Alan Baker
• Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind written by Sean Longden
• Doges of the Sea: How Venice won and lost the Mediterranean written by Roger Crowley
• Devilfish: The life and times of a poker legend written by Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott
• Dear Mr Bigelow written by Frances Woodsford
• Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Broken Child written by Cathy Glass
• Cut written by Cathy Glass
• Cruise Ship SOS written by Ben MacFarlane
• Crown of Thistles: The fatal inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots written by Linda Porter
• Crack House written by Kris Hollington
• Constantinople: The Last Great Siege written by Roger Crowley
• Condor Blues written by Mark Nicol
• City Girl written by Barbara Stcherbatcheff
• Children of Eden written by Fiona J Mackintosh
• Charley is My Darling written by Joyce Cary
• Bristol: The Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll Aristocrat written by Edward Black
• Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and An Extraordinary Mind written by Daniel Tammet
• Baby X written by Kris Hollington
• B Company: The Battle for Nade-ali written by Chantelle Taylor
• Assassin written by Duncan Falconer
• An Ordinary Soldier written by Doug Beattie
• All Fired Up written by Malcolm Castle
• Agincourt written by Juliet Barker
• A Year in Suburbia written by Guy Bellamy
• A Village Called Sin written by Guy Bellamy

The following books would make good documentaries

• Zulu Rising written by Ian Knight
• Wild Child: The Incredible True Story of the Girl Raised by Monkeys written by Marina Chapman
• When Science Goes Wrong written by Simon LeVay
• What on Earth Evolved written by Christopher Lloyd
• Vlad the Impaler written by Mei Trow
• Versailles: A Biography of A Palace written by Tony Spawforth
• Trans-Siberian railway written by Christian Wolmar
• The “Englandspiel” Spy Scandal written by Roger Beam
• The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb written by Clare Mulley
• The Ultimate Man Diet written by Jimmy Lee Shreeve
• The Story of Britain written by Patrick Dillon
• The SS: A New History written by Adrian Weale
• The Soldier: : A History of Courage, Sacrifice and Brotherhood written by Darren Moore
• The Smell of the Continent: British Travellers in Europe 1814-1914 written by Richard Mullen
• The SkinAid Challenge written by Rebecca Page
• The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde written by Neil McKenna
• The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000 written by Tom Devine
• The Queen Wore Lilac written by Charlotte Zeepvat
• The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: A Biographical Investigation written by Jenny Woolf
• The Man Who Would Be Jack written by David Bullock
• THE LIMITS TO INEQUALITY : How the rising wealth gap caused the crash written by Stewart Lansley
• The Hunt for Zerzura: The Lost Oasis and the Desert War written by Saul Kelly
• The History of American Rairoads written by Christian Wolmar
• The Great Crash written by Selwyn Parker
• The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia written by Lawrence James
• The Gecko's Foot written by Peter Forbes
• The Fighting Irish: The History of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier written by Tim Newark
• The Battle for Singapore written by Peter Thompson
• That Summer of 1816: Byron on the Lake of Geneva written by David Ellis
• Terror Cops written by Kris Hollington
• T Force: The Race for Nazi War Secrets 1945 written by Sean Longden
• Survivor: The memoirs of Auschwitz Prisoner 135913 written by Sam Pivnik
• Subterranean Railway written by Christian Wolmar
• Special Forces: The Ultimate Guide To Survival written by Robert Stirling
• Special Forces: The Ultimate Guide To Combat written by Robert Stirling
• Sold Out: The Death of the British High Street written by Teena Lyons
• Size Matters Not written by Warwick A. Davis
• Scapegoat written by Katharine Quarmby
• SAUDI ARABIA EXPOSED: written by John R Bradley
• Red One written by Kevin Ivison
• Rasputin: The Untold Story written by Joseph Fuhrmann
• Railways and Empire : When Britain Ruled The Rails written by Christian Wolmar
• Prisoner of War written by Adrian Gilbert
• Plundering the Public Sector written by David Craig
• Pillaged How billions are being looted from our savings and pensions written by David Craig
• Pacific Fury written by Peter Thompson
• Need to Know written by Timothy Good
• Mr Speaker: A life of John Bercow written by Bobby Friedman
• Moll: the life and true times of Moll Flanders. written by Sian Rees
• Mission Accomplished: SOE in Italy 1943-1945 written by David Stafford
• Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster written by Tim Newark
• Lost Without My Daughter written by Sayed Mahmoody
• Little Victim written by Kris Hollington
• Leicester Square: Ambition, murder and the birth of the Empire. written by Hannah Renier
• INSIDE EGYPT: written by John R Bradley
• Hitler’s British Slaves written by Sean Longden
• Highlander: The True Story Behind a Military Legend written by Tim Newark
• God’s Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science written by James Hannam
• GCHQ written by Richard J. Aldrich
• Game Over written by Nicholas Best
• From Starnash with Love written by Vicky Radtke
• Fire and Steam written by Christian Wolmar
• Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany written by Randall Hansen
• Engines of War written by Christian Wolmar
• Endgame 1945 written by David Stafford
• Empire of Crime: The dark underbelly of the British Empire written by Tim Newark
• Emperors Old Clothes written by Frank Ledwidge
• Edinburgh Literary Companion written by Andrew Lownie
• Dyatlov Pass written by Alan Baker
• Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind written by Sean Longden
• Devilfish: The life and times of a poker legend written by Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott
• Deception in War written by Jon Latimer
• Dazzled and Deceived written by Peter Forbes
• Cruise Ship SOS written by Ben MacFarlane
• Churchill and the Secret Service written by David Stafford
• Children of the Blitz written by Sean Longden
• Children of Eden written by Fiona J Mackintosh
• Buccaneers of the Caribbean written by Jon Latimer
• Bristol: The Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll Aristocrat written by Edward Black
• BEHIND THE VEIL OF VICE written by John R Bradley
• Bannockburn: A New History written by David Cornell
• Baby X written by Kris Hollington
• Anzac Fury written by Peter Thompson
• Antarctica: A Biography written by David Day
• A History of Florence written by Mary Hollingsworth
• A Brief History of Vampires: From Vlad the Impaler to Edward Cullen, in search of the allure of the vampire written by Mei Trow