PRODUCTION STATUS: TURN-KEY PACKAGE

THE LION'S CHAMBER is a complete production package ready for immediate filming upon greenlight. All 72 episodes (six seasons, twelve episodes per season) are written and professionally script-edited to production-ready standards. Complete materials include:

 

Development Complete:

• All 72 episodes written and script-edited

• Six comprehensive season bibles

• Full writer's bible, actor's bible, and character breakdowns

• Professional pitch deck with mood boards and character art

• Detailed production notes including cost projections and logistics

• Economic impact proposal (£15M+ regional investment)

 

Infrastructure Built:

• Location access through partnerships with Nottinghamshire Archives, urban explorers, and heritage experts

• Authentic Nottingham dialect coaching through native speakers with community connections

• Established relationships with regional filming professionals

• Comprehensive cave system access and safety consultation

• Council relationships and community support infrastructure

 

Production Advantages:

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Timeline:

 

Production companies typically require 2-3 years of development work before GreenLight. THE LION'S CHAMBER eliminates that timeline entirely — all development work is complete, delivering immediate production-ready status.

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Cost: Regional production in Nottingham delivers 40-60% cost savings compared to London-based filming. Combined with eliminated development costs (work typically requiring £300K-500K and 2-3 years already complete), THE LION'S CHAMBER offers exceptional value: premium period drama at regional rates, ready for immediate production.

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Value Proposition: Production companies acquire a turn-key package that would cost them £300K-500K to develop, saving 40-60% on ongoing production costs, with 2-3 years of timeline eliminated.

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SERIES OVERVIEW

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1810 Nottingham.

Ben Connolly was eleven years old when he killed eleven children. Each death was a mercy — sparing them from the man who had abused them all. Twenty years later, he runs the town's underworld from a gentleman's club, orchestrating a shadow network that rescues children from workhouses, streets, and the homes of powerful men who believe themselves untouchable.

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But Ben is no hero. He is a man shaped by violence, surviving through manipulation, and holding together a found family as damaged as himself. His wife is brilliant and ruthless. His enforcer carries scars from the same hell that made Ben. And the executioner saves the condemned from the gallows, one faked death at a time.

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When a woman from Ben's past arrives in Nottingham — determined to expose the devil and destroy everything he's built — the family must face the cost of their secrets, their methods, and the legacy they'll leave behind.

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THE LION'S CHAMBER explores cycles of abuse, found family, and moral complexity in an era where survival required becoming the thing you feared.

"Everyone has a story, no one is innocent, no one gets out unscathed."

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FORMAT & STRUCTURE

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Six Seasons | 72 Episodes | 50-55 Minutes

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Season One (12 episodes): Complete production-ready screenplay. George Smith discovers Nottingham's elite are systematically murdering innocents through the justice system. His investigation leads him to The Lion's Chamber and an unlikely alliance with its owner — a man who appears to be everything George despises.

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Seasons Two-Six (60 episodes): Fully developed with comprehensive season bibles, character arcs, and episode breakdowns. The series escalates from personal conspiracy to systemic corruption, examining how institutions protect abusers and whether justice is possible within broken systems.

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THEMES & TONE

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Core Themes:

• Cycles of trauma and survival

• Found family as salvation and trap

• Moral complexity in corrupt systems

• The cost of necessary violence

• Protection through power

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Comparable Series: Peaky Blinders (period setting, found family, moral ambiguity) The Wire (systemic corruption, institutional critique) Succession (damaged people wielding power destructively) Taboo (dark period drama, trauma exploration)

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Tone: Dark without exploitation, shocking without gratuitousness. Moments of genuine warmth punctuate horror. Peaky Blinders meets The Wire in Georgian England — stylized violence meets systemic critique.

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WHY NOW

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Historical resonance: Georgian England's corrupt systems mirror contemporary institutional failures. The series uses period distance to examine present-day questions about power, justice, and who decides who deserves protection.

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Audience demand: Complex moral narratives thrive across platforms. Audiences hunger for characters who defy simple categorisation — neither heroes nor villains, but damaged people making impossible choices.

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Production advantages: Complete package eliminates standard development timeline and £300K-500K in development costs. Regional filming delivers 40-60% ongoing cost savings versus London-based production while Nottingham's authentic locations, cave systems, and Georgian architecture provide production value London cannot match. Premium period drama at regional rates.

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NOTTINGHAM ADVANTAGES

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Authentic Locations:

• Nottingham's sandstone cave system (700+ caves, many Georgian-era)

• Period architecture throughout city centre

• Gallows Hill and historical execution sites

• Georgian buildings, workhouses, and industrial structures

Regional Infrastructure:

• Established filming community with regional rates

• Council support and economic impact recognition

• Archive access for historical authentication

• Urban explorer partnerships for location scouting and safety

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Dialect Authenticity:

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Native Nottingham speakers for authentic period dialect, including professional dialect coaching by native Basford speakers with deep community connections throughout filming locations

Community connections for location access and liaison

Regional expertise eliminating London-centric casting/crew assumptions

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RESEARCH FOUNDATION

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The series draws on extensive research into:

• Nottingham's local archives and historical records

• The Bloody Code and Georgian justice system

• Period medical texts including William Buchan's Domestic Medicine (1769)

• Court records and execution documentation

• Social structures of early industrial England

• Child labor, workhouse conditions, and systemic abuse

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Research partnerships include Nottinghamshire Archives, local historians, heritage experts, and urban explorers providing both historical accuracy and practical production knowledge.

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CONTACT

For pitch materials, production notes, or additional information about THE LION'S CHAMBER, please use the contact form.