Amy Winehouse’s troubled life is being turned into an eight-part drama.
Amy Winehouse’s troubled life is being turned into an eight-part drama
The series will be based on the book ‘Saving Amy’ by Daphne Barak, and tackle the singer’s turbulent romantic and family relationships as well as her drug and drink addictions, rise to singing stardom and tragic early death.
Rights to ‘Saving Amy’ have been bought by Halcyon Studio, and its chief executive David Ellender said it was “honoured” to be working on the project.
He added: “Although her career was cut far too short, Amy was the voice of a generation and we look forward to telling her story in the most poignant way possible.”
Halcyon are planning to bring the book to life with British writer and producer Mal Young, who has worked on series including ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Casualty’ and ‘Holby City’.
The book, based on 40 hours of footage, photographs and interviews with Amy, will also show the singer’s complex relationship with her singer father Mitch before her death in 2011 aged 27 from alcohol poisoning.
It was based on the six months writer Daphne and producer Erbil Gunasti spent with Amy and her family in London, Switzerland and St Lucia.
Amy spent nearly a year on the Caribbean island trying to write and record her third album, which was never released, after her drug and drink addictions had spiralled out of control.
The series will also feature the ‘Back to Black’ singer’s brief marriage to Blake
Fielder-Civil that was allegedly marred by violent fights and self-harm.
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