Talking TV #81: The Young Pope & Jack Thorne

National Treasure creator Jack Thorne discusses the Operation Yewtree-style drama in this week’s Talking TV. Thorne discusses the C4 drama, which stars Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters, as well as his writing process, his early years working on series such as Skins and Shameless and explains how he is going to adapt Philip K Dick’s words for C4’s forthcoming Ron Moore-produced Electric Dreams. Separately, the podcast guests Steven D Wright, founder of indie Kerfuffle, and Broadcast features editor Robin Parker, discuss the BBC’s recent sitcom season, which recently saw Porridge and Motherland brought back for full series, the virtual reality revolution and Yaddo, the documentary SVoD service set up by former BBC Storyville boss Nick Fraser. Finally, we have previews of The Young Pope, the Jude Law-fronted mega-co-production from Sky Altantic, HBO and France’s Canal+ and Boy George’s 1970s: Save Me From Suburbia, following the Culture Club frontman as he goes back to his roots.