{"id":69475,"date":"2023-12-18T21:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/?p=69475"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:40:01","slug":"somewhere-boy-doesnt-feel-like-anything-else-says-writer-pete-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/somewhere-boy-doesnt-feel-like-anything-else-says-writer-pete-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Somewhere Boy doesnt feel like anything else says writer Pete Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Watch the official trailer for TV series Somewhere Boy<\/h3>\n<p>Pete Jackson made his writing debut on a TV series with Channel 4&#8217;s hit Somewhere Boy, released last year.<\/p>\n<p>The series was an immediate success, with Pete winning a Bafta for Emerging Talent in 2022, as well as scooping up a Drama Writer nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Pete has now been named as an honoree for the Bafta Breakthrough for the series, which centres around an 18-year-old boy as he is faced with making his way in the world after the death of his father.<\/p>\n<p>His father had raised him completely indoors away from the outside world, leaving him to face many new beginnings in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Express.co.uk about Somewhere Boys&#8217; success, Pete admitted: &#8220;I think because it doesn&#8217;t feel like anything else or much else that&#8217;s on television. In terms of the storytelling, it&#8217;s not very traditional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: Star Wars Jedi&#8217;s BAFTA Breakthrough writer on bringing back iconic character<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/20\/590x\/secondary\/Pete-is-over-the-moon-over-the-success-of-the-series-5121939.jpg?r=1702934869992\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/20\/590x\/secondary\/Somewhere-Boy-follows-an-18-year-old-boy-after-his-fathers-death-5121940.jpg?r=1702934870039\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it speaks to a lot of feelings that are important to people at the moment, the high concepts we have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Issues like masculinity, being young, being a parent, love and abuse and everything else all come together in a small story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere Boy had a message behind it, with Pete explaining: &#8220;We live in a very polarised world where people are left to look at it in quite binary terms.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; 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makeup artist \u2013 Everyone Else Burns<\/p>\n<p>Ella Glendining, director \u2013 Is There Anybody Out There?<\/p>\n<p>Funmi Olutoye, lead producer \u2013 \u2018Black History Makers\u2019 (Good Morning Britain)<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Oakley, writer\/director \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n<p>Holly Reddaway, voice and performance director \u2013 Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/p>\n<p>Joel Beardshaw, lead designer &#8211; Desta: The Memories Between<\/p>\n<p>Kat Morgan, hair &amp; makeup designer \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Ferguson, writer\/director \u2013 Nothing Compares<\/p>\n<p>Kitt (Fiona) Byrne, 2D artist\/game designer &#8211; Gibbon: Beyond the Trees<\/p>\n<p>Michael Anderson, producer &#8211; Desta: The Memories Between<\/p>\n<p>Pete Jackson, writer\/creator \u2013 Somewhere Boy<\/p>\n<p>Raine Allen-Miller, director \u2013 Rye Lane<\/p>\n<p>Rosy McEwen, performer \u2013 Blue Jean<\/p>\n<p>Samantha B\u00e9art, performer &#8211; The Excavation of Hob&#8217;s Barrow<\/p>\n<p>Talisha \u2018Tee Cee\u2019 Johnson, writer\/director\/presenter \u2013 Too Autistic for Black<\/p>\n<p>Vivian Oparah, performer \u2013 Rye Lane<\/p>\n<h2>US BAFTA Breakthroughs:<\/h2>\n<p>Amanda Kim, documentary director &#8211; 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