NEWS

"Mad About the Boy", on which Fran was choreographer, has received tremendous reviews, and earned the best box office opening ever for a romantic comedy in the UK and Ireland! 

The first half of 2024 has seen a variety of new projects for Francesca.  Theatre productions of "Constellations" (Theatr Clwyd) and "Fun at the Beach Bomp Romp a Lomp" (Southwark Playhouse) have opened, alongside the film "Firebrand" with Jude Law and Alicia Vikander.

Fran was delighted to have been recently honoured as a Companion of LIPA, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, presented by Sir Paul McCartney.  A thrilling day!

Fran will be presenting her "Choreography in Film & Television" masterclass workshop at the Asia Film Lab in Seoul, Korea next month.  For more information, visit the website at:

www.asiafilmlab.com

Fran has been interviewed for a new episode of "The Movement Podcast" :

 

https://www.natashaharrisonmovement.com/themovementpodcast

 

Check it out to hear Fran discuss the development of her career and the path from emerging choreographer to her work with Mike Leigh, Steven Spielberg and many others.  

It has been announced that the New Wolsey Theatre production of the hit musical "Once" has been nominated for six Off West End Awards (Offies) including Best Musical Production.  Fran is the choreographer on this beautiful musical and is delighted that the show has been received with such acclaim! 

FRANCESCA JAYNES - TELEVISION

 

Francesca's work as a choreographer and movement director has been on our television screens for the past 25 years, entertaining audiences in a wide variety of genres from comedy to historical drama.

 

For a complete list of her television credits with companies including the BBC, ITV, Netflix, STARZ, Carlton, Granada and Revolution Films, please refer the listing below the gallery.

 

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

WITH MATT SMITH

HBO

 

Dir: Clare Kilner, Miguel Sapochnik, Geeta Vasant Patel
Co-Prod: Hannah Godwin

QUIZ

WITH MICHAEL SHEEN, MATTHEW MACFADYEN

Left Bank Pictures

 

Dir: Stephen Frears
Prod: James Graham, Dan Winch

GIRI/HAJI

WITH WILL SHARPE, YUKO NAKAMURA

Sister Pictures, BBC One, Netflix

 

Dir: Julian Farino
Prod: Chris Fry, Susie Liggat

THE SPANISH PRINCESS

WITH CHARLOTTE HOPE, LAURA CARMICHAEL

All3Media, New Pictures, Playground Entertainment

 

Dir: Birgitte Staermose
Prod: Andrea Dewsbery

TRAITORS

WITH KEELEY HAWES, LUKE TREADAWAY

42, Twenty Twenty Television

 

Dir: Dearbhla Walsh
Prod: Rory Aitken, Bathsheba Doran, Eleanor Moran

WILL

WITH LAURIE DAVIDSON, COLM MEANEY

Ninth Floor UK Productions

 

Dir: Shekhar Kapur
Prod: Craig Pearce, Alison Owen, Deborah Hayward

AGATHA RAISIN

WITH ASHLEY JENSEN

Mammoth Screen /
Sky Vision

 

Dir: Paul Harrison
Prod: Sarah Dibsdall

THE SECRETS OF PINEWOOD

 

 

 

ROALD DAHL'S ESIO TROT

 

 

 

BBC

 

 

 

BBC, Endor Productions

 

 

 

 

Dir: John Hodgson

Prod: Jolene Crawford

 

Dir: Dearbhla Walsh
Prod: Hilary Bevan Jones

 

KING OF THE TEDS
SHORT FILM FOR PLAYHOUSE SERIES

 

Sprout/ Sky Arts

 

 

Director / Writer: Jim Cartwright
Prod: Mike Elliot

 

MURDER ON THE HOME FRONT

 

 

Carnival Films

 

 

Dir: Geoff Sax
Prod: Chris Hall

 

THE TRIP

WITH STEVE COOGAN, ROB BRYDON

 

 

 

Revolution Films/ Trip

Films Ltd

 

 

 

Dir: Michael Winterbottom
Prod: Andrew Eaton

FOYLE'S WAR
WITH MICHAEL KITCHEN, ANTHONY HOWELL

 

 

 

Greenlit Productions

 

 

 

 

Prod: Graeme McArthur

 

 

 

MARPLE: TOWARDS ZERO
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH SAFFRON BURROWS, ALAN DAVIES & EILEEN AITKINS

 

Granada

 

 

 

 

Prod: Karen Thrussell

 

 

 

MARPLE: SLEEPING MURDER
SINGLE DRAMA WITH DAWN FRENCH, JOANNA LUMLEY, MARTIN KEMP, GERALDINE CHAPLIN, SARAH PARISH

 

Granada

 

 

 

 

Dir: Ed Hall
Prod: Matthew Read

 

 

THE VIRGIN QUEEN
4 X 60 MINS
WITH ANNE MARIE DUFF

 

BBC

 

 

 

Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Prod: Paul Rutman

 

HUSTLE
SERIES WITH ADRIAN LESTER, MARC WARREN

 

BBC

 

 

 

Dir: Bharat Nalluri
Prod: Simon Crawford Collins

 

BYRON
SINGLE DRAMA WITH JONNY LEE MILLER, VANESSA REDGRAVE

 

BBC

 

 

 

Dir: Julian Farino
Prod: Ruth Baumgarten

 

TIPPING THE VELVET
3 X 60 MINUTES
WITH RACHEL STIRLING, KEELEY HAWES

 

Sally Head Productions/BBC

 

 

Dir: Geoff Sax
Prod: Georgina Lowe

 

SONS & LOVERS
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH SARAH LANCASHIRE, HUGO SPEAR

 

 

Company Pictures/ITV

 

 

 

Dir: Stephen Whittaker
Prod: Suzan Harrison

 

THE VICE
SERIES WITH KEN STOTT, CAROLINE CATZ

 

 

Carlton TV

 

 

 

Dir: John East
Prod: Stephen Smallwood

 

IN A LAND OF PLENTY
10 X 60 MINS
WITH ROBERT PUGH, HELEN MCCRORY

 

 

 

Talkback Productions/BBC

 

 

 

Dir: Hettie MacDonald
Prods: Claire Hirsch
Michael Riley

 

A LIFE FOR A LIFE: STEFAN KISZKO
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH JOHN BLEASEDALE, JOHN BOWLER, OLYMPIA DUKAKIS

 

Celtic Films/Picture Palace

 

 

 

Dir: Stephen Whittaker
Prod: Malcolm Craddock

 

THE GRAND
SERIES WITH TIM HEALY, JULIA ST JOHN

 

Granada

 

 

Dir: various

 

 

COMING HOME
SINGLE DRAMA WITH PETER O'TOOLE, JOANNA LUMLEY

 

Portman Films/Yorkshire Television

 

Dir: Giles Foster
Prod: David Cunliffe

 

MELISSA
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH JENNIFER EHLE, BILL PATERSON

 

Diplomat Films/Channel 4

 

 

Dir: Bill Anderson
Prod: Keith Thompson

 

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MASTER BLACKMAILER
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH JEREMY BRETT, EDWARD HARDWICKE

 

Granada

 

 

 

 

 

Dir: Peter Hammond
Prod: June Wyndham-Davies

 

 

AFTER THE WAR
SINGLE DRAMA
WITH LYNSEY BAXTER, PETER BLYTHE

 

Granada

 

 

 

Dir: John Madden
Prod: Steve Hawes

 

A SMALL WORLD
SERIES WITH SARAH BADEL, RACHEL KEMPSON

 

Granada

 

 

 

Dir: Robert Chetwyn
Prod: Sita Williams

 

BULMAN
SERIES WITH DON HENDERSON, SIOBHAN REDMOND

 

Granada

 

 

 

Dir: Bill Brayne
Prod: Sita Williams

 

MANJI
WITH AMRIK SINGH

 

 

Tartan Shorts

 

 

 

Dir: Rene Mohandas
Prod: Ian Dodds

 

NATIVE
WITH WIL JOHNSON, CECILIA NOBLE

 

 

Saramar Films Ltd

 

 

 

Dir: Rene Mohandas
Prod: Esther Douglas