New Cross

This is a fictional treatment of a tragic historical event, much like Cameron’s "Titanic".

The climax follows events up to November 25, 1944, when a single Nazi V2 ballistic missile devastated a department store on New Cross Road in Britain. It was the single worst bombing of the entire blitz on English territory, with 168 killed and hundreds injured:

http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V2_maintextb.html

So, similar to Jack and Rose on the Titanic, my story's widowed mother Elsa, her daughters Rebecca, 20, Maggie, 16, and son Sam, 9, didn't really exist. But ordinary people just like them did. As the seemingly never-ending conflict that was WWII dragged drearily on, they faced down the fearful, new, relentless missile threat with courage, humour and the undying love of family.

"New Cross" is also a story that hasn't been told! In my research, I found only a collection of survivor's stories, and a documentary. Yet, it was the single worst bombing of the blitz on Britain during WW II.

My view is that this war-time story could be done in one of two ways: The big-budget Spielbergian reenactment, or the lower budget BBC take, with plenty of archival footage, shot in the older parts of Britain that remain.

If you'd like to view the script or detailed synopsis, I look forward to sending the PDF(s) to your attention. (Also available as Pilot + Episode One)

Producers: Please contact the author for the PDFs, or preview at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U052UQ