On the Small Screen

Filmmaker Jane Campion has been commissioned by the BBC to work on a television series thriller set in New Zealand called Top of the Lake. The series will follow the disappearance of a five month pregnant 12-year-old girl last seen standing chest deep in a freezing lake. Investigating detective Robin Griffin is tested when she takes on the mystery and ends up learning more about herself. Top of the Lake has been described as a “powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness in a paradise where honest work is hard to find”. Filming for Top of the Lake will begin next year. It is co-written and directed by Campion, and produced by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning of See-Saw Films.