Sandy’s television travels

Sandy’s television travels

WHEN Mae West, Hollywood’s queen of the double entendre, arrived at the country house hotel managed by Sandy Johnson’s father, alongside Loch Lomond and the rugged Ben Lomond, legend holds she huskily lisped: “Who is this Ben Lomond? Mmm, sounds like a big guy!” Given...
The great railway murder central

The great railway murder central

If your railway detective TV thriller requires a dead body in a signal box, then Great Central Railway is the place to film it. In fact, jokes GCR chairman Richard Patching, this leading heritage steam railway boasts four signal boxes allowing the luxury of four...
On track with the railway detective

On track with the railway detective

Novelist Stephen Done discusses the inspiration for his best-selling Inspector Vignoles railway series, which Ettinger Brothers Productions plan to bring to the TV screen. “One of the biggest events I experienced as a teenager was watching the massive Brackley Viaduct...
Sandy Johnson, BAFTA Award Winning Director

Sandy Johnson, BAFTA Award Winning Director

Ettinger Brothers Productions is extremely fortunate to have a close working relationship with BAFTA Award winner Sandy Johnson, who is one of the most outstanding, talented and prolific television directors of our time. His record embraces numerous top drama series...
David Griffiths, screenwriter – biography

David Griffiths, screenwriter – biography

David Griffiths is an author, screenwriter and playwright from Liverpool, whose work has been performed from London to Edinburgh. For Ettinger Brothers Productions he wrote, produced and directed the Inspector Vignoles pilot detective murder mystery film Ticket to...
Adrian Laing, a profile

Adrian Laing, a profile

Adrian Laing is a leading UK media lawyer and writer who combines his life-long interests in law, psychology, and Arthurian mythology to powerful effect in his fantasy novel Kosmos. Adrian is also script advisor for the Ettinger Brothers’ planned cinema film The...