All the Small Things | |
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Genre | Drama series |
Created by | Debbie Horsfield |
Written by | Debbie Horsfield |
Starring |
Sarah Lancashire Neil Pearson Sarah Alexander Richard Fleeshman Bryan Dick Clive Rowe |
Composer(s) | Nina Humphreys (incidental music) Chris O'Hara and Colin Hanson-Orr (choral) Colin Hanson-Orr (other) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Phil Collinson Debbie Horsfield Manda Levin |
Producer(s) | Richard Burrell |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Production company(s) | BBC |
Release | |
Original network |
BBC One BBC HD |
Picture format |
576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 31 March | – 5 May 2009
External links | |
Website |
All the Small Things (alternatively titled Heart and Soul in some countries) is a British television drama, produced by the BBC and created and developed by Debbie Horsfield. Following the lives and ambitions of a church choir and its members, the programme began airing on 31 March 2009 and ran for six episodes. The programme frequently features musical performances from its cast, usually popular music. The programme's title is taken from "All the Small Things", a hit song from the American pop punk band Blink-182.
The initial idea for the programme came from creator Debbie Horsfield's own experience performing in choirs since childhood. She felt it was a strong concept for a drama, based on the varied characters and multiple story ideas. She originally thought of the story as a stage play, but later decided to transfer it to television, citing that a series format would "give [her] more opportunity to go into extra depth with the characters and narrative".
The programme was commissioned by Jane Tranter, Controller of BBC Fiction, and was produced in-house by BBC Drama Productions. Filming for the series started in August 2008 and ended in December 2008. Locations included the Derbyshire town of Glossop, Bolton town centre and Manchester. St John's Church in Farnworth doubles for St Cecelia's, the main location of the series.
The local Sixth Form College (Glossopdale Community College) participated in the filming of the show, and several of the children from its lower school appear in two episodes where a school choir features. Creator and writer Debbie Horsfield worked closely with the head of music at Glossopdale, Chris O'Hara, and its head of music technology, Colin Hanson-Orr. Local Glossop based band My First Hello provided two songs for the series - "I'm Not Your Hero" and "We're Not Supposed To Be Alone". The end title song "Can You Hear Me?", sung by Richard Fleeshman, was co-written by singer Elton John, Fleeshman himself and Debbie Horsfield.