Profile
In September 1998 Jill Green resigned from running Red Rooster to set up her own company, Greenlit Productions. Greenlit signed a housekeeping deal with Red Rooster and Chrysalis Group, which committed Green to driving forward seven former Red Rooster dramas over two years. The first Greenlit/Red Rooster Production was the prestigious psychological thriller, "Trust" directed by David Drury for ITV1. It played to audiences of 9 million, achieved huge critical acclaim, and was nominated for the RTS Best Drama Serial award. Under this deal Green then Executive Produced the Australian family feature "Selkie", which was released theatrically in Australia and premiered on Sky Movies in the UK.
"The Swap", a holiday house-swapping thriller for ITV1 reunited the producer-director team of Green and David Drury and marked Greenlit's first solo production with great success, holding an audience of over 8.5 million over two nights.
"Menace", Greenlit's urban thriller for Five, was transmitted in September 2002 to critical acclaim, achieving an audience share of 8%.
"Foyle's War", Greenlit's major new returnable series of primetime detective films for ITV1 was first transmitted in autumn 2002 in the UK and in Winter 2003 on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in the USA. This original series has been created by Anthony Horowitz and stars Michael Kitchen, alongside guest names such as Charles Dance, Nicholas Farrell, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, Bill Paterson and Corin Redgrave. The first series of films was presented with the Lew Grade Audience Award at the BAFTA Television Awards 2003 and was nominated for the Production Design Craft Award. The second series, transmitted by ITV1 in autumn 2003 and in the US in summer 2004, was nominated for the Drama Series award at the BAFTA Television Awards 2004. A sixth and final series is due to be transmitted in the UK in early 2008.
Most recently Greenlit has produced "The Man Who Lost His Head" starring Martin Clunes and new returnable comedy drama series "Honest" starring Amanda Redman.
