Making Waves is a British television drama series produced by Carlton Television for ITV. It was created by Ted Childs and chronicles the professional and personal lives of the crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Suffolk. The series remained in development hell for several years and was first broadcast on 7 July 2004. Due to low ratings it was removed from the schedules after only three episodes.
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Making Waves is a British television drama series produced by Carlton Television for ITV. It was created by Ted Childs and chronicles the professional and personal lives of the crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Suffolk. The series remained in development hell for several years and was first broadcast on 7 July 2004. Due to low ratings it was removed from the schedules after only three episodes, the remainder of the series going unaired on television in the United Kingdom. It starred Alex Ferns as Commander Martin Brooke and Emily Hamilton as Lieutenant Commander Jenny Howard. A limited-edition DVD of all six episodes was released in December 2004. The first episode was written in 2002 by Terry Cafolla, who later wrote Messiah IV: The Harrowing of Harrowing IV. The second episode introduces the new navigating officer Lieutenant Sam Quartermaine and a subplot involving his relationship with LMA Anita Cook runs through the series. Other storylines follow Leading Marine Engineer Artificer Dave Finnan’s relationship with his Charge Chief’s daughter Teresa, the emotional state of Mickey Sobanski after a blundered rescue operation, new rating Rosie Bowen settling into life on her first ship and the budding cross-ranks relationship between officer Sam Quarter maine and medic Anita Cook. Suffolk is mainly based at Portsmouth but engages in exercises such as war games throughout the series, as well as undertaking hazardous rescues of other vessels in the English Channel.
Lieutenant Commander William Lewis, the Marine Engineering Officer, is the superior of Charge Chief Marine Engineering Artificers Andy Fellows and Terry Duncan. Leading Chef Art Francis must successfully prepare dinner for the captain and crew before it is stolen or ruined by Steward Tim \”Scouse\” Phillips. Lieutenant Commander Kevin Fincher was appointed as the specialist project officer for the series in August 2002. The project was initially managed by the MoD’s Directorate of Corporate Communications, headed by Commodore Richard Leaman. Throughout pre-production, the taxpayer-funded recovery was made for anything they used. This included use of ships, fuel, personnel and personnel, including advertising revenue and royalties. Another clause gave the Navy a share of any royalties from the series including ad revenue and advertising revenue, including ad sales and sales sales, including revenue and revenue from advertising and sales. The BBC was unable to take the series due to Carlton’s links with ITV, and due to the top levels of the ITV drama department had changed. By the time of the BBC’s commissioning editors of BBC One, Carlton had negotiated with Carlton to broadcast it.
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