Stephen Greenhorn said: “ I’m thrilled to get the chance to adapt Last Lesson for TV. Stephen is an immensely talented screenwriter, and Red Planet are the geniuses behind some of my favourite ever TV shows I can’t wait to see what together they can do with Last Lesson! ” James Goodhand commented “ This is a dream come true.

This is a slight departure for us to be working on something that’s rooted in the world of YA but I’m thrilled that James Goodhand has entrusted his incredible story to us, and with Stephen Greenhorn on board to adapt this edge-of-your-seat thriller, we couldn’t have a better team to bring it to life.” It’s written in such a visual and visceral way and is utterly gripping, moving and thrilling it’s unputdownable. Joint MD of Red Planet Pictures, Belinda Campbell, said “A s soon as I started reading Last Lesson, I absolutely knew that it would be perfect for TV. As Ollie reaches the extremities of breaking point, he takes matters into his own hands and, on the last day of the school year, brings those bullies a gift a homemade pipe bomb.” Having previously been one of the popular kids and leading a gifted existence in school, he’s now become an outcast and his life made a living hell by vicious bullies.

The novel examines the “psychological breakdown of model student and talented musician, Ollie Morcombe, after he suffers an horrific accident.

The writer of Sunshine of Leith, Stephen Greenhorn, is to adapt James Goodhand’s Last Lesson, for Red Planet Pictures after the indie secured international TV rights to the novel.

Last Lesson by James Goodhand