Getting with the program in culture & community

Web-based entertainment isn't new, but the creators of a new drama being aired online are using social networking in a unique way in order to build an audience, host content and sustain ongoing interest. Girl Number 9 is a six-part thriller just 30 minutes in length in which detectives work frantically to save a young girl who is endangered by a serial killer playing a deadly game. Each webisode ends in a cliffhanger. (Note: The drama's theme and language are aimed at an adult audience and may be not safe for work.) The series features actors from two BBC television series: Tracy-Ann Oberman and Joe Absolom from EastEnders, and Gareth David-Lloyd, who starred in the Doctor-Who spinoff... more >