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All the books by Jo Bloom adapted to cinema and television
Jo Bloom is known for being the author of the book Ridley Road, first published in 2014, which was adapted to television by Lisa Mulcahy in 2021.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the TV series is better.
Ridley Road
Jo Bloom, 2014
TV series vs book
Lisa Mulcahy, 2021-
Set in the East End of London in the early 1960s Vivien Epstein is the daughter of a traditional suburban Manchester Jewish family comprising father David, mother Liza and a relative Roza whom the family is sheltering. The father arranges a marriage (without Vivien’s desire nor consent) with the father of a local Jewish boy. Vivien already has a beau, Jack, who leaves for London, desolate.