White Heat is a new six-part drama series about the interwoven lives, loves and betrayals of seven characters whose relationships are forged in the white heat of the Sixties through to present day, written for BBC Two by award-winning writer Paula Milne.

A 90-minute TV version of the book is in development, based on a script from Paula Milne, the writer behind Channel 4 drama Endgame and the BBC's upcoming adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island.