JK Rowling doc from Rogan Scotland commissioned by BBC

JK Rowling is best known as the creator of Harry Potter

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UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a two-part docuseries about Harry Potter author JK Rowling from Rogan Scotland.

Under the working title JK Rowling, the 2×60′ doc is for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer, with BBC Studios handling global distribution.

The series traces Rowling’s dramatic rise, cultural influence and contested legacy, using her life as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change.

Episode one charts Rowling’s path from a bookish childhood and time spent writing in Edinburgh cafés to unprecedented literary success. Episode two follows the author as she steps out from behind her creation and becomes an increasingly powerful political voice.

James Rogan, co-CEO of Rogan Productions and interim head of Rogan Scotland, exec produces with Mark Hedgecoe. The doc comes in time for the 30th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book – Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone – next year.

Rogan said: “JK Rowling has achieved extraordinary literary success, with her influence spanning a generation of fans, crossing into cinema and the online world. Rogan Scotland explores her unique story from her early days as a writer to the present moment and how her unflinching personal beliefs have sparked a fraught and divisive dialogue that continues to this day.”