JK Rowling on the BBC and HBO

BBC One, HBO, JK Rowling, Sarah Phelps, The Casual Vacancy

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Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear and Julia McKenzie will star in BBC1's adaptation of JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy. Bafta Award-winning Gambon - seen most recently in Quirke - will play Howard Mollison, owner of the Pagford delicatessen,...

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Margaret Atwood on HBO

Darren Aronofsky, HBO, MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood

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HBO is poised to turn Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam novels into a drama series. The dystopian trilogy, encompassing Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood andMaddAddam, is set to be produced - and potentially directed - by Darren Aronofsky for the premium...

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Mumble-gate at the BBC

Andrew Davies, BBC, John Banville, Quirke

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First Jamaica Inn, now Quirke. The BBC have been plagued with complaints about sound quality these past few weeks from viewers struggling to make sense of the corporation's two big-budget dramas. The latter – starring Gabriel Byrne and based on the books...

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Get married on the set of your favourite TV show

Downton Abbey, filming locations, Parade's End, period drama, Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock

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Rumour has it George Clooney and his fiance Amal Alamuddin considered having their upcoming nuptials at Highclere Castle, aka the home of Downton Abbey. No doubt Robert would be impressed by the interest of Hollywood royalty (and the revenue the wedding...

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