50 years of Merchant Ivory

A Room with a view, Howard's End, Ivory, Maurice, Merchant, The Bostonians, The Europeans, The Remains of the Day

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Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Collection trailer

Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, TV serial

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Creating Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Andrew Davies, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh

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The Last King of Scotland on French TV tonight

Giles Foden, The Last King of Scotland

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Book adaptations: What Buyers Are Buzzing About

2016 AFM, big screen, book adaptations

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The 2016 American Film Market gets underway today in Santa Monica and it’s looking like the frantic last-minute packaging has paid off for sales agents and buyers alike as there’s plenty of product on offer to feed hungry distribution mouths. There is...

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80 years ago today the first British television programme was broadcast

British television, television, The Radio Times, TV, TV listings

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80 years ago today – at 3pm, to be precise – the first British television programme was broadcast. Of course, it wasn't TV as we know it. No Strictly, no X Factor... Back then there was just one channel, known as the BBC Television Service, and at the...

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