Guerre & Paix (BBC) sur France 2 à Noël

Andrew Davies, BBC, War & Peace

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« A untie Beeb » , comme la surnomment affectueusement les Anglais, s’est fait une spécialité des adaptations littéraires haut de gamme. Outre la mise en valeur du patrimoine national, de Jane Austen à Charles Dickens, elle s’empare régulièrement de classiques...

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Crooked House - review

Agatha Christie, channel 5, Crooked House, review

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Fans disappointed by the BBC’s shelving of its big festive Agatha Christie offering will have found plenty of consolation in Channel 5’s screening of a terrific new adaptation Crooked House before it goes into cinemas early next year. We’re used to Christie...

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Little Women (trailer)

BBC, BBC One, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, trailer

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'Murder on the Orient Express' Review

Agatha Christie, Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express

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Over the course of his 28-year directing career, Kenneth Branagh has adapted everything from literary classics (Shakespeare’s “Henry V”) to comicbook pulp (putting a distinctive Dutch-angle slant on Marvel’s “Thor”). Now, with “Murder on the Orient Express,”...

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'Crooked House' Review

Agatha Christie, Crooked House

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Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner With: Glenn Close, Terrence Stamp, Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Christian McKay, Honor Kneafsey, Jenny Galloway. Rated PG-13 1 hour 55 minutes Official Site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869347/...

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France 2 va diffuser "Guerre et paix" à Noël

Andrew Davies, BBC, France 2, french Television, Leo Tolstoy, War & Peace

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Certes, ce n'est pas la première adaptation de Guerre et paix sur le petit écran. Mais les adeptes des fictions historiques seront heureux de retrouver la mini-série britannique sur France 2, à partir du 25 décembre. Cette version est signée par Andrew...

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Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady on arte tonight (Dec. 4th, 2017)

arte, Henry James, Jane Campion, Portrait of a Lady

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PORTRAIT DE FEMME DE JANE CAMPION ARTE propose Portrait de femme (The Portrait of a Lady, 1996) lundi 4 décembre à 20h55, pour accompagner la diffusion sur ARTE de la nouvelle série de Jane Campion, Top of the Lake: China Girl. Après le succès critique...

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Call The Midwife beats Poldark and Downton Abbey to be named best period drama of 21st century

call the midwife, costume drama, downton abbey, dr who, game of thrones, north & south, poldark, the night manager, the west wing, wolf hall

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Call The Midwife has been named the UK’s best period drama of the 21st century, beating Poldark and Downton Abbey. The BBC series, following East End midwives in the 1950s, has topped the Radio Times’ new poll ahead of the launch of the sixth season....

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