The BBC, Classic-novel adaptations and other related things

Ishiguro about his storytelling influences

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Downton Abbey: The Exhibition

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A first look at the BBC1 Little Women

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Here is a first look glimpse at the Little Women – the March sisters from the much loved period novel which is being turned into a lavish BBC1 drama for a likely airing around the Christmas period. The three-part dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868...

History 101 - The Wireless

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Author Kazoo Ishiguro on his novel The Remains of the Day

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Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize

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Thompson and Hopkins reunite in King Lear

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Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are reuniting on screen to star in Shakespeare's King Lear for the BBC. It will be adapted and directed by Richard Eyre and will also feature Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston and Jim Carter. Filming...

'Crooked House' trailer, an Agatha Christie mystery

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From Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and the godmother of the detective mystery, Agatha Christie, comes a tale of deceit, murder, and of course, family. In Crooked House, an aristocratic young woman in 1950s England (Stefanie Martini) hires her...

Gosford Park on arte

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Entrée récemment au service de lady Trentham, une vieille dame égoïste et terriblement snob, Mary se rend à sa première partie de chasse, organisée par sir William. La jeune bonne découvre, ébahie, le fonctionnement de cette demeure régie par le redoutable...

The Cuckoo's Calling - How does the adaptation compare to the book?

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In adapting any book to TV, there are some difficult decisions to make. Which characters will you keep, and which will you cut? How much of the plot can you include in a more limited time period? And what just won’t work in a completely different medium?...