The BBC, Classic-novel adaptations and other related things

GoT: 2016? The Winds of Winter release date

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Game of Thrones fans might have all but given up on hopes of reading George R. R. Martin’s next A Song of Ice and Fire book ‘The Winds of Winter’ before the Sun turns into a red giant and engulfs the Earth, but finally we have something resembling a release...

"You’re not going to get better TV by slashing budgets and patronising your audiences"

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Since it first aired in 2010, Downton Abbey has become a phenomenal success, capturing the imaginations of millions of loyal viewers around the globe. But when it comes to an end later this year, star Hugh Bonneville hopes its legacy is more than impressive...

"You’re not going to get better TV by slashing budgets and patronising your audiences"

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Since it first aired in 2010, Downton Abbey has become a phenomenal success, capturing the imaginations of millions of loyal viewers around the globe. But when it comes to an end later this year, star Hugh Bonneville hopes its legacy is more than impressive...

"You’re not going to get better TV by slashing budgets and patronising your audiences"

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Since it first aired in 2010, Downton Abbey has become a phenomenal success, capturing the imaginations of millions of loyal viewers around the globe. But when it comes to an end later this year, star Hugh Bonneville hopes its legacy is more than impressive...

"You’re not going to get better TV by slashing budgets and patronising your audiences"

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Since it first aired in 2010, Downton Abbey has become a phenomenal success, capturing the imaginations of millions of loyal viewers around the globe. But when it comes to an end later this year, star Hugh Bonneville hopes its legacy is more than impressive...

Director-General has laid out plans to reshape the BBC to meet the demands of its audience

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Director-General Tony Hall has laid out his plans to reshape the BBC to meet the demands of its audience, while satisfying the demands of the BBC Charter Renewal. He said the proposals were intended to create an "open, more distinctive BBC" – but what...

Harvey Weinstein joins writer Andrew Davies and BBC executives to talk about literary adaptation.

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The producer joins writer Andrew Davies and BBC executives to talk about literary adaptation. Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning producer of Shakespeare In Love and founder of The Weinstein Company alongside brother Bob, has joined the ‘War And Peace’...

Summer Listening: Game of Thrones dans la Marche de l'Histoire (fi)

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Sherlock at the BBC proms

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The musical tastes of Sherlock Holmes are to be celebrated at the BBC Proms. The concert on August 16 will feature works mentioned in the Arthur Conan Doyle books. The fictional sleuth was a violinist – he mentions buying a Stradivarius on Tottenham Court...

Trailer: Victor Frankenstein

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There have been countless stage and screen adaptations of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's masterful horror novel, Frankenstein, since its initial publication in 1818. Tuesday saw the trailer for the latest, entitled Victor Frankenstein. A hirsute Daniel...