The BBC, Classic-novel adaptations and other related things

A Sherlock-land theme park?

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The BBC is thrashing out ideas for a new £2bn theme park in Kent which could turn popular dramas such as Doctor Who and Sherlock into major attractions. The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has signed a preliminary agreement over the use of its shows...

TV ownership in the UK falls for the first time

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The tide could be turning against the traditional TV set as viewers opt to watch programmes on tablets and smartphones, according to an Ofcom report. The media regulator's study shows that the number of households with a television set fell from 26.33...

Mr Selfridge: Andrew Davies interview in French

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Mr Selfridge est une nouvelle dramatique qu’ICI Radio-Canada Télé vous fera découvrira à compter du 10 janvier. Il s’agit de l’histoire vraie d’Harry Gordon Selfridge, un Américain qui a transformé le commerce britannique. Cet homme a en effet bousculé...

In French: Andrew Davies interview

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Plus de 20 ans avant son arrivée remarquée sur la plateforme Netflix, la version originale de la série House of cards a été diffusée en Grande-Bretagne en 1990. En entrevue téléphonique, le créateur de la série originale House of cards ne cache pas son...

In French: documentary about JRR Tolkien on France 5

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Another adaptation of a classic fairytale

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Three new promotional posters for Disney's live-action Cinderella give us a closer look at the film's impressive cast. Cinders (Lily James) and her Prince Charming (Richard Madden) can be seen sharing a loving embrace, while an elegant Helena Bonham Carter...

Impassioned speech by BBC TV boss

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BBC director of television Danny Cohen has called on viewers to appreciate what the Corporation delivers before it is too late. In an address to journalists at the BBC press Christmas drinks on Wednesday night, Cohen said that the organisation is at a...

Hilary Mantel 's Tudor novels: the drama is thought to become a hit

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Damian Lewis as Henry VIII BBC2’s six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies has been filmed and the BBC is privately convinced that the drama is going to be a hit. In fact, such is their expectation that the...

An interview with Maggie Smith

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"Do you know Paris?” The question is shamefully inconsequential, a piece of conversational putty while I am trying to process Dame Maggie Smith’s wicked, but entirely truthful, admission that she cannot remember much about her latest film, except that...

Andrew Dickens: What the Dickens!

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When is the wet shirt moment? "There isn't going to be one," says Andrew Davies. "There are some very tender glances in Little Dorrit, but there is no 'Phwoar!'" Can this be true? A straight take on Charles Dickens from the man who put the cor blimey...