The BBC, Classic-novel adaptations and other related things

In French: the best TV adaptations

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LE SCAN TÉLÉ - La petite Dorrit, relecture magnifique d'un des romans fleuves du célèbre Charles Dickens, a démarré jeudi soir sur Arte. L'occasion d'un classement des adaptations télé de monuments littéraires, depuis ses dix dernières années… La petite...

In French: La Petite Dorrit par la BBC

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Inégalable dans le domaine de l'adaptation en séries des monuments de la littérature anglo-saxonne, la BBC livrait en 2008 La Petite Dorrit, une minisérie en 8 épisodes inspirée du roman-fleuve de Charles Dickens. L'oeuvre a reçu 7 récompenses aux Emmy...

Little Dorrit on arte, starting November 27th

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Le scénariste Andrew Davies est l’adaptateur hors pair des grands classiques anglais du XIXe siècle, de Jane Austen à Dickens en passant par George Eliot. Il a su préserver avec La petite Dorrit le caractère foisonnant du roman-fleuve de Charles Dickens...

The licence fee : 20 years ago vs. today

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PD James dies at 94

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Author PD James has died, aged 94, her family has confirmed in a statement. "It is with great sadness that the family of author PD James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, FRSL, FRSA, announce that she died peacefully at her home in Oxford on the morning...

New adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde

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Fast Show alumnus Charlie Higson is to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story of Jekyll and Hyde in a new 10-part series for ITV. Set in 1930s London, the drama will pay homage to Stevenson’s 1886 novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and My Hyde...

Shortage of costumes for a BBC adaptation

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Set in a small town in the 1930s, EF Benson's much-loved books about feuding socialites Miss Elizabeth Mapp and Mrs Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas are as delectably English as a slice of Victoria sandwich. But when the BBC came to shoot its adaptation – which...

Northanger Abbey (2008): from novel to film, Catherine's imagination

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NOVEL Excerpted from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Volume I, Chapter 3. "I see what you think of me," said [Tilney] gravely — "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow." "My journal!"[replied Catherine] "Yes, I know exactly what you...

A Testament of Youth, trailer

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The landmark memoirs of First World War nurse Vera Brittain are lavishly brought to life in this new trailer for the film adaptation of Testament of Youth. Swedish actress Alicia Vikander plays Brittain, a young woman whose plans to study at Oxford are...

Far from the Madding Crowd, teaser trailer

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Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy’s classic English pastoral novel, was first published in book form 140 years ago today, on November 23, 1874. To mark the anniversary, a teaser trailer and teaser poster for the highly anticipated 2015 film adaptation...