The BBC, Classic-novel adaptations and other related things

The Hollow Crown on BBC1 Breakfast: on location

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A history of television, the technology that seduced the world – and me

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An interesting article about the history of television and its impact on our lives link source: The Observer, September 2013

Call the Midwife forced to deliver new plot by sale of ...

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Call the Midwife forced to deliver new plot by sale of filming location Link (source: The Guardian) NB: Call the Midwife is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, a midwife in the East End (London) in the 50s.

BBC axes The Hour

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Spoilers: read at your own risk if you haven't seen the first two series. Link source: newstatemen.com Link source: telegraph.co.uk Sign the petition : SaveTheHour

Downton Abbey, Broadchurch and beyond: how ITV got back on top

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Link source: The Guardian NB: ITV = commercial television network in the UK

The Ten Best Costume Dramas

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A subjective list ...: gallery source: The Observer

The BBC's Big Read

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In April 2003 the BBC's Big Read began the search for the UK's best-loved novel, and asked Britons to nominate their favourite books. Along the way somebody - nobody knows who exactly - has edited the list including more modern books. Now a facebook page...

'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' Web Series to Receive Interactive Media Emmys

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This show, which began streaming on YouTube in April 2012, is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's incredibly popular 1813 novel, "Pride and Prejudice." The main character of the series is Lizzie Bennet, a 24-year-old grad student with "an uncertain future"...

Jane Austen to appear on £10 banknote (cont.)

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Sherlock series 3 teaser trailer

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