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Wolf Hall: entretien avec le réalisateur

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Grand nom de la fiction britannique, Peter Kosminsky s’est illustré avec des oeuvres de politique contemporaine saluées par la critique. Il s’attelle pour la première fois à une série en costumes à laquelle il injecte les thèmes qui lui sont chers. Pourquoi...

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Wolf Hall sur arte: premiers épisodes ce soir

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Les livres d'histoire nous ont dépeint Thomas Cromwell, conseiller d'Henri VIII, comme l'exécuteur des basses œuvres du royaume. Cette magnifique série de Peter Kosminsky, inspirée par les tableaux du Caravage et éclairée à la bougie, en fait un personnage...

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Golden Globe for Wolf Hall

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War and Peace: top ratings and rave reviews

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The drama, which stars Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, has also won rave reviews. The adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel averaged 6.3 million viewers, peaking at 6.7 million. It was up against ITV's Endeavour and spy drama Deutschland 83 on Channel...

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Impressive ratings for the first episode of War and Peace

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UK TV ratings round-up - data supplied by BARB BBC One's grand new adaptation of War and Peace topped the ratings over the weekend. Well, apart from Countryfile , of course. The drama starring Lily James and James Norton thrilled an average overnight...

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Meet the cast of War and Peace

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Pierre Bezukhov (Paul Dano) The central character, Pierre is the ungainly illegitimate son of a nobleman. US actor Dano is best known for his film work in movies like Little Miss Sunshine, There Will be Blood, 12 Years a Slave and Prisoners, and recently...

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What to watch on BBC One in 2016

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Andrew Davies: about War and Peace

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Many people are afraid of War and Peace. It’s an immensely long novel, full of Russians with unpronounceable names; people talk about “tackling it” as if it were a marathon, or Everest. I wouldn’t go so far as to say I was afraid of it myself, but somehow...

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The BBC announces an adaptation of the Woman in White

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Woman in White 4 X 60 Made by Origin Pictures with BBC NI Drama for BBC One. When Walter Hartright encounters a ghostly woman dressed all in white on a moonlit road, he soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious and disturbing world. Romance, suspense,...

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The BBC has greenlit an adaptation of 'Howards End'

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BBC One has greenlit a long-gestating miniseries adaptation of Howards End, based on the classic EM Forster novel which was turned into an Oscar-winning Merchant Ivory feature in 1992. The four-part drama is produced by Colin Callender’s Playground in...

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