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1995-2015: Pride & Prejudice (BBC-A. Davies)

Andrew Davies, BBC, classic-novel adaptations, Jane Austen, Popular Culture, Pride & Prejudice

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Sorry, fans of the 2005 film with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. We're talking about the one that stole our hearts a decade before that. In 1995, the BBC made Regency-romance magic with a six-part miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle as indomitable...

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1995-2015: Pride & Prejudice (BBC-A. Davies)

Andrew Davies, anniversary, BBC, classic-novel adaptations, Jane Austen, Mr Darcy, Pop Culture, Pride & Prejudice

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Oh, Pride and Prejudice miniseries, you must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. The iconic BBC serial, directed by Simon Langton and starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, first aired its first episode...

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BBC One: autumn/winter showreel

2015-2016, And Then There Were None, BBC, BBC One, Sherlock, War and Peace

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The Go-Between (trailer)

BBC, LP Hartley, The Go-Between

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French actor to play Napoleon in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace

BBC, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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Mathieu Kassovitz va incarner Napoléon dans « Guerre et Paix », une série de la BBC. C'est ce qu'a annoncé, au Festival de fiction TV de La Rochelle, Ben Donald, responsable de la fiction internationale à la BBC. La série est une adaptation du roman russe...

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

BBC, budget cuts, investment, ITV, ratings

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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...

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

BBC, budget cuts, investment, ITV, ratings

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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...

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

BBC, budget cuts, investment, ITV, ratings

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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...

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

BBC, budget cuts, investment, ITV, ratings

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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...

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

BBC, BBC Charter

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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...

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