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In French: Les ambitions de la BBC en France

« Danse avec les stars » (TF1), « Le Meilleur Pâtissier » (M6), « Le Maillon faible » (D8), « Vos objets ont une histoire » (France 2) et très bientôt l’historique « Top Gear » sur RMC Découverte… Toutes ces émissions, dites de flux, bien connues des...

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War & Peace: additional casting announced

Gillian Anderson and Jim Broadbent have joined the cast of Andrew Davies' adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace for the BBC and The Weinstein Co., which has now started principal photography. Anderson is set to play Anna Pavlovna while Broadbent will...

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Why do all BBC period drama trailers sound the same?

Two new trailers for BBC historical dramas aired this week, Banished on BBC2 and Poldark on BBC1 – and I couldn't tell which was which. Both had menacing, candle-flickering, fade-to-black intrigue. Both had blokes from Being Human (Aidan Turner in Poldark,...

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In French: top ratings for The Casual Vacancy on the BBC

L'adaptation du roman de JK Rowling, diffusée sur la BBC, a enregistré 6,6 millions de téléspectateurs, pour son premier épisode, présenté dimanche soir. A Casual Vacancy a ainsi dépassé les 27,5 % d'audience, soit un record pour l'horaire auquel il a...

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How Sarah Phelps adapted JK Rowling for TV

Sarah Phelps is used to treading in the footsteps of giants; her acclaimed screenplays include BBC adaptations of Dickens’s Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. However, when it came to dramatising JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy for the small screen,...

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In French: the book's ending is too depressing for TV

Sarah Phelps, la scénariste de cette adaptation, a vendu la mèche : elle a tout de suite prévenu J.K. Rowling que la fin déprimante de son roman devait être changée, pour éviter un « désengagement » de l'audience. La chaîne a révélé que la fin du feuilleton...

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Television has “filled the void” of major Hollywood film studios says WolfHall boss

Television has “filled the void” of major Hollywood film studios says WolfHall boss

As the executive producer of BBC2’s critically-acclaimed Tudor epic Wolf Hall, Colin Callender is well placed to crow about the strength of television drama. The six-part series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis has attracted rave reviews for its...

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The Casual Vacancy: a preview of the BBC1 adaptation of JK Rowling's novel

Adapting a best-selling novel by the iconic JK Rowling must be difficult enough with so many fans to please, but when it's a story as complex and packed with characters as 2012 bestseller The Casual Vacancy, it must be near impossible. Even its star Keeley...

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Exclusive clips from the set of Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel's Booker prize-winning novel Wolf Hall tells the story of Henry VIII's righthand man Thomas Cromwell. Born the son of a lowly blacksmith, he climbs the ranks of Tudor society to become the King's trusted advisor – and BBC2 is dramatising...

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War & Peace: casting news

LONDON — The BBC and the Weinstein Company have completed casting on Andrew Davies’ TV adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace,” which will star Paul Dano (“12 Years a Slave,” “There Will Be Blood”), Lily James (“Cinderella,” “Downton Abbey”)...

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