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Hilary Mantel on the TV Wolf Hall

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In the City of London, behind the Bank of England, there is a little street called Austin Friars. Sober and narrow, it offers glimpse of a city garden, something sweetly natural at the granite heart of the establishment. The garden belongs to Drapers’...

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Wolf Hall filmed in National trust propoerties

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The attention to detail has been extraordinary, with a team of historians brought in to advise and a host of venerable locations used. Yet the BBC’s hotly anticipated new drama Wolf Hall could not have been made without one surprisingly low-tech accessory:...

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Two adaptations named the must-watch on demand shows of 2015

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Is House of Cards the greatest TV drama of the binge watching era? We might very well think that. Could you possibly comment? The Netflix original series has come top in a Radio Times list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows to Watch Now, the ultimate bucket...

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Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston to Star in The Night Manager

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BBC One, The Ink Factory and AMC today announced a co-production partnership for the television adaptation of John le Carré’s novel The Night Manager. Multiple Emmy® nominee Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse, Midnight In...

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Wolf Hall on the cover of the RadioTimes this week

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By Kasia Delgado 12 January 2015 Another Tuesday, another jam-packed edition of Radio Times magazine. Here's what's inside this week... -Hilary Mantel on why she turned Thomas Cromwell from villain to Tudor hero -Damian Lewis on how his Eton schooldays...

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Damian Lewis on Wolf Hall

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Damian Lewis is stepping into the breeches of King Henry VIII in the upcoming BBC2 adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s award-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies – and has learned there's plenty to uncover about this memorable ruler. The tale charts...

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New adaptations in 2015

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Wolf Hall (January, BBC2) Former Homeland star Damian Lewis and Shakespearean actor Mark Rylance take top billing in this lavish six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. The tale of Tudor intrigue...

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Margaret Thatcher considered forcing the BBC to show adverts

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Margaret Thatcher considered forcing the BBC to show adverts, newly released documents reveal. Records from September 1979, written just months after Mrs Thatcher took office, show that the former Prime Minister harboured concerns about “extravagant”...

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In French: Une nouvelle adaptation de Guerre et Paix (BBC)

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Ce devrait être l'un des événements de la grille de BBC One pour les mois à venir. Annoncée début 2013, la nouvelle adaptation de Guerre et Paix , le roman mondialement connu de Léon Tolstoï , prend finalement forme avec l'annonce de son casting complet...

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Mapp and Lucia: meet the characters

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Devotees of EF Benson's 1930s series of comic novels, Mapp and Lucia, are in for a treat this Christmas: a three-part adaptation penned by Steve Pemberton (above, playing Lucia's camp, platonic friend Georgie), and starring Miranda Richardson and Anna...

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