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Beowulf suits the era of Isis

Beowulf suits the era of Isis

Beowulf expert and TV historian Michael Wood has a theory about Anglo-Saxons and television. “We live in a world where there’s a lot of terrifying and up-front violence, a world of Islamic State and horror going on around us,” he says. “That’s partly...

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Downton Abbey was almost never made

Downton Abbey is an internationally popular mega hit of a period drama. So much so that it's strange to think back to a time when people weren't sure if the show was going to be a success. It's even odder to imagine that we almost never met the Crawleys....

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Episode of Jekyll & Hyde postponed in the wake of the Paris attacks

ITV has pulled tonight's episode of fantasy drama Jekyll and Hyde from its schedule following the attacks that occurred in Paris on Friday November 13th. The show's creator Charlie Higson took to his Twitter account this morning to announce the schedule...

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ITV hopes for a monster hit with Jekyll and Hyde

TV’s new teatime drama series Jekyll and Hyde, which pops up between the rugby and The X Factor on Sunday night, represents a big bet on the growing popularity of fantasy drama to attract viewers young and old. Using the lure of a famous phrase and Robert...

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Complaints about violent scenes in Jekyll and Hyde (ITV)

ITV’s has refused to bow to pressure to move its teatime drama Jekyll and Hyde to a later slot after the watershed, despite more than 500 complaints about violent scenes in the broadcast on Sunday evening. The drama, shown at 6:30pm, featured scenes of...

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Jekyll and Hyde (ITV)

Jekyll and Hyde (ITV)

Charlie Higson’s Jekyll and Hyde comes to ITV tonight, and it’s a fun romp through a 1930s-set episodic version of the story with a good cast and some pleasingly dark themes. What it also is, however, is an attempt to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle...

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

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"

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"

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...

Read more

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

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...

Read more