Netflix’s 2022 adaptation of Jane Austen’s final completed novel is out – and it’s not a traditional take on the Regency romance. Dr Lizzie Rogers, a historian specialising in the 18th century, explores an adaptation that subverts expectations“The essence...
Read moreEmily Mortimer’s immaculate adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s bestseller about the madcap Radlett family is an instant classic. What a magnificent treat to tuck into Continue reading : x
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Read moreRead at the source: x La Foire aux vanités (Vanity Fair) , série créée par Gwyneth Hughes. Avec Olivia Cooke, Claudia Jessie , Tom Bateman , Johnny Flynn , Anthony Head , Frances de la Tour , Sian Clifford, Suranne Jones , David Fynn (GB., 2018, 7 x 46-48...
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Fans disappointed by the BBC’s shelving of its big festive Agatha Christie offering will have found plenty of consolation in Channel 5’s screening of a terrific new adaptation Crooked House before it goes into cinemas early next year. We’re used to Christie...
Read moreIN the late 1930's, in a stately home of England called Darlington Hall, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) is the butler. He's the supreme commander of a vast staff that includes the housekeeper, the underbutlers, the cooks, the maids, the footmen, the scullery...
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Another week, another classic about illicit spooning at the dawn of the 20th century. Where the BBC’s fresh take on Lady Chatterley’s Lover hollowed out the original and injected its own up-to-date agitprop, The Go-Between(BBC One) kept faith with LP...
Read moreIt’s Agatha Christie – David Walliams style. Yes, BBC1 brings the great crime writer back to UK screens with a new drama series starring (and executive-produced by) the Britain’s Got Talent judge and Little Britain star. To say he has camped it up would...
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