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• Toby Jones to play "one of Doyle's finest villains" in a new Sherlock series

  12 July 2016 ( #BBC, #Conan Doyle, #Conrad, #Sherlock, #The Secret Agent, #Toby Jones )

  Sherlock is returning for a new three-part series, probably on New Year’s Day 2017. And with the demise of Andrew Scott’s chilling Moriarty (or so we are supposed to think) there’s a new baddie in town – and he’s played by Detectorists and Marvellous...

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

  26 September 2015 ( #Andrew Davies, #BBC, #classic-novel adaptations, #Jane Austen, #Popular Culture, #Pride & Prejudice )

  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...

• Books to read before the film comes out

  05 March 2015 ( #cinema, #classic novels, #Far From The Madding Crowd, #Frankenstein, #Mary Shelley, #Thomas Hardy )

  Got a chunk of books on your reading list, waiting for that afternoon you'll finally get around to opening the first one up? Well, hop to it if any of these are on the list, as they'll soon be heading to the big screen. While there's plenty to be enjoyed...

• Wolf Hall: first pictures on set

  20 November 2014 ( #BBC, #Damian Lewis, #Hilary Mantel, #Mark Gatiss, #Mark Rylance, #Wolf Hall )

  As we inch closer to December and the shops fill up with Christmas, your thoughts probably aren't straying into 2015. But – just for a second – look ahead to the new year and a string of exciting new dramas, among them the BBC's Wolf Hall. The six-part...

• Jekyll and Hyde (1990): made-for-tv film adaptation

  05 November 2014 ( #Jekyll and Hyde, #made-for-tv film, #Micahel Caine, #review, #Robert Louis Stevenson, #Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde )

  In films like ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,'' Michael Caine is adept at playing charming con men. On television, though, he has taken to exploring seriously the darker side of Victorian society. Last year, he played the Scotland Yard inspector pursuing the...

• The Hollow Crown 2: first pictures

  23 September 2014 ( #BBC, #BBC2, #Benedict Cumberbatch, #Richard III, #shakespeare, #The Hollow Crown 2 )

  After spending the last two years building a bonafide movie career – alongside his stints as Sherlock – Benedict Cumberbatch is now looking to Shakespeare. He's already sold out theatres more than twelve months in advance of his appearance as Hamlet in...

• Death Comes To Pemberley filmed at Castle Howard (Yorkshire)

  06 July 2014 ( #BBC, #Castle Howard, #Death Comes to Pemberley, #filming locations, #Jane Austen, #PD James )

  BBC Death Comes to Pemberley The BBC's adaptation of PD James' best selling novel, Death Comes to Pemberley was filmed at Castle Howard, for two weeks during July 2013. Starring Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Matthew Goode and Jenna Louise Coleman,...

• BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (2003)

  12 May 2014 ( #BBC Radio Four, #Benedict Cumberbatch, #David Tenant, #Felicity Jones, #Jane Austen, #Mansfield Park )

  On a quest to find a position in society, young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant. Listen to the first episode here . There will be 10 episodes. Duration: 15 minutes First...

• In French: 14-18 et fiction à la télévision britannique

  21 April 2014 ( #BBC, #Downton Abbey, #ITV, #original screenplay, #Sarah Phelps, #The Crimson Field )

  21 avril 2014 , par Pierre Sérisier The Crimson Field – Les séries se tournent vers la Grande Guerre D e toutes les guerres qui ont meurtri le XXe siècle, la première est celle qui a été le moins souvent représentée dans les séries télé. La Grande Guerre...

• Confirmed: Cumberbatch to portray Richard III for BBC2

  06 April 2014 ( #BBC, #BBC2, #Benedict Cumberbatch, #Richard III, #Shakespeare, #The Hollow Crown 2 )

  Cumberbatch and Freeman are the latest in a line of distinguished actors to tackle the role.IT IS the mysterious case of Sherlock Holmes and their parallel careers: Benedict Cumberbatch is to star as Richard III in a television film while Martin Freeman...

• Get married on the set of your favourite TV show

  04 June 2014 ( #Downton Abbey, #filming locations, #Parade's End, #period drama, #Pride & Prejudice, #Sherlock )

  Rumour has it George Clooney and his fiance Amal Alamuddin considered having their upcoming nuptials at Highclere Castle, aka the home of Downton Abbey. No doubt Robert would be impressed by the interest of Hollywood royalty (and the revenue the wedding...

• Great Expectations (BBC - 2011) sur arte Cycle Dickens le 6 mars 2014

  13 February 2014 ( #arte, #BBC, #Charles Dickens, #Gillian Anderson, #Great Expectations, #Miss Havisham )

  Cette version somptueuse, produite par la BBC, est l’une des plus fidèles au livre, dont elle restitue avec fluidité toutes les péripéties. Paysages noyés de brume, figures spectrales, décors fantomatiques. Le début du récit semble surgir d’un cauchemar...

• Damian Lewis In Talks For BBC/Masterpiece Miniseries 'Wolf Hall'

  02 February 2014 ( #BBC2, #Booker Prize, #Damian Lewis, #Hilary Mantle, #PBS Masterpiece, #Wolf Hall )

  BBC Two and Masterpiece are hooking up for a “major” adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize winning historical fiction novels Wolf Hall andBring Up The Bodies. Tony and Olivier Award-winner Mark Rylance is now confirmed to play Thomas Cromwell in...

• Dame Maggie Smith

  09 June 2013 ( #actress, #Downton Abbey, #Harry Potter, #Maggie Smith, #Shakespeare, #television )

  Read the interview with The Star (September 2012) What she says about playing in a TV series: “You know, I think Downton is the reason that everybody thinks I’m suddenly so popular, because I’ve never really done a television series before. “ People think...

• television composer Isobel Waller-Bridge about scoring Vanity Fair

  02 September 2018 ( #Becky Sharp, #ITV, #Radio Times, #Vanity Fair, #WM Thackeray )

  For television composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, personality is everything when it comes to writing music. Her favourite part is matching “the personality of the music” with “the personality of the character” onscreen. “You just live with a character a bit…...

• John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot

  19 July 2018 ( #ABC Muders, #agatha christie, #BBC, #hercule poirot, #sarah phelps )

  The BBC and Amazon have offered the first glimpse of John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot in the forthcoming adaptation of The ABC Murders . The two broadcasters have also rounded out the cast with filming now underway. Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter), Kevin...

• Sherlock most popular BBC character

  15 February 2017 ( #BBC, #Conan Doyle, #Doctor Who, #Sherlock, #Sherlock Holmes )

  Benedict Cumberbatch has declared himself "honoured" after Sherlock topped a survey to find the world's favourite BBC television character. Advertising Almost a third of viewers worldwide opted for the TV detective, with Doctor Who coming second and Idris...

• Rowan Atkinson as Chief Inspector Maigret

  05 May 2017 ( #ITV, #Maigret, #Rowan Atkinson, #Simenon, #who's Who )

  Classic sleuth Maigret is back on screens this Easter in a new ITV film starring Rowan Atkinson. Georges Simenon’s French detective appeared in a whopping 75 novels and 28 short stories between 1931 and 1972, and has previously been played by the likes...

• A first look at the BBC1 Little Women

  10 October 2017 ( #BBC, #BBC One, #Little Woman, #Louisa May Alcott, #PBS )

  Here is a first look glimpse at the Little Women – the March sisters from the much loved period novel which is being turned into a lavish BBC1 drama for a likely airing around the Christmas period. The three-part dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868...

• 23 November 1963: The first Doctor Who episode ever

  24 November 2016 ( #1963, #BBC, #Doctor Who, #first episode ever, #The Radio Times )

  23 November 1963: the day we first met the "mysterious exile from another world" 23 November 1963. It's a date forever etched into the memories of Doctor Who aficionados. That Saturday teatime – 5:15pm to be precise – BBC1 aired the first ever episode...

• HBO Picks Up J.K. Rowling’s Crime Novels

  28 October 2016 ( #BBC One, #Cormoran Strike, #HBO, #JK Rowling, #Robert Galbraith )

  HBO has acquired US and Canadian rights to Cormoran Strike , BBC One’s high-profile new limited series based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The project had been rumored to be heading to HBO since...

• 80 years ago today the first British television programme was broadcast

  02 November 2016 ( #British television, #television, #The Radio Times, #TV, #TV listings )

  80 years ago today – at 3pm, to be precise – the first British television programme was broadcast. Of course, it wasn't TV as we know it. No Strictly, no X Factor... Back then there was just one channel, known as the BBC Television Service, and at the...

• First look at the cast of The Moonstone

  31 October 2016 ( #BBC, #BBC One, #mystery novel, #The Moonstone, #Wilkie Collins )

  Here they are – the cast of BBC1's latest period drama The Moonstone. Miranda's Sarah Hadland stars alongside Cold Feet actor John Thomson in the new version of Wilkie Collins' 1868 mystery, believed by many to be the first ever detective novel. Thomson...

• Neil Gaiman / Terry Pratchett series Good Omens will be an Amazon-BBC co-production

  20 January 2017 ( #amazon, #bbc, #good omens, #neil gaiman, #terry pratchett )

  Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman novel Good Omens is being adapted by Amazon and the BBC for a six-part series. On-demand service Amazon Studios (who are currently adapting Gaiman's novel American Gods) and UK broadcaster the BBC will co-produce the fantasy...

• The Moonstone

  07 October 2016 ( #BBC, #BBC1, #detective novel, #The Moonstone, #Wilkie Collins )

  Here they are – the cast of BBC1's latest period drama The Moonstone. Miranda's Sarah Hadland stars alongside Cold Feet actor John Thomson in the new version of Wilkie Collins' 1868 mystery, believed by many to be the first ever detective novel. Thomson...