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• Far from the Madding Crowd, teaser trailer

  23 November 2014 ( #Carey Mulligan, #Far from the Madding Crowd, #film adaptation, #on the big screen, #Thomas Hardy )

  Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy’s classic English pastoral novel, was first published in book form 140 years ago today, on November 23, 1874. To mark the anniversary, a teaser trailer and teaser poster for the highly anticipated 2015 film adaptation...

• Game of Thrones author, George RR Martin, in Dijon for a book signing

  03 July 2014 ( #France, #Game of Thrones, #George RR Martin, #GoT, #Le Trône de fer )

  Photo credit: Nicolas Rouillard L'écrivain américain George R. R. Martin, auteur de la saga du Trône de fer, laquelle a été déclinée à l'écran sous le nom de Game of Thrones, est arrivé à Dijon ce mercredi. Il a été accueilli par le maire de Dijon Alain...

• Parade's End sur arte, premiers épisodes le 10 août 2014

  09 August 2014 ( #BBC, #Benedict Cumberbatch, #Ford Madox Ford, #Julian Barnes, #Parade's End )

  Grande-Bretagne, 1908. Christopher Tietjens, un jeune haut fonctionnaire conservateur issu de l’aristocratie, épouse Sylvia, sa maîtresse, belle mondaine enceinte d'un enfant dont il est peut-être le père – un doute subsiste car celle-ci a de nombreux...

• Sherlock series 3 on French television (France 4 - April 3rd)

  03 April 2014 ( #BBC, #Conan Doyle, #France 4, #France Televisions, #Sherlock )

  Au programme: - dès 20h50 : Sherlock S3E1 Le Cercueil Vide Deux ans après les terribles événements de The Reichenbach Fall, la vie de John semble avoir repris son cours. De nouveaux horizons, et une histoire d’amour sont en vue. Mais lorsque Londres se...

• Sherlock Holmes adapté au cinéma et à la télé sur France Inter

  22 February 2014 ( #BBC, #Elementary, #France inter, #Sherlock, #Sherlock Holmes )

  Une nouvelle série américaine où le docteur Watson est une femme. Un feuilleton de la BBC qui fait un carton en France. Sherlock Holmes ne s’est jamais aussi bien porté sur le grand comme le petit écran. L'occasion d'un plongeon dans les mille et une...

• Axed BBC1 drama Ripper Street to be revived by Amazon

  26 February 2014 ( #Amazon, #BBC, #costume drama, #Ripper Street, #Victorian crime drama )

  Back in December, Ripper Street fans were outraged when the drama was axed by the BBC after just two series. Fans flocked to sign petitions and the show's stars bemoaned the abrupt end to a series which was voted the best show of 2013 by RadioTimes.com...

• David Suchet says goodbye to Hercule Poirot

  14 November 2013 ( #Agatha Christie, #Crime Drama, #David Suchet, #Hercule Poirot, #ITV )

  Read here : source Curtain: Poirot's Last Case will see the elderly detective call on old friend Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) for assistance as they return to the scene of their first case, Styles Court, to try to prevent another murder. Times have...

• First look at BBC2’s Death and Nightingales

  20 August 2018 ( #BBC, #BBC2, #Death and Nightingales, #Eugene McCabe )

  Jamie Dornan gets to wear a beard and a hat in his latest role in the upcoming BBC2 drama, Death and Nightingales. Set in Fermanagh in the 1880s and based on Eugene McCabe’s 1992 novel, it also gave Dornan the opportunity to work once again in his native...

• La BBC tourne « Les Misérables » à Sedan

  14 April 2018 ( #Andrew Davies, #BBC, #Les Misérables, #Victor Hugo )

  Un scénario adapté par le Britannique Andrew Davies (« House of Cards », « Orgueil et préjugés », « Guerre et paix »), des scènes tournées dans les rues du centre de Sedan : le roman de Victor Hugo, « Les Misérables », est au coeur d’une série télévisée...

• Crooked House - review

  18 December 2017 ( #Agatha Christie, #channel 5, #Crooked House, #review )

  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...

• Kenneth Branagh on 'Murder on the Orient Express'

  01 November 2017 ( #Agatha Christie, #Kenneth Branagh, #Murder on the Orient-Express, #The Guardian )

  “Women in wild places and mental instability run right through things, don’t they?” says Kenneth Branagh, leaning forward, earnestly. “She’s very, very sensitive, and I see the ghost of her as a heroine in what she writes, in terms of keeping body and...

• Les Misérables, BBC Press release

  15 July 2018 ( #Andrew Davies, #BBC, #Les Misérables, #Victor Hugo )

  First look Les Misérables images released Date: 15.07.2018 Last updated: 15.07.2018 Category: BBC One; Drama The first look of Les Misérables will premiere as part of a BBC drama trailer on BBC One around the World Cup final this Sunday. Ahead of this,...

• A Defense of Not Reading the Books First

  26 August 2017 ( #Game of Thrones, #Harry Potter, #Outlander, #spoilers )

  There is an unspoken (or, sometimes, very loudly spoken) hierarchy in fandoms for TV shows like Game of Thrones : book readers trump non-book readers every time. The implication is that “real” fans read the source material, while casual fans merely watch...

• what Mr Darcy would really have looked like

  09 February 2017 ( #Jane Austen, #Mr Darcy, #popular culture, #Pride & Prejudice )

  The name “Mr Darcy” is often associated with three words: tall, dark and handsome. But according to a group of leading academics, our fantasised TV depictions of Jane Austen’s 1813 creation are wrong. Oh, so very wrong. A new, 'historically accurate'...

• Agatha Christie at Christmas

  17 December 2016 ( #agatha christie, #hercule poirot, #miss marple, #witness for the prosecution )

  If you're a fan of the Queen of Crime, then consider yourself catered for. Because the schedulers have managed to include an Agatha Christie whodunnit on every day of the Christmas holidays. Advertising There are Miss Marple mysteries starring Joan Hickson...

• Read Up on the Golden Globes' Literary Inspirations

  05 January 2017 ( #game of thrones, #golden globes, #outlander, #the night manager )

  The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards are this Sunday, and as we prepare for our viewing parties and predictions, we also wanted to look back to the great books that inspired the year's best films and television shows. Check out Hollywood's source material...

• Witness for the Prosecution - Agatha Christie

  27 December 2016 ( #Agatha Christie, #BBC, #Sarah Phelps, #Witness for the Prosecution )

  The Witness for the Prosecution – a mere 23 page story by the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie - has spawned a Billy Wilder film and a play. And now it has become a dark and gripping two-part drama for the festive season. You can see why they didn’t air...

• And Then There Were None

  31 December 2016 ( #Agatha Christie, #And Then There Were None, #BBC, #Sarah Phelps )

  « A Christie for Christmas », autrement dit « un Agatha Christie pour Noël », fut longtemps le plus futé des slogans pour écouler comme des petits pains les romans de celle qui est toujours surnommée « la reine du crime ». Remettant cette devise au goût...

• First Look at the adaptation of The Cuckoo's Calling

  14 November 2016 ( #BBC, #Cormoran Strike, #JK Rowling, #The Cuckoo's Calling )

  Amid all the hubbub about Harry Potter prequel/spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, you might have missed out on the fact that there’s ANOTHER JK Rowling adaptation coming soon to screens. Still, not to worry if you didn’t notice – because...

• Winds of Winter out in March?

  06 September 2016 ( #Game of Thrones, #George RR Martin, #GoT, #Winds of Winter )

  Winds of Winter, the latest book in George RR Martin's Game of Thrones series, is due out on 9th March 2017 – according to a listing on Amazon France. The author was thought to still be writing book six of A Song of Ice and Fire, having said on his blog...

• The Americans - the Best Period Piece on TV

  29 August 2016 ( #FX, #original period drama, #spoilers, #The Americans )

  Warning: season finale spoilers ahead. In a key scene from The Americans' Season 3 finale, Philip Jennings visits the apartment of an FBI employee who may know too much about the bugged pen planted in bureau headquarters. Naturally, Philip—the undercover...

• Les Misérables on the BBC

  30 July 2016 ( #andrew davies, #bbc, #Les Misérables, #victor hugo )

  Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables is to be turned into a six-part BBC One drama by Bafta-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies, the BBC has confirmed. The "landmark adaptation" follows the success of Davies' recent dramatisation of Tolstoy's War and Peace....

• Entretien en français: Angel by François Ozon

  07 September 2016 ( #Angel, #Elizabeth Taylor, #François Ozon, #Romola Garai )

  Entretien avec François Ozon Angel est l’adaptation d’un roman d’Elizabeth Taylor. Pourquoi ce livre ? Après l’avoir lu d’une traite, il y a 5 ou 6 ans, j’ai tout de suite senti que l’adaptation de ce livre était l’occasion de me confronter à un univers...

• Zadie Smith to be adapted for BBC2

  10 June 2016 ( #BBC, #BBC2, #NW, #Zadie Smith )

  Luther star Nikki Amuka-Bird and Hollow Crown actor Phoebe Fox are set to star in the BBC adaptation of Zadie Smith novel NW. The two actors have begun filming the BBC2 drama based on Smith's bestselling book, a story of two friends who grew up together...

• In French: Poldark

  09 June 2016 ( #BBC, #BBC One, #Poldark, #Winston Graham )

  Avec les présences annoncées de la productrice Karen Thrussell, de la scénariste Debbie Horsfield, des comédiennes Heida Reed & Eleanor Tomlinson, ainsi que du fort charismatique détenteur du rôle-titre Aiden Turner, Poldark sera assurément l’une des...