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• Sir Kenneth Branagh's new film of Murder on the Orient Express.

  30 September 2016 ( #Agatha Christie, #Murder on the Orient Express )

  Dame Judi Dench and Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley form part of Sir Kenneth Branagh's starry cast in his new film of Murder on the Orient Express. Entertainment & Arts Image copyright PA/BBC Image caption Ridley and Dame Judi take on roles previously...

• Welcome to the Dickensian world

  02 December 2015 ( #Dickens, #reverse science fiction )

  This may look like a classic costume drama but don’t be fooled. What appears to be another Dickens adaptation is in fact a mash-up of his greatest hits – a 20-part drama that irreverently reimagines his world by bringing together a mixture of his cast...

• Director-General has laid out plans to reshape the BBC to meet the demands of its audience

  07 September 2015 ( #BBC, #BBC Charter )

  Director-General Tony Hall has laid out his plans to reshape the BBC to meet the demands of its audience, while satisfying the demands of the BBC Charter Renewal. He said the proposals were intended to create an "open, more distinctive BBC" – but what...

• First look at James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe in Victor Frankenstein

  25 April 2015 ( #Frankenstein, #Mary Shelley )

  We've long been excited about Victor Frankenstein. The new adaptation of Mary Shelley's 19th century novel stars James McAvoy in the title role alongside Daniel Radcliffe sporting some, er, questionable hair extensions as his assistant Igor. And that's...

• Judging a television series by its book

  16 January 2015 ( #andrew davies, #austen, #bleak house, #dexter, #dickens, #game of thrones, #grr martin, #house of cards, #mantel, #pride & prejudice, #sherlock, #wolf hall )

  Next week BBC2 will launch a major new drama series based on the Booker Prize-winning historical novels of Hilary Mantel. Wolf Hall will tell the gripping story of Thomas Cromwell, a ruthless commoner who inveigles his way into the court of Henry VIII...

• Book Review: Making Masterpiece, Rebecca Eaton

  06 November 2013 ( #BBC, #Charles DIckens, #Cranford, #Downton Abbey, #Jane Austen, #PBS, #Poirot, #Rebecca Eaton, #Sherlock, #spoilers, #The Buccaneers, #Upstairs Downstairs )

  For more than twenty-five years and counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, the longest running weekly prime time drama series in American history. From the runaway hits Upstairs, Downstairs and The Buccaneers, to the hugely...

• Game of Thrones Wall recreated in London

  17 February 2014 ( #Game of Thrones, #HBO )

  Game of Thrones may be firmly set in the fantasy realm of the Seven Kingdoms but today fans of the hit US show were given the chance to witness the dizzying heights of towering icy fortress The Wall in the considerably more mundane setting of a London...

• Poldark: 1970 VS. 2015

  08 December 2015 ( #Poldark )

  Aidan Turner’s brooding and rugged remake of the 1970s period drama Poldark packed a decent punch with its opening episode at the weekend. Matching the original show’s blend of simmering passion and swashbuckling action, it might be a rare case of a remake...

• TV ownership in the UK falls for the first time

  09 December 2014 ( #TV ownership )

  The tide could be turning against the traditional TV set as viewers opt to watch programmes on tablets and smartphones, according to an Ofcom report. The media regulator's study shows that the number of households with a television set fell from 26.33...

• In French: the best TV adaptations

  28 November 2014 ( #andrew davies, #BBC, #dickens, #game of thrones, #george rr martin, #HBO, #jane eyre, #les rois maudits, #little dorrit, #maupassant, #maurice druon )

  LE SCAN TÉLÉ - La petite Dorrit, relecture magnifique d'un des romans fleuves du célèbre Charles Dickens, a démarré jeudi soir sur Arte. L'occasion d'un classement des adaptations télé de monuments littéraires, depuis ses dix dernières années… La petite...

• The Queen on the Game of Thrones set in Belfast

  24 June 2014 ( #Game of Thrones )

  For Queen Elizabeth II, one throne is enough. The United Kingdom's 88-year-old monarch toured the Belfast sets of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and met many of its stars Tuesday beside the show's sword-covered seat of power, the Iron Throne. Unlike...

• In French: B. Cumberbatch sera Richard III pour la BBC

  08 April 2014 ( #BBC, #Benedict Cumberbatch, #France 4, #Gareth Neame, #history plays, #Richard III, #Sam Mendes, #Shakespeare, #Sherlock, #The Hollow Crown, #The White Queen )

  L'interprète de Sherlock rejoint la deuxième saison de The Hollow Crown, l'adaptation des pièces historiques de Shakespeare. Le futur sera shakespearien ou ne sera pas pourBenedict Cumberbatch. Après avoir annoncé qu'il serait Hamlet sur les planches...

• Call The Midwife beats Poldark and Downton Abbey to be named best period drama of 21st century

  03 December 2017 ( #call the midwife, #costume drama, #downton abbey, #dr who, #game of thrones, #north & south, #poldark, #the night manager, #the west wing, #wolf hall )

  Call The Midwife has been named the UK’s best period drama of the 21st century, beating Poldark and Downton Abbey. The BBC series, following East End midwives in the 1950s, has topped the Radio Times’ new poll ahead of the launch of the sixth season....

• 2017's biggest book adaptations

  06 January 2017

  T hanks to Hollywood’s baffling inability to produce anything that wasn’t first a book, a question that gets asked more and more these days is: “Should I read the original?” There is no default answer. Sometimes, the book is so far removed that reading...

• The last of the Hollow Crown 2

  15 December 2016

  “Poldark” has wrapped up for the season and “Sherlock” and “Victoria” don’t start until 2017, but we can try to fill the void with some Shakespeare (and Cumberbatch) in these last few weeks of 2016 with “The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses.” The three-part...

• The Man in the High Castle: What if?

  21 November 2015

  What if the Nazis won the war? What if Hitler beat the U.S. to the atomic bomb and dropped it on Washington, D.C.? What if the Axis powers then divided the U.S. and occupied their new territories: Greater Nazi Reich in the east and the Japanese Pacific...

• Pop Fiction (france inter): Trône de fer décrypté

  23 May 2015 ( #cynicism, #Game of Thrones, #GRR Martin, #justice, #mad queen, #Shakespeare, #spoilers, #the hero, #translation, #violence )

  Avec Justine Le Goas, Pierre Sérisier, Stéphane Rolet et Julien Bisson. Un succès planétaire Les producteurs n'ont plus assez de mains pour compter. Difficile pour eux de lister la multitude d'acteurs impliqués dans la série, le total de nominations,...

• Filming locations: Downton Abbey v. Brideshead Revisited

  06 July 2014

  They are both magnificent stately homes which became world famous thanks to the success of a television costume drama. But it is the setting for the 1981 smash hit Brideshead Revisited and not the current ratings winner Downton Abbey that has made it...

• Classic 20th century literature on BBC One

  24 April 2014 ( #20th century, #BBC, #BBC One, #Cider with Rosie, #classic literature, #DH Lawrence, #Lady Chatterley’s Lover, #Laurie Lee, #LP Hartley, #The Go-Between )

  The season was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One and Ben Stephenson, Controller of BBC Drama. Charlotte Moore says: “These four classic works each represent a real moment in our recent history when Britain was on the cusp of great...

• Agrégation anglais - Programme de la session 2021

  25 April 2020 ( #Agrégation, #BBC, #Concours, #EM Forster, #George Eliot, #Henry V, #Howards End, #Middlemarch, #Shakespeare )

  ÉCRIT : tronc commun I – Littérature 1 – William Shakespeare. King Henry V [c. 1599]. Edited by Andrew Gurr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (The New Cambridge Shakespeare), 2005. 2 – George Eliot. Middlemarch [1871-72]. With an introduction by...

• 10 Best British TV Period Dramas

  14 September 2016 ( #Bleak House, #Brideshead Revisited, #Downton Abbey, #Pride & Prejudice, #The Crimson Petal &, #The Jewel in the Crown, #Vanity Fair, #War & Peace, #Wolf Hall )

  British TV at its very best: no one in the world can compete when it comes to the lavish thrills of period drama on television. Drawing on the world's most revered authors – Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and beyond – for tales of love, loss and scandal...

• In French: War and Peace presented at Mipcom (Cannes)

  07 October 2015 ( #Andew Davies, #BBC, #BBC One, #costume drama, #Mipcom, #period drama, #Tolstoy, #War and Peace, #Weinstein )

  De notre envoyée spéciale à Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) La télévision britannique n’en a pas fini avec les séries historiques en costume. Cette semaine au marché international des contenus audiovisuels (Mipcom) qui se tient chaque année à Cannes, BBC Worldwide...

• SPOILERS: review of series 5 in French

  15 June 2015 ( #A Song of Ice and Fire, #D&D, #from page to screen, #Game of Thrones, #George RR Martin, #GoT, #HBO, #review, #spoilers )

  Il est préférable d'avoir vu toute la saison 5 pour lire cette note C 'est un peu toujours la même histoire. Et dans le cas présent, c'est une histoire un peu différente car elle tient à une absence de concordance, à des divergences (irréconciliables)...

• Howard's End (James Ivory - 1991)

  21 December 2014 ( #1991, #Agrégation, #CAPES, #Concours, #EM Forster, #heritage drama, #Howard's End, #James Ivory, #Merchant & Ivory )

  Londres, au début du XXe siècle. Les sœurs Margaret et Helen Schlegel, filles de bonne famille ouvertes aux idées nouvelles, font la connaissance des Wilcox, un clan riche et traditionnel. La liaison sans lendemain entre Helen et l’un des fils Wilcox,...

• Filming locations: Castle Howard (Yorkshire)

  06 July 2014 ( #Andrew Davies, #BBC, #Brideshead Revisited, #Castle Howard, #Death Comes To Pemberley, #Filming locations, #The Buccaneers, #Twelfth Night, #Yorkshire )

  Castle Howard On Film Since the 1960s, Castle Howard has been used as a location for many film and television productions. The house, the beautiful grounds and wider estate are all ideal settings for costume dramas, feature films and documentaries. These...