Dangerously close to rivaling Pride and Prejudice for how many times a novel can be adapted for the big or small screen, English author Dame Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is getting a 2020 reboot this Fall. It would be hard to mount an argument that there is a need to remake the most well-known adaptation, the 1940 Hitchcock masterpiece which […]
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Set in Scotland, Vigil revolves around the events after the mysterious disappearance of a fishing trawler and a death on-board a Trident nuclear submarine. The two incidents see a conflict between local police and British security officers, with the Navy also involved. With the lead role of DCI Amy Silva played by Suranne Jones (Scott and Bailey, […]
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The word out of Neal Street Productions is that cast and crew of Call the Midwife have returned to Nonnatus House (i.e. Longcross Studios) to begin filming of the traditional Christmas special and series 10! Filming was halted in March due to safety concerns for the CTM family. While postponing filming was viewed by producers as a sad but […]
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All Creatures Great and Small is set for a January 2021 return on PBS as part of Masterpiece‘s 50th anniversary celebration! Starring Nicholas Ralph along with Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley and Rachel Shenton, the series is based on the books of Alf Wight (writing under the pseudonym, James Herriot). The original series, broadcast in both the U.K. […]
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Earlier this year, Aidan Turner swapped the picturesque Cornish coastline, where he rode up and down more times than the law should allow on his trusty horse, Seamus, in Poldark, for Italy in the 1400s and a paintbrush when he portrays Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci, in a forthcoming 8-part drama series, Leonardo. Set in Italy, the […]
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Elizabeth is Missing, a BAFTA-nominated mystery starring two-time Academy Award® winner, two-time Emmy Award winner Glenda Jackson in her triumphant return to PBS and Masterpiece. Glenda Jackson stars as 80-year-old Maud, a funny, loyal and endearing woman determined to find her missing best friend, Elizabeth. After having had the opportunity to screen the full 90-minute film, […]
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Lust, greed, wrath, envy, and pride are just a few of the deadly sins that plague a seemingly happy family in the forthcoming mystery-thriller, Flesh and Blood. Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter, Psychoville, Vera Drake, The Crown) and Francesca Annis (Reckless, Cranford, Home Fires) star in a juicy mystery about the perils of late-life romance. Claudie Blakley (Manhunt, […]
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Maggie Cole is in trouble with a capital “T”. The day started out so well. It was a day like any other day. Then came a seemingly innocent interview on the radio by the local paper about local life where she, unfortunately, took no prisoners. It doesn’t help that the interview takes place in a pub and Maggie has ‘one too many’.
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If you’re Andrew Davies and your career portfolio includes the likes of Sanditon, Les Misérables, Pride and Prejudice, War & Peace, Vanity Fair, Bleak House, Middlemarch, A Very Peculiar Practice and, let’s not forget, the brilliant House of Cards, you could easily hang it up and retire to the Cotswolds or you could ramp it up a notch and create […]
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As the dreaded and feared concept that the year 2021 could be virtually devoid of any new drama series inches closer to reality as every day passes, UK broadcasters have announced a new slate of guidelines to resume filming on television without a 2-metre separation. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. A BBC spokesperson told Variety: “Getting TV production back up and running safely is our priority. The BBC has already produced popular shows during lockdown following social distancing – from Have I Got News For You to Talking Heads.”
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