‘War and Peace’ pics gallery: First look at BBC One’s epic new drama

The first official promotional photos for BBC One’s new adaptation of War and Peace have been revealed. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will “bring the classic to life for a modern audience on a truly epic scale”. The four pictures show Lily James … >

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‘Life in Squares’ episode guide

Life in Squares is BBC Two’s new drama about the Bloomsbury group. Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part serial dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant. > Order Life in Squares … >

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Neil Morrissey joins ‘Grantchester’ cast for Season 2

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey has joined the cast of ITV drama Grantchester. James Norton and Robson Green began filming six new episodes last month in London, Cambridge, and Grantchester. Set in the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Grantchester in the early 1950s, Grantchester launched last October on ITV, averaging a consolidated audience of 6.6 million … >

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‘Life in Squares’ Episode 1 review: BBC Two’s new Bloomsbury group drama

Choose life. Choose art. Choose literature. Choose ripping off your corset and bloomers at the bedroom window. Choose a back alley hand job from a local bit of rough without being caught by the Old Bill. Choose dissipation, copulation, sodomy, isonomy and low rent pornography. Choose famous economists, snooty critics and highly-strung cousins with miracle-grow … >

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‘Grantchester’ Season 2 begins filming

James Norton and Robson Green are about to start filming the second season of Grantchester. Six new episodes will be filmed in London, Cambridge, and Grantchester. Set in the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Grantchester in the early 1950s, Grantchester launched last October on ITV, averaging a consolidated audience of 6.6 million viewers. > Buy Season 1 … >

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‘Life in Squares’ trailer: Phoebe Fox and James Norton in BBC Two’s period drama

BBC Two has released a trailer for Life in Squares, the channel’s new drama about the Bloomsbury group. Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part mini-series dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan … >

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Start date confirmed for Bloomsbury group drama ‘Life in Squares’

Life in Squares, BBC Two’s new drama about the Bloomsbury group, will begin later this month. Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part serial dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant. The … >

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Gillian Anderson and Jim Broadbent join BBC One’s ‘War and Peace’

Further cast additions have been revealed for BBC One’s new adaptation of War and Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will “bring the classic to life for a modern audience on a truly epic scale”. Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter) will appear as Prince Bolkonsky, … >

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BBC One’s ‘War and Peace’ adaptation cast announced

The cast has been revealed for BBC One’s epic new adaptation of War And Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will star James Norton (Grantchester), Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) and Lily James (Downton Abbey). Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), War and … >

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