Toby Jones leads The Chimes – Dickens’ lesser-known follow up to A Christmas Carol. We’re all doubtless familiar with A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens’ festive morality tale from 1843 of the hard-hearted Scrooge who’s encouraged to change his miserly ways after a series of spectral visitations. The author followed up with a second tale – … >
The actor Sir Michael Gambon has died aged 82, according to a statement from his family issued by his publicist Clair Dobbs. “We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout … >
Charles Dickens’ classic tale of charity, forgiveness and redemption celebrates 180 years. Last year, one of our highlights was catching Colin Baker on stage as Sherlock Holmes. In the company of fellow Doctor Who thespian Terry Molloy, he starred as the Great Detective in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Now, we’re pleased to see that … >
The Oscar winner will become Miss Havisham for Steven Knight’s take on the classic tale. While the final television series of Peaky Blinders is set to debut at the end of February, the BBC have announced casting for another Steven Knight project. The writer is tackling another Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, having previously brought … >
Guy Pearce is Ebenezer Scrooge in the BBC’s upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol…
Steven Knight and Tom Hardy, who also work together on Peaky Blinders and Taboo, are collaborating once again on a BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens’ iconic festive yarn, A Christmas Carol. Today, some fresh details have surfaced…
Tom Hardy has landed some more work with the BBC, as he’s teaming up with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to bring major adaptations of Charles Dickens’ work to the screen. First up will be a new take on A Christmas Carol, that’s going to be split over three hour-long episodes. Be interesting to see … >