The four-part drama stars Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, sister of Jane. The BBC has announced that it has acquired Miss Austen, a four-part drama based on Gill Hornby’s best-selling and much loved novel. The story takes a literary mystery and spins it into a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love. The adaptation of … >
For those who didn’t study the text at school or haven’t seen the 1954 film with Alastair Sim, An Inspector Calls is a JB Priestly play set in 1912. First performed (in the Soviet Union) in 1945, it is a story that focusses on the death of a young woman, variously called Eva Smith or … >
A trailer has been unveiled for BBC One’s new adaptation of An Inspector Calls. Set in 1912 and written by celebrated British dramatist JB Priestley, the mysterious detective thriller has been adapted for BBC One by Helen Edmundson. An Inspector Calls airs at 8.30pm on Sunday 13 September on BBC One. > Buy the DVD … >
The cast has been announced for BBC One’s new adaptation of JB Priestley’s classic play An Inspector Calls. Harry Potter actor David Thewlis will play The Inspector, alongside Ken Stott (The Hobbit) as Arthur Birling and Miranda Richardson (Mapp & Lucia) as his wife Sybil Birling. The cast also include Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror), Kyle … >