Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall is a historical book steeped in intrigue and gritty, dark drama. A page-turner based in the difficult, relentless world of Tudor politics, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenwriter Peter Straughan’s new six-part adaptation takes well-known elements and figures from history and casts them in a new light. In December 2013, the … >
Sherlock‘s upcoming one-off special has started filming in Bristol. Written by the show’s co-creators, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the special sees Benedict Cumberbatch return as Sherlock Holmes, alongside Martin Freeman as John Watson and Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson. Rupert Graves (Lestrade) and Jonathan Aris (Anderson) were also spotted filming today. There have not … >
BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall will begin later this month. The six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels stars Homeland‘s Damian Lewis as Henry VIII alongside Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy (The Promise) as Anne Boleyn. Wolf Hall begins at 9pm on Wednesday 21 January on BBC Two. … >
The petty jealousy and absurd one-upmanship continues in this final instalment of BBC One’s Mapp and Lucia. My cringing discomfort at the ridiculousness of the titular characters at times moves me to want to grab them by the kingfisher blue lapels and shout at them that maybe their lives would be a little bit more … >
Insufferable is the word I keep coming back to when I try to find new and novel ways of describing the two titular characters of BBC One’s Mapp and Lucia. Insufferable, insufferable, insufferable. I’m not normally one to engage in schadenfreude; indeed, sometimes I do think my empathy for make believe characters extends far further … >
By the end of the first episode of BBC One’s new adaptation of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia, I found myself expressing to my partner in no uncertain terms my gratitude that we live in a midsize city where we don’t know any of our neighbours. Anna Chancellor is Mrs. Lucas – known to her … >
The first trailer has been released for BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall. Written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels stars Homeland‘s Damian Lewis as Henry VIII. Also featuring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy (The Promise) as Anne Boleyn, Wolf … >
Miranda Richardson (Parade’s End) and Anna Chancellor (Spooks) star as notorious small-town social rivals Miss Elizabeth Mapp and Mrs Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas in Steve Pemberton’s adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part series also stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) as Raj Army veteran Major Benjy, alongside writer … >
BBC One has unveiled a trailer for Steve Pemberton’s new adaptation of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part comic drama mini-series begins at 9.05pm on Monday 29 December on BBC One, concluding at 9pm on Wednesday 31 December. > Order Mapp and Lucia on DVD on Amazon. Watch … >
Sherlock co-creator and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss has not ruled out the possibility of a crossover featuring Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor. However, he was keen to point out that it would likely only be a brief skit for charity. Gatiss told DNAIndia: “It may be possible to do a crossover for Comic Relief … >