BBC One’s new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None has started shooting. Based on the best-selling crime novel of all time, the three-part drama has been adapted for TV by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations). The all-star ensemble cast includes Aidan Turner (Poldark) as Philip Lombard, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) … >
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 … >
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 … >
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 … >
Steve Pemberton’s adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia will air over three consecutive days in the week after Christmas. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part 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 … >
The first photo has been released of Sherlock star Mark Gatiss as Major Benjy in BBC One’s upcoming adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia. Adapated by Inside No 9‘s Steve Pemberton, the three-part series is currently filming in Rye, Sussex. Set in the summer of 1930, Mapp and Lucia stars Miranda Richardson (Parade’s End, Blackadder) … >
Inside No 9 star Steve Pemberton has diccussed his upcoming adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia in a new video from the set. Mapp and Lucia is currently filming in Rye, Sussex. Watch the interview… Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part series stars Miranda Richardson (Parade’s End, Blackadder) and Anna Chancellor … >