Bleak House

[altariel]

I'm very excited about the BBC's forthcoming adaptation of Bleak House, which starts at the end of October (I think). It's fifteen episodes, starting with an hour-long episode, and then running twice-weekly, in an early evening slot. The screenplay is by Andrew Davies, and the cast looks wonderful. What a great run-up to Christmas. Who knows, I might even finish reading it before then.

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[michaelschuster.livejournal.com]

Ah, how I wish I'd be able to watch it. Seems like a good show ...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I bet they'll have the DVD out in no time.

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

What wonderful faces they all have!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Britain - a nation of characters actors.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Another literary classic adapted by Andrew Davies? Very interesting!

And the cast list is really worth pointing out:

Nathaniel Parker. Denis Lawson. Anna Maxwell Martin. Gillian Anderson. (Whose appareance on British TV puzzles me a bit, not that I'd object.) Joanna David. Tony Haygarth...

It's really the "Hey, I think I know that guy from somewhere!" syndrome. :)

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Gillian Anderson. (Whose appareance on British TV puzzles me a bit, not that I'd object.)

Lives here, doesn't she?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Apparently Gillian Anderson spent a chunk of her childhood in England.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hadn't known about her connections to England. I probably still associate her completely with The X-Files and U.S. TV.