THE PARADISE STORY
The new show THE PARADISE tells the story of a love affair set against the backdrop of the opening of the first English department store in 1875. Smart, ambitious and big hearted Denise Lovett played by Joanna Vanderham arrives in the city to seek work in her Uncle Edmund’s shop. When he’s unable to help her, she turns to THE PARADISE and her eyes are opened to a whole new world of
possibilities. This impossibly glamorous store provides the catalyst for her rags-to-riches story as she falls in love with the exhilarating and dangerous charms of the modern world. Entwined in this intoxication is The Paradise’s dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, played by Emun Elliott a buccaneering capitalist, self-made and utterly modern man who inspires in Denise a passion & creativity she didn’t know she had.
THE PARADISE TIDBITS
Ready to premiere with its first episode of the first season Tuesday September 26th (it was actually scheduled for next year, but BBC wanted to beat the very similar project MR. SELFRIDGE over at rival ITV, since ITV managed to crash BBC's UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS project with their DOWNTON ABBEY in the recent past.
to North-East England for the TV adaptation.The producers have described the series as "Sex And The City" in the 19th century since the period set series has a very fancy setting and actually a lot of the dynamics that the characters face are really modern. Beside Emun Elliott (GAME OF THRONES) as John Moray and Joanna Vanderham as Denise Lovett, the cast also includes Elaine Cassidy, Peter Wight, Patrick Malahide who plays Lord Glendenning, David Hayman, Sarah Lancashire and others.
This looks fantastic! I hope I get to see it here in the States, but I suppose there's always DVD. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will air on BBC America :) It might be a hit like DOWNTON ABBEY was/is.
DeleteI love the look, but then again, I'm a period piece junkie.
ReplyDeletesame here, Joshie!
DeleteThe costumes look beautiful. =)
ReplyDeleteyep, those dark blue dresses are their uniforms in the store, so lovely :)
DeleteOne of the best parts of period pieces is the wardrobes. Imagine the work that goes into designing, making and maintaining those. It's an art unto itself and thank God they give awards for it.
Deleteyou should see Turkish show THE MAGNIFICENT CENTURY which is the biggest TV hit around the Balkans, you would love the costumes in those, darling :)
DeleteI'll have to see if there is anyway to find it here.
Deletejust Google the pics from it, darling, you'd probably find watching the show itself a bit boring :) And I don't think it is translated into English.
Deletelooks great
ReplyDeleteglad you like it
DeleteI think you are just too young and hip to enjoy Downton Abbey. I admit some of the episodes are a little slow, but my brain delights in seeing all the beautiful dresses and fancy English life. It's really a period soap opera.
ReplyDeleteThis new show looks promising. I'll certainly give it a look if it comes on BBC here. I adore those period shows and will put up with a lot from the script...for awhile anyway.
that's ageism :PP I actually love such shows, for example YOU RANG MILORD was one of my fave shows when I was a kid, and I watch most BBC things, but in order to be my cup of tea I think that DOWNTON needs delightful touches in humour, settings, costumes, plot... It's mediocre for me as it is now. Needs more creativity. Hope this new show has that since it wasn't done by Julian Fellows, whose TITANIC series this year, beside DOWNTON, I also found monotonous.
DeleteTo give you an example of what I think is a flawless series of this genre, containing all the qualities I mentioned above - it is CRANFORD from a few years ago with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Simon Woods (who just got married to his boyfriend, the director of Burberry's :), and others. I adore that series indescribably :) Such delight.
Well, you are just an adorkable babe in the woods compared to an old woman like me, but didn't you love Gosford Park by Fellowes? That was very smart, and I always think of Downton Abbey as Gosford-light for television. And Maggie Smith cracks me up.
DeleteI'll have to check out Cranford (bows to her majesty Judi Dench).
Nope, fell asleep three times during GOSNORT BARK :) Maggie is the only delightful part in DOWNTON (especially when she fights with Matthew's mother :)
DeleteYou haven't seen CRANFORD??? Oh, you must, you must indeed, you can't possibly miss it, dahlink, can't possibly, I cannot stand it, I cannot, I swear, the very thought of you not watching it fills me with utter dread :)
Downtown Abbey though is classic British drama and it satisfies a particular need in their culture. Not my cuppa either as the wit is so dry that I need to be on a saline IV just to survive it.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks different though and Netflix always carries these so I'll get to see it eventually. I've high hopes for it.
darling, you've described it better than me :) Dry is the word!
DeleteHope Netflix will flix it for you, Annzie :)
I really did try to like Downtown Abbey. I wanted it to be good, but it couldn't hold my attention. It is possible to be "too British"
DeleteI'd blame it on Fellows, not on the Brits, since they do tend to have great humour sometimes (not all the time). I grew up watching ALO ALO, BLACK ADDER, YOU RANG MILORD?, ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and such delightful British shows. But ABBEY is just plain mediocre and boring, has no charm nor wit. And even the setting wasn't all that pretty, ugly old house and ugly costumes.
DeleteWas Coldplay playing in the background? It put me off because the music was so modern but I love the premise.
ReplyDeleteit's a lovely music, isn't it?
DeleteI can appreciate the period outfits and background ~ Thanks for the updates Dez and will keep an eye for this one ~
ReplyDeleteglad you like it, Heaven :)
DeleteI'm not a big fan of period dramas but The Paradise sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteyou is not? :) Me thought you is... On a positive side, maybe they have a chocolate section in the PARADISE department store :)
DeleteOh, I wanted to watch Copper. I didn't know it was on already. I'm bad about keeping up with TV.
ReplyDelete.....dhole
yep, I think they've aired at least three episodes of COPPER so far, and I hear it's the best viewed original series the channel ever had.
DeleteI've been watching the ads on BBC but it's not my cup of tea, I'll have to hide it from the missus!
ReplyDeletehide it, Lurk,hide it :)
DeleteNot sure why everyone loves those "oldie" time settings. An era with no toothbrushes or deodorant doesn't seem pleasant to me.
ReplyDeletebut they did have toothbrushes and perfumes :)
DeleteSex in the City in the nineteenth century - sounds like fun!
ReplyDeletefun, fun, fun :)
DeleteThe paradise sounds interesting. I am not interested with the conflict, I am more interested with its departement store storx.
ReplyDeleteyep, I'm also interested to see what they have in offer in that store :)))
Deletethe set must be HUGE...19th century dept store surely didnt look like nowadays store
Deletethey say they found some old building in some English town and made the set out of it.
DeleteHmmm..looks good! Hopefully they air it on BBC America so I can watch!
ReplyDeletefingers crossed :)
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