'THE GO BETWEEN' BBC MOVIE
WITH JOANNA VANDERHAM, JIM BROADBENT, VANESSA REDGRAVE
British menu today at The House of Dezmond today, since we have two new programmes to announce coming to BBC in next two Sundays! We
begin with the period set TV movie THE GO BETWEEN which airs this Sunday at BBC One. The adaptation of LP Hartley's classic novel stars Joanna Vanderham, Jim Broadbent, Ben Batt and Vanessa Redgrave!
begin with the period set TV movie THE GO BETWEEN which airs this Sunday at BBC One. The adaptation of LP Hartley's classic novel stars Joanna Vanderham, Jim Broadbent, Ben Batt and Vanessa Redgrave!
Told from the perspective of Leo Colston, a callow 12-year-old
middle-class boy, the story starts when he is invited by upper-class
school friend Marcus Maudsley to stay at his elegant family home for the
blazing hot summer of 1900. Leo is instantly enthralled by Marcus's
family, and most especially his beautiful and wilful older sister
Marian. When Marcus is taken ill, Leo is left to his own devices, but
finds himself alone and adrift in a world of alien social mores and
adult concerns.
Gauche and anxious to please, Leo is slowly and unwittingly drawn into a
web of deceit as Marian pursues an illicit and passionate affair with
tenant farmer Ted Burgess, a man of much inferior social 
position whom
she can never marry. Marian and Ted befriend the lonely and easily
influenced Leo and use him to carry secret messages between them. Leo
quickly grows friendly with Ted and worships Marian with a 
mixture of
innocent love and incipient sexuality he barely understands. Only when
he meets Hugh Trimingham, the kind, war wounded aristocrat to whom
Marian is promised, does Leo start to question his 
role as intermediary.
As Leo's 13th birthday approaches, Marian's moods fluctuate and the
summer heat becomes more oppressive. Wholly unable to comprehend the
true implications of the adult emotions 
seething around him, Leo sets in
motion a chain of events that ultimately prove the catalyst for a
shocking tragedy that will haunt him forever.
position whom
she can never marry. Marian and Ted befriend the lonely and easily
influenced Leo and use him to carry secret messages between them. Leo
quickly grows friendly with Ted and worships Marian with a 
mixture of
innocent love and incipient sexuality he barely understands. Only when
he meets Hugh Trimingham, the kind, war wounded aristocrat to whom
Marian is promised, does Leo start to question his 
role as intermediary.
As Leo's 13th birthday approaches, Marian's moods fluctuate and the
summer heat becomes more oppressive. Wholly unable to comprehend the
true implications of the adult emotions 
seething around him, Leo sets in
motion a chain of events that ultimately prove the catalyst for a
shocking tragedy that will haunt him forever.
BBC'S 'CIDER WITH ROSIE'
STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON AND TIMOTHY SPALL
And then, coming Sunday, the week after, also at BBC One is a 90 minute adaptation of CIDER WITH ROSIE starring Samantha Morton and Timothy Spall! A vivid memoir of Laurie Lee’s 
childhood, CIDER WITH ROSIE is an evocative coming-of-age story set in an idyllic Cotswold village during and immediately after the Great 
War. Marking the journey of young Lol (Archie Cox) as he grows from boy to man, the story chronicles first love, loss and family upheaval. Check out the lovely trailer below:
childhood, CIDER WITH ROSIE is an evocative coming-of-age story set in an idyllic Cotswold village during and immediately after the Great 
War. Marking the journey of young Lol (Archie Cox) as he grows from boy to man, the story chronicles first love, loss and family upheaval. Check out the lovely trailer below:
"The Go Between" was made into a movie before which I didn't much enjoy, but perhaps this new adaptation will be better!
ReplyDeletefingers crossed! Rare are the adaptations that BBC hasn't adapted before. From POLDARK and these above to LADY CHATERLEY'S LOVER which aired last weekend.
DeleteYeah, that's true. Some classics are positively done to death. "Great Expectations" leaps to mind.
Deleteand WAR AND PEACE coming up next year for the who knows which time :) It seems BBC likes to recycle
DeleteThey both sound good, but with Debra's comment, I am now wondering about "The Go Between".
ReplyDeleteIn a positive or negative way? :)
DeleteNegatively. Sometimes we just need to leave novels be. Not everything needs to be turned into a movie, and if she didn't like the first one, the next adaptation will probably suck also.
Deletebut then again there's a shirtless farmer hunk in it....
DeleteThese both look good and I'm especially captivated by The Go Between. I'd love to see it.
ReplyDeletewe do love those stories of fatal love :) especially with hunky tenant farmers
DeleteAh incipient sexuality he barely understands... Why did I skip that part...
ReplyDeleteI think I did too!
DeleteJoanna VANDERHAM is so elegant...fingers crossed !
ReplyDeleteshe starred in PARADISE previously, and Ben starred in VILLAGE.
DeleteBeautiful pics of the first and you're right the Rosie trailer is lovely:)
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a pleasant, productive day.
I wouldn't know what my picture of the world would be if there weren't for these inspiring BBC series filled with warmth and joy
DeleteThe Go-Between has me sold and I feel so bad for Leo. A must see for me. The othertrailer is nice but not as intriguing.
ReplyDeletebut those warmer of BBC series are usually the more delightful in the end.
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