'TERROR' 19TH CENTURY
EPIC SERIES FROM RIDLEY SCOTT
Only some period set series for you today, people, starting with the report coming from 'Deadline' that AMC has ordered THE TERROR into ten episode series! Based on the bestselling novel by Dan Simmons it will air sometime in 2017! Ridley Scott will produce the series set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crews in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival. It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.
'DOCTOR THORNE' PERIOD SET
DRAMA STARTS THIS SUNDAY!
If you can't hardly wait for the second season of POLDARK to start at BBC this spring, here's something you can pass your time with: ITV will launch their new Julian Fellowes three part historical series DOCTOR THORNE this Sunday evening based on Anthony Throllope novel!
IAN MCSHANE, TOM HOLLA- NDER LEAD THE CAST
Tom Hollander (Rev, A Poet In New York, Pirates of the Caribbean) takes the role of Dr Thomas Thorne, who lives in the village of Greshamsbury in Barsetshire with his young niece, Mary (Stefanie Martini), a girl blessed with every gift except money. Mary Thorne has grown up alongside the Gresham family, whose house, Greshamsbury Park, and status dominate the county. With Francis Gresham Senior (Richard McCabe) having frittered away the family fortune, however, his wife, Lady Arabella Gresham, played by Rebecca Front (War and Peace, Humans, Lewis, The Thick of It), their daughters Augusta (Gwyneth Keyworth) and Beatrice (Nell Barlow), and their handsome brother Frank (Harry Richardson) face losing their home. Ian McShane also stars.
Tom Hollander (Rev, A Poet In New York, Pirates of the Caribbean) takes the role of Dr Thomas Thorne, who lives in the village of Greshamsbury in Barsetshire with his young niece, Mary (Stefanie Martini), a girl blessed with every gift except money. Mary Thorne has grown up alongside the Gresham family, whose house, Greshamsbury Park, and status dominate the county. With Francis Gresham Senior (Richard McCabe) having frittered away the family fortune, however, his wife, Lady Arabella Gresham, played by Rebecca Front (War and Peace, Humans, Lewis, The Thick of It), their daughters Augusta (Gwyneth Keyworth) and Beatrice (Nell Barlow), and their handsome brother Frank (Harry Richardson) face losing their home. Ian McShane also stars.
Tom Hollander is a great actor.
ReplyDeletefirst time he leads a drama, methinks
DeleteI like the sound of Terror!
ReplyDeletebut only miles away from you, right?
DeleteI'm excited for Sunday. Double the Tom Hollander :) he's competing against himself in the night manager on the BBC
ReplyDeletedid you see the latest clip they've posted on ITV's Facebook with James Norton and Robson? :)
DeleteJulian Fellowes does some good stuff.
ReplyDeleteyep, if you are a fan of his boring dramas :)
DeleteI read the book The Terror, which, while not my favorite book of his, could make a fun series, especially if Ridley Scott is involved.
ReplyDeleteshould be fun, we love ice set stories
DeleteDoctor Thorne might be good, although the story a bit typical for it's type. I don't know anything about The Terror and would follow your advice on that one.
ReplyDeleteWe has just gotten back from my mother in laws house darling. She is so sad and so lonely but we do know in time she will pull out of it. The Hubby and his sister are leaving Friday to spend three days with her.
Yep, Throllope is the most typical of all the mediocre Victorian writers, no wonder Fellowes lurvs him dearly :)
DeleteIt will take lots of time for mother in law to recover. Could she spent a few weeks with you and hubs and then a few weeks with his sister, not to be alone?
She's at that age where she wouldn't leave her own home. She would see herself as being a burden. My Aunt Bridey wouldn't do it after her husband passed either.
DeleteI know, but sometimes they must, and if she sees it as a possibility to help her kids by cooking sometimes for them in their homes or taking care of the kids or the house, she might accept it... that is if she wouldn't disturb your own privacy :) In my country our grannies and granpas almost always live with us like in Asia. It's a part of our culture and they usually help a lot because they take care of their grandkids, cook meals etc so the parents can work or do other things.
DeleteAs long as she has friends there and neighbours I guess she will be fine in her own house too?
The Terror sounds gripping. I hate open water for the creatures lurking around. This would give me nightmares, I bet.
ReplyDeleteand for naughty polar bears... they is ever so cute and not at all cuddly if you know what me means
DeleteMo' money Mo' problems eh television trailer?
ReplyDeleteTis a TV series, yes
DeleteI like things with a scary premise, so The Terror is something I'd watch.
ReplyDeletecould be really interesting, the best thrillers happen in isolated places
DeleteThe terror sounds like it could be catchy.
ReplyDeleteP.s. I finally watched Snow White and the Horseman Last night. WhIle my Hemsworth was sexy as ever, I was a bit disappointed. I hope the sequel is much better!
ain't no movie can be good with Stewart in its cast
DeleteVery interesting! :)
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xoxo,
Jessica
glad you think so and welcome back
DeleteTerror sounds pretty exciting The trailer for the other didn't grab me but I would probably give it a chance! Thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteit is a very strange trailer, isn't it? But it looks visually lovely, the colours I mean
DeleteUm...
ReplyDeletemeans brain in Serbian :)
DeleteI knew that!
DeleteReally?
absolutely
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