ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
EPIC TV SERIES AT STARZ
Well, I did always wonder how she did not get a series before, being the mother of Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, the wife of two kings and witness to so many major historical events. As Deadline reports,
Starz has
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Playground Pictures is producing the series
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optioned the rights to historian
Alison Weir’s biography
ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE:
A Life and its companion novel
Captive Queen for the first series which will be written by
Cranford's and
Discovery Of Witches writer
Susie Conklin! Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages, born in 1122 and dying in 1204. She was queen of France and England as a result of her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England and was independently the duchess of Aquitaine. Together with Playground Pictures, Starz is planning a whole slate of series based on the lives of female historical figures.
ROALD AND BEATRIX
1ST CHRISTMAS PHOTOS ARE IN
Beside the festive episode of Channel 5's hit series
All Creatures Great And Small, another thing we can expect this Christmas on the small screens is
Sky One's
ROALD AND BEATRIX: THE TAIL OF THE CURIOUS  |
Dawn French and Harry Tayler are leading the cast
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MOUSE uplifting hour and a half long comedy drama starring Britain's most beloved female comedian
Dawn French, which will be the key highlight of
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It will be a ninety minute long festive TV movie
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Sky Ones and
Now TV's Christmas schedule. Sky has released the first photos which show the festive atmosphere and magic we will be able to enjoy these holidays.
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse
is
inspired by the true story of when a six-year old Roald Dahl set off on
a big adventure to meet his favourite author, Beatrix Potter. It’s a
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The festive movie will air on Sky One and Now TV in UK
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magical story of what can happen when you are brave enough to follow
your dreams… Joining
Dawn French will be a cast including
Jessica Hynes,
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British thespian Rob Brydon also stars in the movie
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Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya,
Bill Bailey and Nick
Mohammed, and introducing
Harry Tayler as the young Roald Dahl. As you
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Hartswoods Films has produced the movie for Sky One
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know Beatrix Potter is the author of children's favourite
Peter the
Rabit, while Roald Dahl created a whole slate of stories which have made
so many
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Harry Tayler plays the young Roald Dahl
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childhoods more enjoyable from
Witches, Matilda, Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory to
Jack and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox and
The Big Friendly Giant. It is also interesting that
Dawn French will
also do three ten minute
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Sky has commissioned a number of other original programmes
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Christmas episodes of her classic hit comedy
The Vicar of Dibley, and you also know that a feature film about Roald
Dahl is also in the works with
Hugh Bonneville and
Keley Hawes as his
Hollywood star wife.
Eléonore d'Aquitaine is sooooooo interesting!
ReplyDeleteHope they don't mess up the casting :)
DeleteRoald and Beatrix I am so excited for. It will be a lovely one to watch when the snow if falling and I can enjoy it with a hot cup of cocoa.
ReplyDeleteHope we get some kind of trailer soon!
DeleteBut wasn't Starz preparing something about Elizabeth I? I just hope Starz won't end up with a mess like they did with The Spanish Princess
ReplyDeleteYes, Becoming Elizabeth. Spanish Princess was their biggest mess after Camelot, methinks.
DeleteAt least Camelot was a fantasy. The Spanish Princess is getting to be like The Crown, good at defaming real people.
DeleteI watched just five minutes of Crown and quit and erased all the files in the computer with it LOL Hearing just a few seconds of their fake accents was enough for me. I hear they are spewing lies in this season too and Harry the Idiot still takes $100 million from Netflix who is literally trashing his own parents. They are all a bunch of royal idiots, although I do love Charlie and Camila.
DeleteCharles and Camilla are the ain target this Season. Peter Morgan and his name have an agemda and that is Down with the Monarchy! British public opinion has gone over to the Cornwalls and that is bad fpr anti-monarchists so they need to demonize them.
DeleteBeing British in heart myself, I think most people in UK actually love Charles and Camila, especially after seeing how down to earth they are and hardworking too, so the Cornwall thing is just the media sucking up to the idiotic youth. Most Brits are aware that Wills is almost as immature as his moronic step brother Harry :) He uses his daddy's money just as much as Harry does and unlike Americans, Brits see everything and are not so gullible. I'm against Wills and Kate after they took George hunting and shooting birds a few months ago. That was so nasty. Give me Danish royals any day...
DeleteThese both look good, but I'm especially excited for Roald and Beatrix. I've read all of his books several times!!
ReplyDeleteIt is very unusual seeing Dawn French so old and without make up. Time is really passing by quickly, she is actually and older lady now, but she always wore glitzy hairdos and make up in order programmes so we haven't noticed until now.
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