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Hamlet on TV | TV matters
16 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Hamlet, in its three-hour-plus entirety, will be shown on BBC2 on Boxing Day
On Boxing Day, BBC2 screens an adaptation of David Tennant's Hamlet, which should settle for some time the debate over whether it's possible to transfer theatre to TV: Gregory Doran's RSC production has been reimagined as an intimate, intense film.
The screening contributes to the debate on ideal lengths for TV shows. Viewers get three hours, three minutes in Denmark without a break; even in the theatre, they can pee after three acts.
There have been lengthier items of television: operas, Wimbledon finals, live awards shows. But Otello and Federer v Nadal had intermissions or gaps between games, and those industry prize-givings only stretched into the night because of self-indulgence.
So, 185 unbroken minutes is the Moby Dick of small-screen slots, although its last half-hour overlaps with the 150 minutes of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,
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TV plays it by the book
22 November 2009 11:44 PM, PST
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Broadcasters are taking the safe option by commissioning literary adaptations that guarantee an audience
"In these difficult times there's a little more security in adapting a book than in commissioning an original script," says Liza Marshall, head of drama at Channel 4 and soon to be head of film and TV at Ridley Scott's production company, Scott Free. "Although you couldn't run your drama department purely from the bookshop, books do have an epic scope and a strong author's vision which can really help a channel in tough times."
The rest of the TV industry seems to agree. The next six months sees the small screen looking like a branch of Borders. Sky1 is filming Chris Ryan's Sas thriller Strike Back for transmission next April, alongside a version of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal. The second of its Martina Cole adaptations, The Graft, goes out next summer, while David Morrissey
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'The Guards' Shoot Underway in Galway
27 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT
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Magma Films' latest project, an adaptation of Ken Bruen's 'The Guards', has begun shooting today, October 27th, in Co. Galway. The film is directed by Stuart Orme (Inspector Morse, Merlin) with Iain Glen (Song for a Raggy Boy, Tara Road) leading the cast. Produced by Ralph Christians (Niko and the way to the Stars) and Clodagh Freeman (Summer of the Flying Saucer), the script was adapted from Bruen's novel by Anne McCabe, Tom Collins and Ralph Christians. Other crew involved includes Director of Photography John Conroy (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Production Designer Derek Wallace (Triage). Iain Glen (Tara Road) leads the cast as disgraced ex-cop Jack Taylor whilst Ralph Brown (The Boat that Rocked) stars as his sidekick Sutton. The female leads are played by Irish actresses Tara Breathnach (The Tudors) and Nora-Jane Noone (Savage).
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Masterpiece Contemporary executive producer Rebecca Eaton talks a new season and future plan
26 October 2009 7:56 AM, PDT
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The long-time PBS program, Masterpiece, began a new season of Masterpiece Contemporary on Sunday, Oct. 25. The series features three programs airing through November. Masterpiece has been produced by Boston's Wgbh Channel 2 for 38 years and gone through various changes. Masterpiece's executive producer Rebecca Eaton has been at Wgbh since 1972. After graduating from Vassar College, she worked in London as a producer for the BBC World Service prior to coming to 'GBH to work on the children's show Zoom. Eaton became the executive producer for Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! in 1985. She's been responsible for high-profile and popular shows including Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Cranford, Bleak House, Miss Marple, The Lost Prince, Wallender, The
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Magma Producing New TV Drama 'Jack Taylor'
3 September 2009 7:28 AM, PDT
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Shooting will soon get underway on Magma Films' latest venture, a 13 part series entitled 'Jack Taylor', based on the bestselling novel 'The Guards' by celebrated Irish author Ken Bruen. The series, the 90 minute pilot of which is hoped to be broadcast on 1 November, is to be directed by Stuart Orme (Inspector Morse, Merlin) and produced by Ralph Christians and Clodagh Freeman at Galway based production house Magma Films.
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Murder Among the Spires: An Advance Review of Season Two of "Inspector Lewis"
28 August 2009 11:15 AM, PDT
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Inspector Morse's dogged former sidekick Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately) returns this weekend with seven new crime-packed mysteries set in the heart of Oxford's academic community of scholars, dons, and students.
Inspector Lewis (or Lewis as it's known as in the United Kingdom) kicks off on Sunday night (part of PBS' Masterpiece Mystery) with "And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea," in which Lewis finds himself enmeshed in an investigation involving art forgery, gambling addicts, and calculatedly brutal murder.
I had the opportunity a few weeks back to watch both the first two sensational installments of Inspector Lewis' second season and was immediately sucked into the clever plotting, deft characterizations, and witty banter between Lewis and his junior partner, the erudite DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox). (Confession: I attended Oxford University and met my wife there, so the setting alone for me is worth the price of admission.)
The seven episodes
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- Jace
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Tuesday DVD/Blu-Ray Chopping List 4/28/2009
27 April 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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Since it's Tuesday, that means it's time to take a look at the genre fare hitting retail on DVD and Blu-Ray this week.
In this newly-expanded weekly version of the Fangoria Chopping List, we've got the full breakdown of titles to watch out for, along with all the info you need to make your own list.
Grindhouse Double Feature: Beast Of The Yellow Night/Keep My Grave Open: Alpha
Keep My Grave Open: A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.
Beast: Satan saves Ashley from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
The Centerfold Girls (special edition): Dark Sky
The most beautiful girls in the world... Some are for loving... Some are for killing!
A reedy man wearing saddle shoes and an ill-fitting suit drags the nude
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