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Putting Small Island on the big screen

21.10.09
The adaptation of Andrea Levy’s bestselling novel Small Island has been a personal crusade, says producer Vicky Licorish.... more

Little Dorrit steals the show with seven Emmys

21.09.09
Little Dorrit won seven Emmy Awards for Britain at American television’s equivalent of the Oscars.... more

A critique of capitalism, Little Dorritt could not be more relevant

21.10.08
George Bernard Shaw declared Little Dorrit "a more seditious book than Das Kapital"; George Orwell said that "in Little Dorrit, Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached". This Sunday the BBC kicks off its 14-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens story adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies. ... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

Stop bashing Brideshead

02.10.08
It's unfair to compare Julian Jarrold's version of Brideshead Revisited to the classic TV series — but if only he'd taken more risks. ... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08
Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

The ones to watch: new Little Dorrit leads Vogue's list

08.09.08
A young actress who left drama school last year has been heralded as the face to watch after landing the lead role in the BBC's autumn blockbuster... more

Bond girl Gemma to play Tess Of The d'Urbevilles as TV turns back to costume dramas

20.08.08
It is a truth universally acknowledged - especially among female viewers - that you can never have too many costume dramas. ... more

What's new on television this autumn? Austen, Hardy and Dickens

20.08.08
You could call them credit crunch classics - reliable dramas for worrying times... more

Revisited Brideshead is no match for TV ancestor

07.08.08
Much-anticipated new interpretation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited becomes consumed with nostalgia for the Granada series.... more

The Brits really are coming

01.05.08
While British films are noticeable by their absence in the Cannes line-up, it looks like it will be a good year for our actors, directors and writers.... more

It's a good job writers can take it on the chin

15.04.08
Writers are getting it in the neck - literally, not figuratively. Over the weekend it emerged the Pride and Prejudice screenwriter Andrew Davies was headbutted and punched while out walking his dog... more

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