Category Archives: Adaptations

More Publicity for Decline and Fall US TV Debut

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The New York Times TV critic Neil Genzlinger has written a short preview of the TV adaptation of Decline and Fall that will premiere via online streaming Monday on Acorn TV:  Nobody does waggishness like the British, a skill on full … Continue reading →

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Acorn TV Posts Trailer for Decline and Fall

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Acorn TV has posted a trailer on the internet for its streaming of the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall. The series is available next week starting on Monday, 15 May. The Acorn trailer differs from that used by BBC. … Continue reading →

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NY Times Promotes Decline and Fall TV Streaming

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a new New York Times column entitled “Watching” and carried in its online edition, the paper has an article focusing on four new TV streaming services that specialize in bringing programs from European TV networks to US viewers. These services … Continue reading →

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Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several internet sites that track TV streaming services have noted Acorn TV’s offering of the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall. This will begin on May 15. The most interesting is a review on the website TV Equals by P … Continue reading →

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Praise for Decline and Fall Series Spreads Beyond the UK

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

There are several articles coming in from outside the UK where the BBC’s TV adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall premiered a few weeks ago. A French TV website (Telerama) includes the series in a collection of its reviews of recent UK … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall and British Humour

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Writing in Standpoint magazine (“War on Waugh”), Waugh’s great grand-daughter Constance Watson expresses dismay at the reaction to the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall which recently concluded its three-episode run on BBC One (emphasis supplied): The great British sense … Continue reading →

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Mugwump Redivivus

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In the present UK electoral climate, The Spectator has republished a 1959 article by Evelyn Waugh in which he expressed his views of elected governments:  ‘Mugwumps‘ are in the news today, after Boris Johnson used the term to describe Jeremy Corbyn. In the … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall on YouTube

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

All three episodes of the BBC TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall are currently posted on YouTube. They may be watched on your computer without a UK internet connection. Here are the links: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 … Continue reading →

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More Praise for BBC’s Decline and Fall from the Spectator

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Spectator in a blog column by Douglas Murray has added to its earlier praise for the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall. This follows Friday’s transmission of the final episode of the series and focuses on that episode. But … Continue reading →

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TLS Reviews BBC’s Decline and Fall

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a departure from its usual practice, the TLS has added a TV column to its current issue. This contains Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s review, entitled “Vile Buddies,” of the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall which concluded with last night’s … Continue reading →

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