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Category Archives: Television
Radio Times Article on 1967 BBC TV Adaptation
The director of the BBC’s 1967 TV adaptation of Waugh’s Sword of Honour wrote an article in Radio Times on the occasion of its rebroadcast in November 1968. Donald McWhinnie, “Three From Evelyn Waugh,” Radio Times, 28 November 1968, p. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Sword of Honour, Television, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, British Film Institute, Donald McWhinnie, Radio Times
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A Norwegian Review of Waugh’s Career
The latest issue of Agenda Magasin (a Norwegian language journal) includes an extended esaay on the career of Evelyn Waugh and his literary legacy in Norway. This is by Ivar Dale and is written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading
D&F Filming Moves to Winchester
The Southern Daily Echo, a local paper that covers Hampshire, reports that the crew filming the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall has moved from Cardiff to Winchester and is filming on location at Winchester College. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, Southern Daily Echo, Winchester College
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Metropolitan Papers Continue to Trail D&F Production
The Daily Mail has published more photos from the Welsh location setting of the BBC’s production of Waugh’s novel Decline & Fall. Most of these feature Eva Longoria between takes as Margot Beste-Chetwynde, but there are also several of Jake … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Jake Whitehall
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Vogue Revisits Brideshead
Hamish Bowles, European editor for the American edition of Vogue, recently revisited Castle Howard and wrote about it in an article appearing in the current issue of the magazine. He describes his early visit as a child with his father … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Hamish Bowles, Vogue magazine
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Waugh in the Daily Mail
Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged Daily Mail, Ephraim Hardcastle, Eva Longoria, Philip Eade
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Brideshead Actor to be Honored at BAFTA Event
Jeremy Irons, who played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, will be honored next month by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). He will take part in a secial event entitled A Life in Pictures: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, London, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BAFTA, Jeremy Irons, The Herald (Glasgow)
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Brideshead Revisted Yet Again
Actor Jeremy Irons, who famously played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited, recently made another visit to its setting. He was artist in residence at the Ryedale Festival in which he appeared in “A Meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Festivals, Film, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Jeremy Irons, Malton & Pickering Mercury, Ryedale Festival
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Daily Mail on Location with Decline and Fall
The Daily Mail sent a reporter (Poppy Danby) and, more importantly, a photograper, to the location in Wales where the BBC’s production of Decline and Fall is being filmed. The results are posted in the Mailonline edition and contain more photos … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail
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Waugh in Politics; Margot at the DNC
The Guardian carries a story about the current renewed popularity of nostalgia in Britain. This harks back to the fashion started by the TV version of Brideshead Revisited, and the Guardian’s reporter (Stuart Jeffries) finds that nostalgia has a political … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs, Wales
Tagged Democratic National Convention, Eva Longoria, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, Nostalgia, Welsh Government
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