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Category Archives: Television
Decline and Fall in the National Review
Kyle Smith, drama critic of the National Review, has written a favorable review of the recent TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This is now running on what Smith describes as “the superb streaming service Acorn TV, which … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, Kyle Smith, National Review
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USA Premiere of Decline and Fall Today
Acorn-TV is premiering the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall today. All three episodes are available now for streaming, and a free one-week trial is on offer for those who do not already have subscriptions. Here’s the link … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, Los Angeles Times, Robert Lloyd
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Decline and Fall in the US Papers
The TV Critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, David Weigand, has written a quite favorable review of the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall which will debut tomorrow in the US: Biting wit and a farcically frothy plot make “Decline … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, David Weigand, James Wood, San Francisco Chronicle, Tobias Grey, Wall Street Journal
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More Publicity for Decline and Fall US TV Debut
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
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, The Loved One
Tagged Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, Nick Harris, San Diego Free Press
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Acorn TV Posts Trailer for Decline and Fall
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
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, trailer
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NY Times Promotes Decline and Fall TV Streaming
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
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, BBC, New York Times
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Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall
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
Posted in Adaptations, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, American Spectator, Guardian, TV Equals
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Praise for Decline and Fall Series Spreads Beyond the UK
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
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Acorn TV, Eva Longoria, MySanAntonio.com, Scroll.in, Telerama.com
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Decline and Fall and British Humour
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
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs, Twitter, Waugh Family
Tagged Alex Larman, BBC, Constance Watson, Guardian, Standpoint
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Mugwump Redivivus
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
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Alex Renton, boarding schools, Boris Johnson, elections, Lara Prendergast, mugwumps, The Spectator
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