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Tag Archives: BBC
D J Taylor Anticipates New TV Adaptation in Guardian
Critic and novelist D J Taylor has written an article expressing somewhat nervous anticipation in advance of next week’s premier of BBC’s three-episode version of Decline and Fall. It appears in the Guardian and is entitled “Would Evelyn Waugh have approved of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Television, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, D.J.Taylor, Guardian, James Wood
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Tabloid Feeding Frenzy on Waugh Adaptation
After the announcement of its debut later this month, the London tabloids are making a media meal of the BBC’s production of Decline and Fall and its stars–mostly the latter. There are stories in the Sun, Mirror, Express and Star, with … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, David Suchet, iNews, Jack Whitehall, The Sun
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BBC Decline and Fall Homepage Reveals New Treat
The BBC has posted its homepage for its adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall that will begin later this month. This will provide a link to the program for those watching it over the internet on BBC iPlayer. The posting contains … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Nicholas Grace, Tim Piggott-Smith
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Daily Mail Features Decline and Fall Adaptation
This week’s Daily Mail carries a feature article (“Love and Waugh”) by Andrew Preston on the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This appears in the Mail’s “Weekend Magazine” and involves interviews with several members of the production’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Evgeny Lebedev, George Osborne, Jack Whitehall, James Wood, The Evening Standard
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Date Set for BBC Broadcast of Decline and Fall
Radio Times has announced the time and date for the broadcast of BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Episode 1 will be transmitted on Friday 31 March at 9pm UK time. This will be on BBC1 rather than BBC2 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Radio Times, TV broadcast details
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Waugh Topic of Lecture and Preview
This month will see Waugh’s biographer Martin Stannard lecture in Oxford and the BBC’s film of Decline and Fall previewed in Cardiff: Campion Hall in Oxford will host a lecture by Prof Martin Stannard entitled “No Abiding City: Evelyn Waugh and America”. Stannard, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Oxford, Television, The Loved One, Wales
Tagged Anthony Burgess Society, BBC, Campion Hall, Martin Stannard
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Brideshead in the News: Charles, Sebastian and Celia
Jeremy Irons who portrayed Charles Ryder in the 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited was recently appointed Chancellor of Bath Spa University. He is the first person to occupy that position and was interviewed by Times Higher Education (THE) last month: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Lancing, Oxford, Television
Tagged Afar Magazine, Bath Spa University, BBC, Christmas blues, Emma John, Fr Angelo Geiger, Jeremy Irons, Queen Mary 2
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Waugh Dramatization Slotted for Spring Transmission
The Times has announced a list of outstanding TV dramas scheduled to air in the New Year. Among them is the adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall to be broadcast in the Spring. (See earlier posts.) Here’s The Times’ description: … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, The Times
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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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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
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Tagged BBC, Southern Daily Echo, Winchester College
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