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Tag Archives: BBC
Andrew Marr and Ma Meyrick
BBC4 is rebroadcasting Andrew Marr’s 2009 documentary series The Making of Modern Britain. Yesterday, this reached Episode 4: “Having a Ball.” This covered the 1920s, and both opened and closed with a party. Marr began by mixing a drink he … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Documentaries, Television Programs
Tagged Andrew Marr, Bath and Bottle Party, BBC, Bright Young Things, Ma Meyrick, The 'Twenties
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Muriel Spark Centenary to be Observed Next Year
Next year on 1st February will be the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark’s birth. The papers are beginning to build up publicity for the event. Last week The National (Scotland) and The Times both ran articles mentioning the centenary. Both articles … Continue reading
Downside Abbey Features in New BBC Series
BBC 4 yesterday transmitted the first in a series called Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery. The subject of this first episode was Downside Abbey: The first film is set in Downside, a spectacular neo-gothic monastery set in the beautiful valleys … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Downside Abbey
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Lost Children and Losing Margarine
The Guardian has published an article by Alex Clark about the theme of lost children in literature. The prime example is Ian McEwen’s Thatcher-era novel The Child in Time whch has been adapted for television by BBC/PBS in a 90-minute … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Adaptations, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Alex Clark, BBC, Ellen Turner, Guardian, Spectator, The Conversation
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Decline & Fall DVD to be Released in USA
Acorn TV will begin USA sales of the DVD of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall later this month. This is the BBC’s adaptation that was broadcast in the UK earlier this year. Amazon.com has announced availability of the DVD effective 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Items for Sale, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, BBC, DVD
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The Loved One in Gay Hollywood; D&F in the Antipodes
The Intro and “Outro” discussions of the film version of The Loved One from the recent broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel have been posted on YouTube. Appearing are Dave Karger from TCM and writer William J Mann. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Film, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Gay Hollywood, John Gielgud, Rod Steiger, The Spinoff, Turner Classic Movies, YouTube
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In Search of Arcadia
In several recent posts we have considered the concept of “Arcadia” and its contribution to Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, and vice versa. BBC Four earlier this week transmitted a documentary entitled “In Search of Arcadia” presented by Dr Janina Ramirez and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, In Search of Arcadia, Janina Ramirez
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Evelyn Waugh and Clare Balding’s Great Grandfather
In the latest episode of the BBC’s series Who Do You Thing You Are?, the subject is their sports presenter Clare Balding. As a member of the LGBT community, she is interested in finding out if any of her ancestors … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Clare Balding, Sir Malcolm Bullock, Who Do You Think You Are?
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Betjeman Interview on BBC
BBC Four has rebroadcast a TV interview of Waugh’s friend and contemporary, John Betjeman, by Michael Parkinson. The original broadcast was in November 1977, and it was Betjeman’s third and final appearance in a Parkinson interview. According to Parkinson,  Betjeman was the … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Bevis Hillier, John Betjeman, Michael Parkinson
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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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