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Persuasion is a BBC Screen Two 1995 period drama film directed by Roger Michell and based on Jane Austen 's 1817 novel of the same name. In her theatrical film debut, Amanda Root stars as protagonist Anne Elliot, while Ciarán Hinds plays her romantic interest, Captain Frederick Wentworth. The film is set in early 19th-century England, eight ...
The 39 Steps is a 2008 British television adventure thriller feature-length adaptation of the 1915 John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps produced by the BBC. It was written by Lizzie Mickery, directed by James Hawes, and filmed on location in Scotland, starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Eddie Marsan, and Patrick Malahide.
BBC One. Release. 12 January. (2007-01-12) –. 2 March 2007. (2007-03-02) Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. [1][2] The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the brink of change." [3]
Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on BBC2 in three episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. Based on the 1748 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson, it follows a virtuous young woman who is oppressed by her ambitious family and a rake who becomes ...
South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies. It stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Peter Firth, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw. The first episode aired on BBC One 20 February 2011, the ...
28 September 2003. (2003-09-28) Byron is a British television film based on the adult life of English poet Lord Byron. Written by Nick Dear and directed by Julian Farino, it features Jonny Lee Miller in the title role alongside Vanessa Redgrave who portrays Lady Melbourne. It was first aired by the BBC in two, 75 minute parts in September 2003.
"BBC Drops Teaser Trailer For Adam Curtis' New Series Of Films 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' ". Deadline. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021; Power, Ed (11 February 2021). "Adam Curtis's mind-bending series is like a never-ending Radiohead video in search of a purpose". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
Release. 30 December 2009. (2009-12-30) The Turn of the Screw (also known as Ghost Story: The Turn of the Screw) is a British television film based on Henry James 's 1898 ghost story of the same name. Commissioned and produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on 30 December 2009, on BBC One. The novella was adapted for the screen by Sandy ...