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Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge
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Writer & Director: Stephen Poliakoff Louis: Chiwetel Ejiofor Pamela: Joanna Vanderham Stanley: Mathew Goode Sarah: Janet Montgomery Lady Cremone: Jacqueline Bisset Masterson: John Goodman With Jane Asher, Tom Hughes, Anthony Head, Angel Coulby and Jenna-Louise Coleman. Now, does anybody know when this will be airing on BBC Two? |
This should be airing in the new year. The word is that it's very good.
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Just finished watching The Lost Prince so i'm looking forward to this.
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Full synopsis of the link is :
"Award-winning dramatist Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince; Close My Eyes) blows open the volatile world of 1930s London, in a story about a black jazz band's rise to success, before violence and prejudice brings it crashing back to earth. Set in an extraordinary period of immense change, the Louis Lester Band arrives at the forefront of an emerging musical movement: jazz. As the band grows in popularity and starts to mix with the upper classes, the intoxicating combination of music and parties pull the characters into a gilded but perilous world. Soon the band begins to feel immune from the prejudice hovering beneath the surface of society, but the sudden death of one of the band members creates a catastrophic turn in their fortunes. They immediately find themselves confronted by betrayal, and their privileged position is torn away from them as they begin to discover who their friends are. A stellar cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor(American Gangster; Salt), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski; The Artist), Matthew Goode (A Single Man; Brideshead Revisited) and Jacqueline Bisset (Bullitt) star in this explosive new drama, where for a moment music transcends the divisions of class and race, until fear and hate once again tear them apart." |
I'll have to remember this one!
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If the advance word is correct, it should be worth remembering.
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Episode 1 review: http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/epi...isode-1-review
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Caught the trailer for this over new year. I can see Merlin's Queen Guinevere stealing the show in the first episode. And there's the new Who companion too.
Come on BBC give us a start date. |
9pm on Sunday 4th Feb, so two weeks time.
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Whenever I hear Steven Polly-wotsit's name, I can't help but think of a load of luvvies at a Hampstead kitchen dinner party.
I've seen the trails for this and in my opinion: meh:sleep: |
Looks wonderful! It's right up my street, can't wait! :)
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I've only seen a couple of Poliakoff's work. I find him very hit and miss. I enjoyed The Lost Prince but found Close My Eyes one of the most boring, pretentious loads of rubbish I've ever seen (despite having a fabulous cast led by Alan Rickman).
I may give this a try though as I love John Goodman. |
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oh no ... Jazz . :(
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Surprising choice from a jazz band.
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Sounds good :)
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My favourite Poliakoff drama was The Tribe.
For obvious reasons. :cool::D |
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Back on topic, I like Polly, and I've already heard a couple of reviews of this via twitter saying it's good. Looking forward to it - will make a change from weeks of vanilla tv. |
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I'm looking forward to this.
The dance bands in the big hotels were all British names in the thirties and there were a lot of them. http://www.dennydennis.co.uk/dennyde...nce_Bands.html So is it just a drama? Or was there actually a similar band of black musicians and singers? Very few black musicians enjoyed success in the thirties in the UK. The exception was probably "Hutch" (Leslie Hutchinson), a cabaret pianist/singer the only name I can think of who was black and very popular with society in those days. Often featured on the radio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKk2Yl3tsw |
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