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Witness for the prosecution
Anyone else looking forward to this on BBC1 on 26th and 27th? I'm a big fan of the 50's film, so want to see how this compares. But I understand that this is different. Also that both versions are different from the original Christie short story, but that this TV adaption is closest to the story.
Although I probably read the story years ago (as I used to be an avid reader of both her novels and short stories, but never remembered the details afterwards), I'm approaching this with an open mind. |
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Yes, looks very good.
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Im very much looking forward to this too. If it's anywhere near as good as "And Then There Were None" which was shown last year, then we should be in for a treat.
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Was it really necessary to cast Toby Jones in yet another drama? He's not even a decent actor.
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Was it really necessary to cast Toby Jones in yet another drama? He's not even a decent actor.
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Last years BBC Christmas Agatha Christie offering And Then There Were None was very hit and miss on here. I enjoyed it. This one looks even better. Are Agatha Christie adaptations going to be an annual Christmas fare from the beeb I wonder.
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Last years BBC Christmas Agatha Christie offering And Then There Were None was very hit and miss on here. I enjoyed it. This one looks even better. Are Agatha Christie adaptations going to be an annual Christmas fare from the beeb I wonder.
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If they are, it won't be for long. There are very few books outside the Poirot and Marple canons and BBC already ate up a couple with the Tommy and Tuppence series. ITV naughtily 'acquired' a couple of independent stories for Marple and Poirot as well. There's no hope of getting permission for The Mousetrap, of course, so it's hard to see how they can even do one next year, let alone annually.
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It wouldn't surprise me if they do remakes of Murder On The Orient Express, Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun with all star casts. There are other like The Seven Dials Mystery, Towards Zero and The Man In The Brown Suit among others.
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The BBC have rights to seven more Christie mysteries and they are expected to become a Christmas tradition on BBC1
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
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The BBC have rights to seven more Christie mysteries and they are expected to become a Christmas tradition on BBC1
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End. Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight. The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot. They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas. And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year. Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed: Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913 |
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Really looking forward tonight and tomorrow night.
It is a cracking story, with Twists only Agatha Christie can do. |
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Kim Cattrall playing a 1920's Samantha.
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Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries.
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End. Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight. The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot. They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas. And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year. Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed: Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913 ![]() We're only a few minutes in and it's already atmospheric. Now, where have I seen this young chap before? I love the puddy tat. Looks like it's just stepped out of an advert. |
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Really looking forward tonight and tomorrow night.
It is a cracking story, with Twists only Agatha Christie can do. On another note - I'd love to see Jane Danson (Corrie's Leanne) and Kim Cattrall play mother and daughter at some point - they're the absolute image of each other. |
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Kim Cattrall playing a 1920's Samantha.
You'd think she'd be tired of playing this part by now. .... Bloody Pussy. That's a bloody pussy.... |
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Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries.
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End. Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight. The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot. They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas. And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year. Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed: Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913 Omg that cat is beautiful. Ok the blood isn't pretty. |
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Excellent. Thank you for that.
![]() We're only a few minutes in and it's already atmospheric. Now, where have I seen this young chap before? I love the puddy tat. Looks like it's just stepped out of an advert. BTW, £5 in 1923 would be worth £250 today
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The cat did it. It looked really sinister licking it's bloody paws.
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Here you are: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6247071/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_2
BTW, £5 in 1923 would be worth £250 today ![]() Cider With Rosie! That's where I've seen him. I think I take that back about the cat. Good acting though.
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Sex in The City of London.
You'd think she'd be tired of playing this part by now. .... Bloody Pussy. That's a bloody pussy....
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Sorry, but that copper is a complete cliché.
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Good acting though.