Les projets de la BBC

Accused, une série de six épisodes sera diffusée à partir de la mi-novembre. Les épisodes sont indépendants les uns des autres, mais le thème commun à tous est "crime et châtiment". Si j'ai bien compris, le héros ou l'héroïne de chaque histoire a commis un crime violent et l'épisode retrace les événements qui l'ont mené(e) à cette extrêmité. Le scénariste de cette série est Jimmy McGovern, à qui on doit notamment Cracker et Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.

Question distribution, un certain nombre de têtes connues apparaissent au cours de la série. J'ai mis une liste non-exhustive ici:

Episode 1: Christopher Ecclestion
Episode 3: Juliet Stevenson
Episode 4: Andy Serkis et Jodie Whittaker
Episode 5: Mark Warren
Episode 6: Naomie Harris

Pour en savoir plus, le pack est ici:

Merci Copetan!!
Maintenant que j'ai BBC,je pense me rattraper avec cette série qui a l'air bien intéressante!

"Crime et châtiment" ? Voila une thématique fort intéressante!
De plus, le concept d'épisodes indépendants les uns des autres est bien pratique, et la distribution alléchante ...
Encore certainement une série de qualité de la BBC.
Merci Copetan de suivre l'actualité et de nous en faire profiter

Et on remet ça, avec un projet très alléchant, The Hours. Dans le contexte des années cinquante, le lancement d'un news show avec le piment d'une histoire de meurtre. Casting de rêve puisqu'on va retrouver Ben Wishaw, Romola Garai et Dominic West. A suivre.

Romola Garai

Ca l'air intéressant et le casting est de choix ! J'ai hâte d'avoir plus d'infos à ce sujet, merci Cat !

Pour les personnes intéressées par Accused, les téléfilms sont diffusés actuellement sur la BBC 1 les lundis à partir de 22 h (heure de chez nous). J'espère que personne n'a manqué le début

Autrement, ce journal donne un petit résumé de toutes les séries et téléfilms qui vont passer prochainement sur la BBC, ce qui est bien pratique:

The Yorker a écrit:

* Accused (BBC1)

Starring: Christopher Eccleston and Mackenzie Crook

Overview: Acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern tells two separate tales of how two men ended up in the docks, examining questions of justice and morality.

Anticipation level: Fairly high. There’s good talent involved on both sides of the camera, but the idea could get in the way of entertainment.

* Aurelio Zen (BBC1)

Starring: Rufus Sewell

Overview: Based on the popular novels by Michael Dibdin, this three part adaptation follows the “handsome, humorous and romantic” detective as he solves crimes in Italy.

Anticipation level: Very high. Popular books, a gorgeous setting and Rufus Sewell should be a dynamite combination.

* Christopher and His Kind (BBC2)

Starring: Matt Smith, Lindsay Duncan and Imogen Poots

Overview: A look at the formative years of novelist Christopher Isherwood as he escapes his oppressive relationship with his mother and enters the gay subculture of 1930s Berlin.

Anticipation levels: High. A brilliant cast should help to tell this potentially fascinating story with flare.

* The Crimson Petal & The White (BBC2)

Starring: Romola Garai, Gillian Anderson, Chris O’Dowd and many more

Overview: This adaptation explores the dark side of Victorian London through the story of young prostitute Sugar as she tries to escape her life with the help of businessman William Rackman.

Anticipation level: High. The cast is amazing and the seedier side of Victorian London usually makes for compelling viewing.

* Doctor Who Christmas Special (BBC1)

Starring: Matt Smith, Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins

Overview: Details are still pretty scarce, but it appears to be a sci-fi twist on the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.

Anticipation level: Ridiculously high. It’ll be fascinating to see what Steven Moffat makes of the format, and Michael Gambon can do no wrong.

* The First Men in the Moon (BBC4)

Starring: Mark Gatiss and Rory Kinnear

Overview: In 1969, 90-year old Julius Bedford tells a young boy the story of the real first men on the moon, who went there in 1909 in a copper and cast-iron sphere.

Anticipation level: High. Gatiss also wrote this adaptation of HG Wells’s novel, and he’s brilliant at this kind of thing.

* Hattie (BBC4)

Starring: Ruth Jones, Robert Bathurst and Aidan Turner

Overview: The story of Carry On actress Hattie Jacques and her affair with a younger man while married to Dad’s Army actor John Le Mesurier.

Anticipation level: Moderate. These BBC4 biopics are generally good, but the low budget can leave them feeling a bit stagey.

* Lip Service (BBC3)

Starring: Laura Fraser, Ruth Gedmintas and Fiona Button

Overview: The lives and loves of a group of 20-something lesbians living in Glasgow - a British version of The L-Word.

Anticipation level: Fairly low. When BBC3 dramas are good, they’re Being Human. When they’re bad, they’re pretty much everything else.

* The Nativity (BBC1)

Starring: Andrew Buchan, Peter Capaldi and Tatiana Maslany

Overview: Hustle creator Tony Jordan has written this modern, magical retelling of the traditional Christmas story that will put the love story between Mary and Joseph at its heart.

Anticipation level: Pretty high. It’ll be worth tuning in just to see how Malcolm Tucker fits into the birth of Jesus.

* Outcasts (BBC1)

Starring: Liam Cunningham, Hermione Norris, Eric Mabius and Daniel Mays

Overview: A team of pioneers have created a new existence for themselves on the planet of Carpathia – but can they resist falling into very human traps while trying to build a better life?

Anticipation level: Moderate. This has a great cast, but it smacks too much of other BBC programmes that have failed (The Deep, anyone?) to warrant much hope.

* The Shadow Line (BBC2)

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Antony Sher and Stephen Rea

Overview: A noir thriller that looks at the many people affected by the murder of a drug baron, this tale explores the blurring of the distinction between right and wrong.

Anticipation level: High. A classy cast should lend depth to a potentially fascinating examination of morality.

* Silk (BBC1)

Starring: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Natalie Dormer and Tom Hughes

Overview: Martha and Clive are 30-something barristers hoping to become QCs, who get to wear the silk robes of the title.

Anticipation level: Fairly high. Writer Peter Moffat’s own experiences as a barrister should lend it a level of realism usually missing from such dramas.

* Single Father (BBC1)

Starring: David Tennant and Suranne Jones

Overview: When his wife dies, Dave is left to bring up their four children alone, but things are further complicated by his growing feelings for his wife’s best friend.

Anticipation level: Very high. Tennant and Jones are two of the best actors working in British TV today, and their presence indicates quality.

* The Song of Lunch (BBC2)

Starring: Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson

Overview: Told through a narrative poem, two former lovers meet for lunch at an old haunt after fifteen years apart.

Anticipation level: Moderate. That’s what I’d have said before I saw it. It tails off a bit at the end, but it’s definitely worth checking out.

* South Riding (BBC1)

Starring: Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey

Overview: The king of adaptation Andrew Davies brings us the tale of a thirty-something women who returns to her Yorkshire roots in the 1930s to become a headmistress, and the guilt-ridden, damaged farmer she encounters there.

Anticipation level: Very, very high. Two of my favourite actors should bring real warmth to a very promising tale.

* Toast (BBC1)

Starring: Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore

Overview: Based on the memoir of chef Nigel Slater, Toast takes us into the 1960s for a nostalgic coming-of-age tale filled with food.

Anticipation level: Moderate. Bonham Carter is always good value, but the premise doesn’t really excite me.

* Upstairs Downstairs (BBC1)

Starring: Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Keeley Hawes, Clare Foy and many more.

Overview: A revival of the classic BBC series about all the inhabitants of a London house, now set in the 1930s with a new family, new staff and one familiar face.

Anticipation level: High. The BBC will be keen to regain the servants-and-their-masters crown from ITV's Downton Abbey, and screen writer Heidi Thomas (Lilies, Cranford) has an impeccable track record.

* 'When Harvey Met Bob (BBC2)

Starring: Domhnall Gleeson and Ian Hart

Overview: The story of the meeting of Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith, that led to one of the most iconic moments of the 1980s – Live Aid.

Anticipation level: Moderate. The subject matter doesn’t hold much appeal for me, but it does have the draw of Brendan Gleeson’s son.

* Women in Love (BBC4)

Starring: Rosamund Pike, Rachael Stirling, Rory Kinnear and Joseph Mawle

Overview: A melding of two DH Lawrence novels (Women in Love and The Rainbow) to tell lives and loves of two sisters, and the key men in their lives.

Anticipation level: Very high. I love Pike and Mawle, and just their small moment in the trailer gave me goosebumps.

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C'est pratique, mais ça met la pression : comment tout voir?

J'aime bien les commentaires de la journaliste du Yorkshire Post sur ses anticipation levels. J'ai à peu près les mêmes qu'elle, mais il va falloir faire des choix car les high et au-dessus sont trop nombreux.

Pareil pour moi, surtout pour celui qu'elle a qualifié de very very high
Bon, je crois qu'il va donc falloir que je me décide à terminer au moins une des séries que j'ai commencé, histoire de faire un peu de place

Le "BBC Christmas 2010 Drama showreel" pour ceux-celles qui ne fréquenteraient ni le topic de Doctor Who, ni celui de Upstairs Downstairs ^^