Strange & Norrell on BBC!

Dannyalcatraz · May 15, 2015

Thanks to the BBC, this nifty novel will be coming to a screen near you this year, in the form of a 7-part miniseries starting June 13th. YAY!

http://www.popmatters.com/post/1933...-strange-mr.-norrell-will-debut-on-bbc-ameri/

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articl...trange-mr-norrell-gets-premiere-date-and.html

delericho · May 15, 2015

Starts on Sunday over here. It does look good - I'm sure someone from over here will let you know how it actually is.

Morrus · May 15, 2015

Yeah, I'll be watching it on Sunday. Definitely worth a look at the very least.

Crothian · May 15, 2015

Dannyalcatraz said:
Thanks to the BBC, this nifty novel will be coming to a screen near you this year, in the form of a 7-part miniseries starting June 13th. YAY!

Since some of British TV is only 3 or 6 episodes to a series how is 7 episodes a miniseries?

I will be watching this.

Morrus · May 15, 2015

Crothian said:
Since some of British TV is only 3 or 6 episodes to a series how is 7 episodes a miniseries?

Some British TV is thousands of episodes per series. There are no rules.

Morrus · May 18, 2015

What did people think of the first episode? I found it kinda slow, but the performances were good. I don't know the source material, but that bloke from Hustle and Mad Dogs was kinda cool as that fairy king type guy. I didn't get his name. Interesting enough that I'll watch again next week.

Dioltach · May 18, 2015

If you mean Marc Warren, he's good in a lot of roles. Hustle and Mad Dogs, obviously, but he was also Mr Teatime in Hogfather and more recently Rochefort in the BBC's The Musketeers. He's matured a lot as an actor, I think.

Morrus · May 18, 2015

Dioltach said:
If you mean Marc Warren, he's good in a lot of roles. Hustle and Mad Dogs, obviously, but he was also Mr Teatime in Hogfather and more recently Rochefort in the BBC's The Musketeers. He's matured a lot as an actor, I think.

I can never get past the first few episodes of those "Doctor Who isn't on at the moment" Saturday evening BBC1 shows. Musketeers, Atlantis, Robin Hood, etc. Something about them just doesn't appeal to me. I think they're squarely aimed at a younger demographic than me (and while Doctor Who is, too, I think that show manages to engage the 30+ crowd, too).

delericho · May 18, 2015

Crothian said:
Since some of British TV is only 3 or 6 episodes to a series how is 7 episodes a miniseries?

It's probably that there won't be a second series/season - once they've done the 7 episodes, they're done.

delericho · May 18, 2015

Morrus said:
I can never get past the first few episodes of those "Doctor Who isn't on at the moment" Saturday evening BBC1 shows. Musketeers, Atlantis, Robin Hood, etc. Something about them just doesn't appeal to me.

They're rubbish?

The exception, for me at least, was "Merlin", which I watched right through. "Atlantis" and "The Musketeers" I gave up on after the first series. "Robin Hood" I watched right through, and regretted doing so.