Post by Clive on Sept 19, 2011 23:10:13 GMT 9.5
From 'The Guardian' today -
Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson and Anne-Marie Duff are joining Benedict Cumberbatch in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End for BBC2.
Filming has started on the five-part drama, which also stars Rebecca Hall and heralds Stoppard's return to British television.
The adaptation of four novels by Ford Madox Ford is set during a formative period of British history – the time between the last years of the Edwardian era and the end of the first world war.
Cumberbatch plays an English aristocrat, Christopher Tietjens, and Hall his wife Sylvia.
The supporting cast includes The Thick of It star Roger Allam, Janet McTeer, The Shadow Line's Freddie Fox, Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston and Luther's Steven Robertson.
Parade's End is produced by Oscar and Bafta-winning David Parfitt, whose credits include Shakespeare in Love, and directed by award-winning Susanna White, who worked on films including Jane Eyre and Nanny McPhee.
The production is being made by Mammoth Screen. Stoppard is executive producing Parade's End, along with Mammoth founders Michele Buck and Damien Timmer. It is being made in association with HBO and will air next year.
The BBC controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said: "It's great to be working with HBO again on this ambitious project which further demonstrates BBC2's ongoing commitment to original British drama in 2012.
"The stellar cast assembled simply confirms the buzz and excitement around Sir Tom Stoppard's return to British television."
Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson and Anne-Marie Duff are joining Benedict Cumberbatch in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End for BBC2.
Filming has started on the five-part drama, which also stars Rebecca Hall and heralds Stoppard's return to British television.
The adaptation of four novels by Ford Madox Ford is set during a formative period of British history – the time between the last years of the Edwardian era and the end of the first world war.
Cumberbatch plays an English aristocrat, Christopher Tietjens, and Hall his wife Sylvia.
The supporting cast includes The Thick of It star Roger Allam, Janet McTeer, The Shadow Line's Freddie Fox, Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston and Luther's Steven Robertson.
Parade's End is produced by Oscar and Bafta-winning David Parfitt, whose credits include Shakespeare in Love, and directed by award-winning Susanna White, who worked on films including Jane Eyre and Nanny McPhee.
The production is being made by Mammoth Screen. Stoppard is executive producing Parade's End, along with Mammoth founders Michele Buck and Damien Timmer. It is being made in association with HBO and will air next year.
The BBC controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said: "It's great to be working with HBO again on this ambitious project which further demonstrates BBC2's ongoing commitment to original British drama in 2012.
"The stellar cast assembled simply confirms the buzz and excitement around Sir Tom Stoppard's return to British television."
thanks x
