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People Don't Do Such Things - YouTube
12 days ago by tabardroad
Behind the scenes on the BBC recording of a Ruth Rendell murder mystery. To be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8th June.
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2012
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feeds
12 days ago by tabardroad
Diane Keen quits Doctors
7 weeks ago by tabardroad
After a decade as Dr Julia Parsons in BBC1’s Doctors, Diane Keen is leaving the daytime drama this month.
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doctors
bbc
2012
news
feeds
7 weeks ago by tabardroad
Origin Pictures develops three shows for BBC
12 weeks ago by tabardroad
Origin Pictures is working on a The Wire-style crime drama set in Manchester and an adaptation of a PD James novel as part of trio of paid developments for the BBC.
BBC
PD-James
television
12 weeks ago by tabardroad
Z Cars: The show that blew the whistle on the British bobby
january 2012 by tabardroad
On its 50th anniversary, it's important to remember how how Z Cars revolutionised TV.
Z
Cars
bbc
television
january 2012 by tabardroad
Ruth Rendell on BBC Radio Suffolk
november 2011 by tabardroad
12:30PM on 23/11/2011
ruth-rendell
interviews
2011
bbc
radio
suffolk
feeds
november 2011 by tabardroad
BBC to open vast radio archive online
november 2011 by tabardroad
The service is being developed for launch “within the next 12 months”, said Tim Davie, director of BBC Audio and Music. "Audiopedia", its working title, may yet become its formal name, he added.
bbc
radio
november 2011 by tabardroad
BBC Radio 4 - Last Word: Ruth Rendell pays tribute to George Baker.
october 2011 by tabardroad
With Matthew Bannister. Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. 14/10/2011
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2011
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radio
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feeds
october 2011 by tabardroad
BBC - Podcasts - Best of Today
october 2011 by tabardroad
George Baker, who starred as Chief Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, has died aged 80. His daughter Ellie Baker looks back at his life.
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bbc
interviews
obit
2011
feeds
october 2011 by tabardroad
Media Coverage - FAMILY HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION
july 2011 by tabardroad
family Holiday Association patron, the well known author, Ruth Rendell took time out of her busy schedule on Wednesday 29 September to record the charity's Radio 4 Appeal.
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july 2011 by tabardroad
BBC2 - The Review Show, 27/05/2011
may 2011 by tabardroad
In the first ever Book Review Show, Kirsty Wark is joined by guests including Germaine Greer and John Mullan to discuss the state of women's literature. Topics include the shortlist for the Orange Prize and posthumous publications from Daphne Du Maurier and Beryl Bainbridge. There will also be an interview with Lionel Shriver, the adaptation of whose 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' has just premiered at Cannes, and a literary 'salon' with Fay Weldon, Kate Mosse and Ruth Rendell.
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2011
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may 2011 by tabardroad
Stolen: BFI Screening | Life of Wylie
may 2011 by tabardroad
A major new drama shot in Manchester reveals the shocking truth about the growing child slavery trade.
slavery
bbc
television
simisola
may 2011 by tabardroad
Will Spiral become your new favourite Saturday night Euro cop drama? | Television & radio | The Guardian
april 2011 by tabardroad
After The Killing, BBC4 seems to have found a scheduling niche to rival its Friday music docs. But is there something peculiarly English about our fondness for Wallander, Sarah Lund et al?
Engrenages
spiral
france
paris.
crime-genre
television
bbc
april 2011 by tabardroad
A Culture Show Special: The Books We Really Read, BBC Two - The Arts Desk | reviews, news, interviews
march 2011 by tabardroad
And then we have writers such as Ruth Rendell, who also featured. Rendell not only understands plot but she’s a genre writer who writes extremely well. Why shouldn’t critics and academics rate her? They do, because they recognise a thrillingly good writer when they read one.
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television
bbc
comment
march 2011 by tabardroad
A Novel State | Book Blog | The Spectator
march 2011 by tabardroad
There were some good interviews with Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell and a superb appearance from Lee Child (including one of the greatest two-fingered salutes to the literati, at 10:46 if you're interested).
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interviews
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march 2011 by tabardroad
Existentialist Man: Crime & Thriller Fiction on World Book Night
march 2011 by tabardroad
RT @AliChemist: Crime / Thriller Novels featured on BBC World Book Nite > with intvu's Lee Child, Ian Rank ...
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from twitter
march 2011 by tabardroad
BBC - Press Office - The Shadow Line, a new drama for BBC Two
february 2011 by tabardroad
The Shadow Line is a major new drama serial created by Hugo Blick for BBC Two. A sophisticated conspiracy thriller in seven parts that brings to life a cinematic world of blurred morality and the conflicted characters who inhabit it, it features a star-studded cast, including: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Sir Antony Sher and Stephen Rea.
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thriller
television
february 2011 by tabardroad
BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Faulks on Fiction, The Hero
february 2011 by tabardroad
With contributions from Simon Armitage, Brian Keenan, Ruth Rendell, John Carey, Robert Harris, Boris Johnson and Martin Amis.
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sherlock-holmes
february 2011 by tabardroad
Ruth Rendell Discusses Sherlock Holmes - Faulks on Fiction Ep 1: The Hero Preview - BBC Two
february 2011 by tabardroad
RT @holmesnews: Ruth Rendell Discusses Sherlock Holmes - Faulks on Fiction Ep 1: The Hero …
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books
crime-genre
feeds
february 2011 by tabardroad
Anne Robinson asks celebrity guests to share their life in books
january 2011 by tabardroad
Among the guests are: the Duchess of Devonshire, actors Larry Lamb and Elizabeth McGovern, comedians Sarah Millican and Hardeep Singh Kohli, authors PD James and Jeanette Winterson, and TV and radio favourites Sue Perkins, Giles Coren, Clare Balding, Richard Bacon and Sir Trevor McDonald.
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bbc
books
january 2011 by tabardroad
Wallander: the secret of casting crime fiction for TV
december 2010 by tabardroad
Rolf Lassgard's portrayal of Wallander – airing on BBC4 this Christmas – brings yet another dimension to Henning Mankell's rumpled detective
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mankell
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four
crime-genre
december 2010 by tabardroad
BBC - White Heat
november 2010 by tabardroad
White Heat is a new six-part drama series about the interwoven lives, loves and betrayals of seven characters whose relationships are forged in the white heat of the Sixties through to present day, written for BBC Two by award-winning writer Paula Milne.
writers
paula-milne
bbc
november 2010 by tabardroad
Yesterday's heroes: the lost treasure trove of BBC drama | Television & radio | The Guardian
november 2010 by tabardroad
A hoard of lost TV dramas – starring the likes of Sean Connery, Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi – have resurfaced. What do they say about TV then and now?
television
bbc
november 2010 by tabardroad
FAMILY HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION
october 2010 by tabardroad
Ruth Rendell records BBC Radio 4 appeal for FHA.
ruth-rendell
bbc
radio-four
october 2010 by tabardroad
Radio 4 Appeal: Family Holiday Association
october 2010 by tabardroad
Ruth Rendell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Family Holiday Association.
ruth-rendell
charities
bbc
radio-four
radio
feeds
october 2010 by tabardroad
BBC - Press Office - Cast announced for BBC Scotland's Field Of Blood
october 2010 by tabardroad
Peter Capaldi (The Thick Of It), David Morrissey (Five Days, Doctor Who), Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood, The Street), Ford Kiernan (Still Game, No Holds Bard), Derek Riddell (Five Days, Ugly Betty), Bronagh Gallagher (The Accused, Tamara Drew, The Commitments) and Jayd Johnson (River City) have been cast in BBC Scotland's adaptation of Field Of Blood made by Slate Films which starts shooting in Glasgow this week.
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crime-genre
television
drama
scotland
october 2010 by tabardroad
BBC - Press Office - BBC Scotland drama to adapt acclaimed novel
september 2010 by tabardroad
Adapated from the popular Denise Mina novel, and written and directed by David Kane (Taggart, Rebus, Sea Of Souls), The Field Of Blood, made by Slate North through BBC Scotland, is the latest drama to be filmed and set in Scotland, announced today by Anne Mensah, Head of Drama, Scotland and Head of Independent Drama.
crime-genre
bbc
scotland
september 2010 by tabardroad
BBC - Whistle And I'll Come To You
september 2010 by tabardroad
Whistle And I'll Come To You, written by Neil Cross, is the thoroughly modern re-working of the evocative Edwardian ghost story "Oh, Whistle and I'll come to You, My Lad" by M.R. James.
bbc
television
september 2010 by tabardroad
BBC - Sherlock
june 2010 by tabardroad
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London.
sherlock-holmes
bbc
drama
crime-genre
june 2010 by tabardroad
Five Daughters was BBC drama at its best
april 2010 by tabardroad
The three-part serial about the 2006 Ipswich killings was uncomfortable, emotional – and free of cop-show cliche
television
bbc
crime-genre
april 2010 by tabardroad
First Look: BBC1's Luther
april 2010 by tabardroad
The BBC drama starring The Wire's Idris Elba looks as though it could be the best new TV detective series since Wallander.
idris-elba
bbc
crime-genre
television
april 2010 by tabardroad
TV Club: I, Claudius
march 2010 by tabardroad
It has dodgy sets (and wigs) but what makes I, Claudius great is the seminal acting and writing.
george-baker
television
bbc
march 2010 by tabardroad
BBC 'planning six more Wallanders'
january 2010 by tabardroad
More episodes of Swedish detective drama – including three original stories – thought to be in the pipeline.
wallander
mankell
bbc
crime-genre
drama
crime
january 2010 by tabardroad
BBC Four Programmes - The Poisoner, Episode 1
december 2009 by tabardroad
Drama based on the true story of the Black Widow poisoner in 1940s France.
bbc
france
crime-genre
television
december 2009 by tabardroad
The Stage / News / ITV's Mackie criticises BBC's Upstairs Downstairs remake
october 2009 by tabardroad
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has questioned the BBC’s decision to revive seventies drama Upstairs Downstairs, claiming it is likely to clash with a forthcoming series she commissioned more than two months ago.
itv
bbc
television
october 2009 by tabardroad
BBC - BBC Radio 3 Programmes - Private Passions, Ian Rankin
october 2009 by tabardroad
Michael Berkeley's guest is Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin, whose Inspector Rebus novels have been dramatised for TV, starring John Hannah and Ken Stott as the eponymous Edinburgh detective. He has just started a new series with a different police hero, Inspector Malcolm Fox
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writers
crime-genre
bbc
radio
october 2009 by tabardroad
BBC - Radio 4 - Open Book - Neglected Classics
october 2009 by tabardroad
Leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected. Ruth Rendell's choice is Many Dimensions by Charles Williams.
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bbc
radio
charles-williams
books
writers
podcast
october 2009 by tabardroad
Authors to dust off "lost" literary classics for airing on Radio 4 - Times Online
october 2009 by tabardroad
Beryl Bainbridge, William Boyd and Ruth Rendell are among the writers who will each champion a novel that, through changes in fashion or sheer bad luck, has been unfairly discarded from the pantheon of classics.
ruth-rendell
bbc
radio
books
october 2009 by tabardroad
BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Front Row, 30/03/2009
september 2009 by tabardroad
Midsummer Nights is a specially-commissioned collection of comedies, tragedies and tales of love inspired by operas and published to commemorate Glyndebourne Festival's 75th birthday. Written for lovers of fiction and opera alike, the collection is edited by Jeanette Winterson and includes stories by Andrew O'Hagan, Antonia Fraser, Joanna Trollope, Ruth Rendell, Jackie Kay and Sebastian Barry.
ruth-rendell
short-stories
audio
bbc
september 2009 by tabardroad
The Stage / News / Radio 4 to broadcast Agatha Christie readings to celebrate playwright's birth
august 2009 by tabardroad
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a series of afternoon readings from Agatha Christie’s works to celebrate the 2009 anniversary of the playwright and novelist’s birth'.
crime-genre
radio
bbc
august 2009 by tabardroad
Obituary: Terence Alexander
june 2009 by tabardroad
A suave and urbane actor, he found fame in the TV show Bergerac.
actors
obit
television
crime-genre
bbc
june 2009 by tabardroad
BBC2 developing an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel The Night Watch as a one-off feature-length drama.
may 2009 by tabardroad
A 90-minute TV version of the book is in development, based on a script from Paula Milne, the writer behind Channel 4 drama Endgame and the BBC's upcoming adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island.
paula-milne
writers
bbc
television
books
adaptation
may 2009 by tabardroad
Renwick confirms return of Jonathan Creek
april 2009 by tabardroad
Alan Davies is set to reprise his role as magician sleuth Jonathan Creek for a second feature-length special for Easter next year, writer David Renwick has confirmed.
bbc
crime-genre
television
april 2009 by tabardroad
Screw turns again for BBC1
april 2009 by tabardroad
BBC1 has commissioned a 1920s-set version of Henry James' classic ghost story The Turn of the Screw.
television
bbc
april 2009 by tabardroad
Spiral and The Wire air tonight on the BBC
march 2009 by tabardroad
France's answer to The Wire, Spiral, shows tonight – next to its muse. Both have murder and intrigue, but is Paris any rival for Baltimore in this TV showdown?
crime-genre
television
bbc
france
usa
march 2009 by tabardroad
Branagh wins TV critics' honour
march 2009 by tabardroad
Kenneth Branagh has won the prize for best actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards (BPG) for his performance in the BBC drama Wallander.
mankell
wallander
bbc
crime-genre
drama
television
awards
march 2009 by tabardroad
G.F.Newman's Law and Order
march 2009 by tabardroad
"The original 1978 Law and Order is so good it can be compared to The Wire"
television
bbc
march 2009 by tabardroad
Lavington youth group boosted by actor's TV appearance
march 2009 by tabardroad
Veteran actor George Baker had to leave his hospital bed to take part in the filming of an episode of Celebrity Cash in the Attic at Aldridge’s saleroom in Devizes on Saturday.
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christopher-ravenscroft
events
bbc
louie-ramsay
cash-in-the-celebrity-attic
march 2009 by tabardroad
BBC - Radio - Podcasts - The No. 1 Ladies' Favourite Radio Show
march 2009 by tabardroad
The No.1 Ladies' Favourite Radio Show, broadcasting live from Kgale Hill, the home of the The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Presenter Solomon Modumo discusses ideas and myths from Botswana such as the gift of turning oneself into an animal to survive in the bush, exploring the way a bushman can track a person in the desert, and enlightening us as to why baboons do not fear women.
podcast
bbc
crime-genre
march 2009 by tabardroad
The Wire comes to BBC2
march 2009 by tabardroad
The Baltimore crime drama is about to be shown on BBC2. Will it finally get the audience it deserves?
bbc
crime-genre
usa
television
march 2009 by tabardroad
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