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Kimberley Nixon plays Miss Sophy Hutton
kimberleynixon.com Kimberley Nixon says she learned a lot from working with Dame Judi Dench on Cranford, including how to wile away the time when bad weather delays filming on location. “We’d have to sit under a little tent waiting for it to stop raining, and Judi has so many games in her bag of tricks,” [...]
Dame Judi Dench: From M To Matty
THE story of how Oscar nominee Dame Judi Dench is to star in an £8m costume drama set in Cheshire could probably make a series all of its own. It was confirmed around this time yesterday that Dame Judi is to play the lead role of Miss Matty Jenkyns in five part BBC1 serial Cranford [...]
The prime of Miss Imelda Staunton
As everyone’s favourite supporting actress, Imelda Staunton has had a long and decorated career. But at last she has taken centre stage, first as an Oscar-nominated Vera Drake, now as a child-hating Hogwarts schoolmistress. She tells Tim Auld of telegraph.co.uk why she’s glad her moment has come. When I think of Imelda Staunton I imagine [...]
All-star cast announced to star alongside Judi Dench in Cranford Chronicles
Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Philip Glenister, Lesley Manville, Julia McKenzie, Imelda Staunton and Greg Wise are set to star alongside Judi Dench in Cranford Chronicles, a new five-part period drama created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin for BBC One and written by Heidi Thomas (I Capture The Castle, Madam Bovary, Lilies). Based [...]
Philip Glenister moves from Mars to Cranford
Philip Glenister was a guest on on Chris Moyles’ BBC Radio One show this morning and said he’s filming “Cranford Chronicles”. The actor, best known as the tough-talking, hard-drinking DCI Gene Hunt, will be transformed into mild-mannered estate manager Mr Carter.
Dame Judi Dench to star in BBC One drama Cranford Chronicles
Multi award-winning actress Judi Dench is to star in Cranford Chronicles, a new five-part drama serial created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin from three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell for BBC One. Scripted by Heidi Thomas (I Capture The Castle, Madam Bovary, Lilies), this witty and poignant landmark drama captures the small absurdities and major [...]