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Sue Birtwistle talks Cranford
Cranford’s producer, Sue Birtwistle, will be giving a talk at the Southwold Literature Festival on Nov. 11th at 1pm. The talk coincides with the publication of a new book about the series co-authored by Sue called ‘The Cranford Companion‘. Tickets to the talk, priced £9, are available online at www.wayswithwords.com or by ringing the festival Box [...]
BBC anounces stellar cast for the return of Cranford to BBC One this Christmas
Date: 28.05.2009 Category: TV Drama; BBC One Dame Judi Dench reprises her role as Cranford‘s much cherished Miss Matty Jenkyns on BBC One this Christmas, and heads a cast that boasts some of Britain’s top film, TV and stage talent including Cranford newcomers: Jonathan Pryce, Celia Imrie, Lesley Sharp,Nicholas Le Prevost, Jodie Whittaker, Tom Hiddleston, Michelle Dockery, Matthew McNulty and Rory Kinnear. Made by BBC Drama Production and WGBH [...]
A Christmas Cracker of a comeback for Cranford
Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail reports: Cameras roll on the Cranford clan early next month for two feature-length TV specials to be screened over next Christmas. Judi Dench returns as the much-loved Miss Matty, around whom the chronicles turn. Shooting begins on June 1 and continues into August. Jonathan Pryce and Celia Imrie are [...]
Cranford is heading back to Lacock
From thisiswiltshire.co.uk DAME Judi Dench is returning to Lacock this summer after it was announced the BBC want to return to the village to film a Cranford Christmas special. Stars were filmed in the village in April 2007 for the period drama, The Cranford Chronicles, amidst great excitement from locals and tourists. Residents have been [...]
Cranford returns to BBC One next Christmas
Dame Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, Julia McKenzie and Jim Carter return in the popular award-winning BBC One drama about the lives of the people of Cranford, in a two-part special for Christmas 2009, it was announced today. Fresh from four BAFTA Television nominations, seven BAFTA Craft nominations and six Broadcasting Press Guild nominations, [...]
Press reaction to BBc’s Cranford
* The Independent (Tom Sutcliffe): “Beautifully played, very funny and deftly directed, it’s a world I can’t wait to get back to.” * The Sunday Times – Culture (AA Gill): “I was hooked, gaffed, netted and filleted.” * The Observer – Review (Kathryn Flett): “Its luscious painterly tableaux vivants make its art direction and photography [...]
Cranford picks up six nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
BBC1 drama Cranford has received six nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, with its stars Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins going head to head in the best actress category. In the best actor category, Cranford stars Philip Glenister and Michael Gambon are both nominated. Cranford is nominated for best drama series. Heidi Thomas [...]
Second Series of Cranford?
According to This is Wiltshire; There are also rumours that a second series of the BBC1 drama Cranford with Dame Judi Dench may also return for a second series. The village is buzzing with excitement and extras from previous productions are hoping to reprise their roles. Mary Little, 55, who lives just outside the village, [...]
Cranford comes to America in May
MASTERPIECE THEATRE “Cranford” Sundays, May 4-11, 2008, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET; and May 18, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET A major new five-part miniseries based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s (“Wives and Daughters”) witty and poignant novels about a village on the cusp of change stars Judi Dench (Casino Royale, Notes on a Scandal), with Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Eileen [...]
What we can learn from the ladies of Cranford
Tomorrow night, for the fourth week running, several million people will settle down by their TVs to watch a Victorian rural saga in which next to nothing happens. Cranford, the BBC’s adaptation of three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell, must be one of the most joyously innocent series any broadcaster has screened for a long day. [...]