Little Dorrit is not one of Dickens’ best-known works, but it contains all the elements required for a compelling drama, as scriptwriter Andrew Davies reveals.
“Television has not tackled this novel in living memory because commissioners tend to go for the usual suspects with Dickens: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations.
“But this is a tremendous opportunity to take a novel that not many people have read and introduce it to them.
The coming week in tellyland sees the start of several new and much touted series but personally, I cannot wait for the new mini-series Dead Set to start next Monday 27th on E4 at 10pm. To be honest, I think this could be better than the actual Big Brother! Here’s a bit of info about the show in case you’ve been on Mars lately and haven’t seen the trailers and teasers…
‘Britain has a big problem. The dead are returning to life and attacking the living. The people they kill get up and kill – and it’s spreading like wildfire. Curiously, there are a few people left in Britain who aren’t worried about any of this – that’s because they’re the remaining contestants in Big Brother. Cocooned in the safety of the Big Brother house, they’re blissfully unaware of the horrific events unfolding outside. Until an eviction night when all hell breaks loose.
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