Corporation's contract with Christie estate will bring new series and documentaries coinciding with author's 125th anniversaryDavid Walliams will star in a new Agatha Christie adaptation on BBC1 under a new deal to bring some of the author's best-known works to the small screen in the 125th anniversary year of the author's birth.The BBC has screened many Christie works in the past but the author has been associated with ITV for the past two decades, with its take on Miss Marple and its long-running Poirot series, starring David Suchet, which ended last year.Walliams will star in a six-part series set in the 1950s, Partners in Crime, an adaptation of two Christie books featuring married sleuths Tommy and Tuppence, The Secret Adversary and N or M.The Christie deal will also see a new three-part adaptation of And Then There Were None, Christie's most successful work which has sold more than 100m copies. Adapted by Sarah Phelps, it will be the centrepiece of its Christmas schedule in 2015."It is our ambition for Tommy and Tuppence to finally take their rightful place alongside Poirot and Marple as iconic Agatha Christie characters," said Walliams. "They are among Christie's very best work."Ben Stephenson, the BBC's controller, drama commissioning, said he hoped the new adaptations would return Christie to "the pantheon of truly great British writers" and added he was in discussion with the Christie estate about a "huge variety of things". The Christie adaptations will also be... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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I read a lot of good books in 2012, and as always, it was hard to narrow down a list like this. But here they are, alphabetically by title: My 10 favorite books of 2012. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books is launching a new teen series with a hunt for its cover star... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and University College London (UCL) have launched a new scholarship in memory of Faber... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press, the regional newspaper publisher of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has appointed BBC digital marketer Lucy Sinclair to the new role of group audience development and marketing director. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent David Bolt died on 16th November, aged 84. Bolt worked at David Higham... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian publisher APN is putting its South Island newspapers on the block including The Star in Christchurch and the Oamaru Mail. It is also intending to sell the Capital Community Newspaper group in Wellington but is keeping the weekly free Kap ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Reilly Media has become an online distributor for technology ebooks offered by John Wiley & Sons, which includes brands such as For Dummies and Sybex. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caffeine Nights Publishing has signed its first foreign rights deal, selling Korean translation... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and R.R. Donnelley have signed a new agreement that will create one centralized warehouse that will serve as the distribution site for all HC U.S. titles, including those published by its Christian publishing division that houses Zondervan and Thomas Nelson. Harper said it expects... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK publishers have spoken of their concern for US colleagues as the east coast struggles with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Reading Agency and Pan Macmillan are launching a new scheme to introduce library users to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Members of the public have voted Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Pearson says it has agreed a deal with German media group Bertelsmann to combine their Penguin and Random House businesses. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the writers behind disaster-prone Spider-Man Broadway musical, Glen Berger, will reveal all in a "fly-on-the-wall" book. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pippa Middleton book: On Thursday her 416-page glossy hardback will be released in Britain. The title of the Pippa Middleton book of recipes and party planning tips? "Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends" Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has acquired a title by the Olympic and World Champion Triathlon stars, brothers Alistair... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myriad has signed a third novel by Isabel Ashdown, the author of Glasshopper, the winner of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broadcaster, critic and writer Mark Lawson is returning for a second year to chair the judging... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus company Mitchell Beazley has acquired The Bowler's Meatball Cookbook by Jez Felwick,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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One of Germany’s largest retail groups is changing ownership in a deal that is anxiously... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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