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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Outspoken soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe will offer her takes on sports and current events in a new book for the Penguin Press. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-25 19:10:34 UTC ]
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Filming has started on a four-part BBC One dramatisation of Us by David Nicholls (Hodder & Stoughton), starring Tom Hollander and adapted by the author himself. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 16:27:10 UTC ]
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David Walliams has narrated the audiobook of The Curse of the School Rabbit (HarperCollins), written and illustrated by Judith Kerr. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 12:22:15 UTC ]
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MP David Lammy will explore tribalism and the questions of belonging in a "fascinating and perceptive analysis", that will be published Constable following a four-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 20:50:10 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has bagged the "captivating" debut thriller from Anna Downes in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 16:28:07 UTC ]
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Welsh publisher Graffeg has acquired four picture books by Jason Korsner, a BBC broadcaster, film critic and photographer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan’s Tor imprint has signed a three-book deal with debut fantasy author A.K. Larkwood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has snapped up an “emotional page-turner” by Linda Green in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired a new cookbook from Nadiya Hussain to tie-in with her upcoming BBC series, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has bagged the "haunting" debut novel by editor and ghostwriter Molly Aitken in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins Children's Books is to bring out its first brand extension publishing for kids' favourite David Walliams, with The World of David Walliams: Book of Stuff, illustrated by Tony Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chief executive Simon Fox’s pay package increases by nearly 20% despite slide in revenuesTrinity Mirror is to change its name to Reach following the acquisition of Richard Desmond’s Express and Star titles, as the newspaper publisher reported a slump in revenues in tough trading conditions last... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Actors Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie are to star in the BBC's adaptation of Helen FitzGerald's The Cry (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s novel about a boy trying to break his father out of prison sells more than 60,000 copies in a week to secure top slot in festive book chartsDavid Walliams’s tale of a boy trying to break his father out of prison, Bad Dad, has beaten Jamie Oliver’s latest recipe collection to the top... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has claimed the Christmas Number One, selling 60,700 copies for £376,150 through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Tennant will take the title role in the BBC adaptation of The Highway Rat (Scholastic) by duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has bought seven titles about a child detective from British author Andrew Clover and US based illustrator Ralph Lazar, following a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams’ next children’s book will be called Bad Dad, a “heart-warming rags to riches story” about a boy who tries to break his dad out of prison. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Star Wars and the Marvel comic book movies will join Disney's upcoming streaming service, potentially giving it broader appeal beyond families with young children. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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