ITV has commissioned a drama series based on the Merrily Watkins novels by Phil Rickman. Following a country vicar with a sideline in exorcism, the latest in the series of cult novels, The Magus of Hay, was published by Corvus in 2013. The next in the series, Friends of the Dusk, will be published in March 2015. Drama channel ITV Encore will now create a three-part series, "Midwinter of the Spirit", based on the series, starring double BAFTA winner Anna Maxwell-Martin as Watkins and David Threlfall as her mentor, Rev Huw Owen. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]