Mystery of how Holmes survived rooftop fall is solved, Peter Capaldi makes Doctor Who debut, and Open All Hours returnsIt is a mystery that gripped the nation. Finally the BBC will reveal how Sherlock Holmes survived falling to his apparent certain death, in a festive TV lineup that will also include the first outing for Peter Capaldi as the Time Lord in the new Doctor Who.The BBC's Christmas and new year holiday season of programmes, announced on Tuesday, will include PD James' Pride and Prejudice sequel, Death Comes to Pemberley, starring Matthew Rhys as Mr Darcy; an adaptation of David Walliams' children's book Gangsta Granny; and festive editions of Strictly Come Dancing, Call the Midwife and The Great British Bake Off.The bawdy sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys will be back, as will another BBC sitcom from the gentler end of the spectrum, the return after nearly 30 years of Open All Hours, with David Jason.But it is Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role in Sherlock that is most likely to grip viewers' imaginations. Conspiracy theories abound as to exactly how Holmes faked his death after the second series climaxed in January 2012 with the supersleuth's dramatic rooftop plunge.Since the show was last on BBC1, both Cumberbatch, in the Star Trek sequel Into Darkness, and his co-star Martin Freeman, in The Hobbit, have become established big-screen stars.The showrunner Steven Moffat said there was a "clue everybody's missed" after Holmes's standoff with his nemesis, Moriarty. Two... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The Handmaid’s Tale has leapfrogged Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water to claim the Monthly E-Book Ranking top spot for June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The summer 2018-slated Great American Read is an eight-part TV series that will explore the power of books in American society. The show will culminate with a list of the top 10 books ever written, according to the general public. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC has backtracked on plans to axe "Saturday Review", its cultural discussion programme presented by Tom Sutcliffe on Radio 4. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's National Poetry Day will see the launch of the UK's biggest poetry festival dedicated to new work, in conjunction with the BBC. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SnappyTV allows publishers to share TV clips across Twitter, Facebook and other platforms. Twitter is replacing it with a tool that only works for Twitter. The post Twitter plans to shut down SnappyTV in favor of new TV-clipping tool appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books and Penguin Random House Children’s UK have struck a two-series deal with BBC Worldwide to continue their line of Doctor Who publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic will publish a new version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol “retold” by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Tony Ross, who the publisher said is directly descended from one of Dickens’ illustrators. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The removal of quotas for radio comedy, drama and readings will have a “significant impact” on the Society of Authors' members, the organisation has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon James Green’s YA debut, Noah Can’t Even, has been optioned for TV by Urban Myth Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has hired BBC’s Radio 1 editor Rachel Mallender to head up its audio book arm. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC is forever playing around with new forms of storytelling, but its many experimental projects can be hard to keep track of. A 360-degree video might be published on YouTube and Facebook, for example, while an animated VR tale might launch firs... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Ackroyd’s latest non-fiction Queer City (Chatto and Windus), looking at London through the history and experiences of its gay population, has been optioned by Two Halves Pictures for television. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants users to "lean back." No, that's not the sequel to Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In"; it's how people watch TV, unlike the way they scroll through the News Feed.For months, Facebook has been talking to its biggest media and publishing partners to introduce TV-worthy programming to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Natalie Dye’s debut novel about the sinking of the Arandora Star ship during World War Two, killing 865 people, has been optioned for television. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking is publishing Nina Stibbe’s An Almost Perfect Christmas, a comedic non-fiction book exploring festive cooking and customs, and the highs and lows of the Christmas season. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Before Sachsgate felled his career, Wossy was top of the chatshow tree. Now he makes do with Gino D’Acampo while Graham Norton entertains Tom CruiseBack at the end of March, Graham Norton staged a live version of his chatshow for Comic Relief. One of the many guests on his extended sofa that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US film and TV producer Louise Goodsill has optioned Frances Hardinge's award-winning novel The Lie Tree (Pan Macmillan Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pioneer Woman Magazine is Ree Drummond’s latest project. The post Hearst, Scripps Team Up for Another TV-Inspired Magazine Launch appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleventh Hour Films (EHF) has optioned the screen rights to Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider novels (Walker Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even bestsellers like J K Rowling and Paula Hawkins can’t escape the shadow of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from beyond the grave. Kiera O’Brien reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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