ADS HANNAH WADDINGHAM
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Hannah Waddingham has joined the cast
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Even though rival BBC has announced earlier this afternoon that Canal+' Marie Antoinette new period set television series (that I already announced to you earlier this summer) will air on their BBC 2 channel next year for the audience in United Kingdom, it is still
ITV day here today, beginning with news from their new period set adaptation of
TOM JONES classic novel by
Henry Fielding. Beside
Solly McLeod as the hero Tom,
Sophie Wilde as the heroine Sophia Western and Pearl Mackie as Sophia’s trusted maid, Honour, they've now announced fresh Emmy winner
Hannah Waddingham in the role of the seductive and vengeful Lady Bellaston! The series that will air on
Masterpiece in USA, will also star
James Fleet, Alun Armstrong, Shirley Henderson, Tamzin Merchant,
Julian Rhind Tutt, Susannah Fielding,
Daniel Rigby, James Wilbraham, Felicity Montagu, Janine Duvitski, Dean Lennox Kelly and Lucy Fallon. The raunchy novel follows often very scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young and
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Daniel Rigby, Solly McLeod, James Wilbraham take the male roles
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good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of twists and surprises. The shooting will start this Autumn around Belfast.
THE LARKINS TV SERIES
TRAILER & AIR DATE REVEALED
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Tok Stephen and Sabrina Bartlett
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ITV has published a trailer for their remake of Darling Buds of May classic series THE LARKINS which will start Sunday October 10th with six episodes and plus a festive one for Christmas. Set in the late 1950’s, it follows the golden hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh) and his wife Ma (Joanna Scanlan), together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett), as they bask in their idyllic and beautiful patch of paradise in Kent. Fiercely loyal to each other and their community, there’s an overwhelming sense of plenty in their lives and a lot of joy and raucous laughter. With an
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The series will have six episode plus a festive one
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endless supply of delicious, hearty meals alongside the odd cocktail or two, the Larkins are always happy to share what they have with others, despite the fact
that what they have is sometimes obtained by unusual means! Sadly their good heartedness is not always shared by certain members of the local
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The series is a remake of Darling Buds of May
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community and village gossip about Pop and his family is often rife. From government officials and snobbish second homeowners to aggressive urban
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Joanna Scanlan is Ma Larkin who loves cooking best
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developers, the Larkins never take threats to their idyllic way of life lying down but when Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton (Tok Stephen) arrives to inspect their
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Bradley Walsh is the head of the Larkin family
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taxes things are looking bleak for The Larkins. Soon distracted by the beautiful Mariette, Charley quickly discovers that he has a romantic rival in the form of the handsome and mysterious Tom Fisher (Stephen Hagan).
