Just Henry
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By Kieran Kinsella
Michelle Magorian is one of Britain’s most popular authors and it is no surprise that some of her finest works have been dramatized on TV. Inspector Morse actor John Thaw was among the stars who brought Goodnight Mr Tom to life in 1998 and on Sunday 18 December, fans of Michelle’s work can see Just Henry on ITV. As with Goodnight Mr Tom, ITV have spared no expense in assembling an all-star line up for Just Henry that includes Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy. Michelle very kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the book, the show and her other work.
As a writer do you feel nervous about allowing someone else to bring your book to life in the form of a TV Show?...
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By Kieran Kinsella
Michelle Magorian is one of Britain’s most popular authors and it is no surprise that some of her finest works have been dramatized on TV. Inspector Morse actor John Thaw was among the stars who brought Goodnight Mr Tom to life in 1998 and on Sunday 18 December, fans of Michelle’s work can see Just Henry on ITV. As with Goodnight Mr Tom, ITV have spared no expense in assembling an all-star line up for Just Henry that includes Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy. Michelle very kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the book, the show and her other work.
As a writer do you feel nervous about allowing someone else to bring your book to life in the form of a TV Show?...
- 12/15/2011
- by admin
Josh Bolt
ITV have commissioned a 90 minute adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s novel Just Henry. Josh Bolt will take on the title role and Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy are among the star-studded cast. The screenplay is being written by Michael Chaplin (Monarch of the Glen) and is expected to air some time in 2012.
Just Henry tells the tale of a young man in post World War II Britain who has to come to terms with the death of his father. Henry has a passion for singing but puts that on hold as he is determined to find out more about the circumstances surrounding his father’s death. He is in for a surprise when he goes to his father’s grave and promptly runs into a man who claims to be his father.
Early next year ITV also plan to air Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah’s latest creation Eternal Law,...
ITV have commissioned a 90 minute adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s novel Just Henry. Josh Bolt will take on the title role and Sheila Hancock, Dean Andrews and Elaine Cassidy are among the star-studded cast. The screenplay is being written by Michael Chaplin (Monarch of the Glen) and is expected to air some time in 2012.
Just Henry tells the tale of a young man in post World War II Britain who has to come to terms with the death of his father. Henry has a passion for singing but puts that on hold as he is determined to find out more about the circumstances surrounding his father’s death. He is in for a surprise when he goes to his father’s grave and promptly runs into a man who claims to be his father.
Early next year ITV also plan to air Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah’s latest creation Eternal Law,...
- 8/3/2011
- by admin
Screenterrier reported back in 2009 that Michelle Magorian’s critically acclaimed novel, Just Henry, was being adapted for ITV by Monarch Of The Glen creator Michael Chaplin.
The 90-minute drama started filming in Leeds today and tells the engaging story of one boy’s discovery which alters his family life forever.
17 year old rising star Josh Bolt (represented by Curtis Brown) from Liverpool, who appeared in Nowhere Boy, and is set to appear in the new series of Shameless, leads the cast as the troubled school-boy Henry.
19 year old Perry Millward (also Curtis Brown) who recently appeared in Christopher and His Kind, plays his fellow class-mate Paul Jefferies
and 17 year old Charlie May-Clark from Leeds (also Curtis Brown) who starred in the BBC's South Riding, plays Grace, a new student who can’t read but has an exquisite singing voice.
Set in post-Second World War Britain Henry is growing up in...
The 90-minute drama started filming in Leeds today and tells the engaging story of one boy’s discovery which alters his family life forever.
17 year old rising star Josh Bolt (represented by Curtis Brown) from Liverpool, who appeared in Nowhere Boy, and is set to appear in the new series of Shameless, leads the cast as the troubled school-boy Henry.
19 year old Perry Millward (also Curtis Brown) who recently appeared in Christopher and His Kind, plays his fellow class-mate Paul Jefferies
and 17 year old Charlie May-Clark from Leeds (also Curtis Brown) who starred in the BBC's South Riding, plays Grace, a new student who can’t read but has an exquisite singing voice.
Set in post-Second World War Britain Henry is growing up in...
- 8/1/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Former home by Lake Geneva to showcase life and work of legendary actor
Charlie Chaplin's Swiss mansion is to become a museum, one of his sons said today.
The Corsier-sur-Vevey property by Lake Geneva was chosen over sites in Los Angeles and London as the site of the first museum dedicated to the screen legend, said Michael Chaplin. The museum, which has been a decade in the planning and will be finished within two years, will feature objects from the actor's life and displays chronicling his rise from London's music halls to Hollywood stardom. "He was very happy here because he had a family life," Michael Chaplin said of the Swiss home where his father lived for more than 20 years until his death in 1977.
The vaulted wine cellars of the house will be used to evoke the Victorian-era London of Chaplin's youth, while Hollywood will be recreated in the...
Charlie Chaplin's Swiss mansion is to become a museum, one of his sons said today.
The Corsier-sur-Vevey property by Lake Geneva was chosen over sites in Los Angeles and London as the site of the first museum dedicated to the screen legend, said Michael Chaplin. The museum, which has been a decade in the planning and will be finished within two years, will feature objects from the actor's life and displays chronicling his rise from London's music halls to Hollywood stardom. "He was very happy here because he had a family life," Michael Chaplin said of the Swiss home where his father lived for more than 20 years until his death in 1977.
The vaulted wine cellars of the house will be used to evoke the Victorian-era London of Chaplin's youth, while Hollywood will be recreated in the...
- 11/26/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Favored over Los Angeles and London, the small town of Corsier-sur-Vevey will host a museum dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, says his son, Michael Chaplin. The future pilgrimage destination for fans of the legendary English filmmaker should be complete within two years. It will be dedicated to Charlie Chaplin's career, screening clips of his masterpieces and exhibiting some of his possessions, such as the piano he used to compose his unforgettable songs. In the great Swiss tradition, when the idea was first raised several neighbors of the villa in which Chaplin lived for twenty years were immediately opposed to the idea of transforming it into a museum, afraid visitors to the site, from old to young, would dare to infringe on their hard-earned, idyllic daily lives. Luckily, after about ten years of legal battles, Vevey authorities and the Nestlé Group has prevailed, and the multinational will pick up the reported...
- 11/24/2009
- by Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
- Cineman.ch/en
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