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Below is a list of my favorite television productions about the British Empire: ( Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite television productions set in the 1870s: ( Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite television productions set during the 1810s: ( Collapse )

"VANITY FAIR" (1987) Review

I found myself wondering how many adaptations of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847-1848 novel there have been. As it turned out, this is one piece of literature that has been adapted countless number of times - in film, radio and television. I have seen at least five adaptations myself. And one of them turned out to be the sixteen-part television miniseries that aired on the BBC in 1987. ( Collapse )

Below are images from "VANITY FAIR", the 1987 television adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847-1848 novel. Written by Alexander Baron, and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and Michael Owen Morris; the miniseries starred Eve Matheson: ( Collapse )

"THIRTEEN AT DINNER" (1985) Review

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Peter Ustinov starred in theatrical adaptations of two Agatha Christie novels that featured her Belgian protagonist, detective Hercule Poirot. Three years after the second film, CBS Television hired him to star in three television movies featuring the Poirot character. The first one was the second adaptation of Christie's 1933 novel, "Lord Edgeware Dies". ( Collapse )

Below are images from "THIRTEEN AT DINNER", the 1985 adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1933 novel, "Lord Edgware Dies". The movie starred Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot: ( Collapse )

"STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE" (1999) Review

Sixteen years after the 1983 movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI" hit the movie screens, producer-director George Lucas returned to the world of STAR WARS for a new trilogy that depicted the years before the 1977-1983 movies, starting with the 1999 film, "STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE".( Collapse )

Below are images from the 1999 movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE". Directed by George Lucas, the movie starred Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Jake Lloyd:( Collapse )

"THE FAR PAVILIONS" (1984) Review

Thirty-four years ago saw the publication of an international best seller about a young British Army officer during the British Raj in 19th century India. The novel's success not brought about a not-so-successful musical stage play in 2005, but also a six-part television miniseries, twenty-one years earlier. ( Collapse )