Acorn TV, the Emmy-nominated purveyor of some of the best British shows out there, is climbing in bed with Evelyn Waugh.
The streaming service announced Tuesday morning that it has acquired “Decline and Fall,” a three-part adaptation of the late author’s first novel. The limited series stars Eva Longoria, “Poirot’s” David Suchet and comedian Jack Whitehall.
Read More: Niche Streaming Site Acorn TV Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Poirot’
Set in the late 1920s, “Decline and Fall” stars Whitehall as modest theology student Paul Pennyfeather, who finds his life upended when he’s expelled from Oxford University, having fallen victim to a prank by the privileged Bollinger Club gets him in trouble for indecent exposure. Unfortunately, that act means that Paul has defaulted on the conditions of his inheritance and therefore must take a job teaching at Llanabba, a school in Wales run by Dr. Fagan (Suchet).
There, he...
The streaming service announced Tuesday morning that it has acquired “Decline and Fall,” a three-part adaptation of the late author’s first novel. The limited series stars Eva Longoria, “Poirot’s” David Suchet and comedian Jack Whitehall.
Read More: Niche Streaming Site Acorn TV Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Poirot’
Set in the late 1920s, “Decline and Fall” stars Whitehall as modest theology student Paul Pennyfeather, who finds his life upended when he’s expelled from Oxford University, having fallen victim to a prank by the privileged Bollinger Club gets him in trouble for indecent exposure. Unfortunately, that act means that Paul has defaulted on the conditions of his inheritance and therefore must take a job teaching at Llanabba, a school in Wales run by Dr. Fagan (Suchet).
There, he...
- 4/11/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Screentime.s Anzac Girls will premiere in the Us next month on Us subscription streaming service Acorn TV.
The WW1 miniseries based on the true stories of five Australian and New Zealand nurses at Gallipoli and the Western Front will launch on October 6, with a new episode screening each Monday until November 10.
In early 2015 Acorn will release the 6-part series on DVD and syndicate it to public television stations nationwide.
Owned by Rlj Entertainment, Acorn TV bills itself as the first British-tv focused streaming service in North America.
Its programming this year includes Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries series 2, Jack Irish, Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and Rlj-owned series George Gently, Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain and Poirot's Last Case. Anzac Girls stars Georgia Flood (House Husbands), Antonia Prebble (White Lies), Laura Brent (Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Anna McGahan (House Husbands) and Caroline Craig (Underbelly) as the five nurses.
The WW1 miniseries based on the true stories of five Australian and New Zealand nurses at Gallipoli and the Western Front will launch on October 6, with a new episode screening each Monday until November 10.
In early 2015 Acorn will release the 6-part series on DVD and syndicate it to public television stations nationwide.
Owned by Rlj Entertainment, Acorn TV bills itself as the first British-tv focused streaming service in North America.
Its programming this year includes Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries series 2, Jack Irish, Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and Rlj-owned series George Gently, Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain and Poirot's Last Case. Anzac Girls stars Georgia Flood (House Husbands), Antonia Prebble (White Lies), Laura Brent (Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Anna McGahan (House Husbands) and Caroline Craig (Underbelly) as the five nurses.
- 9/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Dark Corner
Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld and Jay Dratler
Directed by Henry Hathaway
USA, 1946
Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) is a private investigator with a modest office in Manhattan. His only help is in the shape of his trusty and charismatic receptionist Kathleen (Lucille Ball). One evening after a day’s work, Brad convinces Kathleen to spend the evening with him, not too difficult a feat given that she fancies her employer. When perusing the games at a carnival, it comes to their attention that a tough-looking man dressed in a shiny white suit (William Bendix) is tailing them. One thing leads to another (including an attempt on Brad’s life) until the private dick gets his tail to fess up his employer. It turns out Brad’s former partner and now lawyer Tony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger) is keeping tabs on him. What neither Brad nor Tony know, however, is...
Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld and Jay Dratler
Directed by Henry Hathaway
USA, 1946
Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) is a private investigator with a modest office in Manhattan. His only help is in the shape of his trusty and charismatic receptionist Kathleen (Lucille Ball). One evening after a day’s work, Brad convinces Kathleen to spend the evening with him, not too difficult a feat given that she fancies her employer. When perusing the games at a carnival, it comes to their attention that a tough-looking man dressed in a shiny white suit (William Bendix) is tailing them. One thing leads to another (including an attempt on Brad’s life) until the private dick gets his tail to fess up his employer. It turns out Brad’s former partner and now lawyer Tony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger) is keeping tabs on him. What neither Brad nor Tony know, however, is...
- 3/7/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and two-time Oscar nominee John Travolta appear together onscreen for the first time in a bathetic mano-a-mano action thriller from Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider, When in Rome), as the big-budget director continues his losing streak. Only a month after its release in a handful of contractually obligated theaters which came off the heels of a chance Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival showing, Killing Season is now, for better or likely worse, available for the curious few.
Career soldier Benjamin Ford (De Niro) has retired to the Appalachian mountains and spends his days reading Hemingway and listening to Johnny Cash. Ford also dabbles in nature photography because living with horrific memories of war has spoiled the fun of hunting, but his isolated rustic cabin thankfully came pre-furnished with mounted deer heads. One day, the weathered man experiences car trouble and is helped by Kovac,...
Career soldier Benjamin Ford (De Niro) has retired to the Appalachian mountains and spends his days reading Hemingway and listening to Johnny Cash. Ford also dabbles in nature photography because living with horrific memories of war has spoiled the fun of hunting, but his isolated rustic cabin thankfully came pre-furnished with mounted deer heads. One day, the weathered man experiences car trouble and is helped by Kovac,...
- 8/27/2013
- by Caitlin Coder
- IONCINEMA.com
Simon Cowell is reportedly planning a TV show based around Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
The show will be made in a Downton Abbey style, with Cowell's company Syco producing.
It will be set in the Victorian era and will feature real-life storylines from Mark Stevens's book Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum.
Patients expected to feature include William Chester Minor, a murderer who was a major contributor to the Oxford English dictionary during his time in the facility, and Christina Edmunds, who killed at least one person with poisoned chocolate.
Damien Timmer, joint managing director of Mammoth Screen - who will work on the project - told The Mirror: ''The stories of the staff and inmates are engrossing and often deeply moving, and they are shot through with a very English eccentricity and dark sense of humour.''
Cowell has reportedly been holding secret talks with BBC One...
The show will be made in a Downton Abbey style, with Cowell's company Syco producing.
It will be set in the Victorian era and will feature real-life storylines from Mark Stevens's book Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum.
Patients expected to feature include William Chester Minor, a murderer who was a major contributor to the Oxford English dictionary during his time in the facility, and Christina Edmunds, who killed at least one person with poisoned chocolate.
Damien Timmer, joint managing director of Mammoth Screen - who will work on the project - told The Mirror: ''The stories of the staff and inmates are engrossing and often deeply moving, and they are shot through with a very English eccentricity and dark sense of humour.''
Cowell has reportedly been holding secret talks with BBC One...
- 3/29/2013
- Digital Spy
Simon Cowell is planning a 'Downton Abbey'-style show about Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. The 'X Factor' boss' Syco TV company will produce the series, which will be set in the high-security medical facility in the Victorian era, and plotlines will be based on real-life stories in Mark Stevens' book 'Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum'. Damien Timmer - joint managing director of Mammoth Screen, who will work with the music mogul's production company on the project- told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''The stories of the staff and inmates are engrossing and often deeply moving, and they are shot through with...
- 3/29/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Simon Cowell is planning a 'Downton Abbey'-style show about Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. The 'X Factor' boss' Syco TV company will produce the series, which will be set in the high-security medical facility in the Victorian era, and plotlines will be based on real-life stories in Mark Stevens' book 'Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum'. Damien Timmer - joint managing director of Mammoth Screen, who will work with the music mogul's production company on the project- told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''The stories of the staff and inmates are engrossing and often deeply moving, and they are shot through with...
- 3/29/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Simon Cowell -- yes, the former "American Idol" judge -- is apparently dipping his fingers into the "Downton Abbey" pie.
Cowell has a production company called Syco TV that, according to the U.K.'s Mirror, is going to produce for the BBC a "Downton Abbey"-style period drama set in Broadmoor psychiatric hospital during the Victorian age.
The show will reportedly be based on real-life stories which became public in England for the first time just two years ago when the asylum's records archive were made available. The show will work with Mark Stevens' book "Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum."
It is Cowell's first foray into scripted drama. His production has heretofore only produced talent competition shows, game shows and talk show "Piers Morgan's Life Stories." However, Syco TV will partner in the endeavor with Mammoth Screen, the company behind the BBC's hit drama "Parade's End.
Cowell has a production company called Syco TV that, according to the U.K.'s Mirror, is going to produce for the BBC a "Downton Abbey"-style period drama set in Broadmoor psychiatric hospital during the Victorian age.
The show will reportedly be based on real-life stories which became public in England for the first time just two years ago when the asylum's records archive were made available. The show will work with Mark Stevens' book "Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum."
It is Cowell's first foray into scripted drama. His production has heretofore only produced talent competition shows, game shows and talk show "Piers Morgan's Life Stories." However, Syco TV will partner in the endeavor with Mammoth Screen, the company behind the BBC's hit drama "Parade's End.
- 3/29/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Simon Cowell is planning a 'Downton Abbey'-style show about Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. The 'X Factor' boss' Syco TV company will produce the series, which will be set in the high-security medical facility in the Victorian era, and plotlines will be based on real-life stories in Mark Stevens' book 'Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime And The Lunatic Asylum'. Damien Timmer - joint managing director of Mammoth Screen, who will work with the music mogul's production company on the project- told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''The stories of the staff and inmates are engrossing and often deeply moving, and they are shot through with...
- 3/27/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
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