MONDAY...................MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING________8.30

[RTKangaMummy]

MONDAY 07 NOVEMBER



Drama

Much Ado about Nothing

8:30pm - 10:00pm

BBC1 London & South East




VIDEO Plus+: 16571
Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described

Episode written by David Nicholls





1/4

Shakespeare's confection of love, jealousy, insults and lies is smoothly transferred to 2005 and a regional television newsroom. The updating works well, as long as you approach it as 'based on' rather than a word-for-word transposing of the original. Its verbally sparring twosome, Beatrice and Benedick (a sparky Sarah Parish and a sauve Damian Lewis) are co-presenters of Wessex Tonight and though they have to keep up that faux mateyness on screen, off it they are bitching at each other.

Interactive: view scenes in the original text and explore the play's themes with ex-Spooks actor David Oyelowo via the red button.



Beatrice - Sarah Parish


Benedick - Damian Lewis


Hero - Billie Piper


Claude - Tom Ellis


Leonard - Martin Jarvis


Don - Derek Riddell


Peter - Michael Smiley


Margaret - Nina Sosanya


Ursula - Olivia Colman


Mr Berry - Anthony O'Donnell


Keith Flemming - Patrick Ryecart


Vince - Rasmus Hardiker


Girl - Henrietta Clemett


Vicar - George Potts


Waiter - George Couyas


Receptionist - Lorna Brown





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[RTKangaMummy]

oliughuguyhijn

[compo]

So is it all Much Ado About Nothing tonight and the other three are different plays or is this the first of a 4 parter of the first play if you see what i mean!

[RTKangaMummy]

If I have got this right

it is a different play each week iyswim

I will be stand corrected if I am wrong

[WhizzzBangWhizzz]

Nice to see you back RTKM !

[RTKangaMummy]

Thanks

[RTKangaMummy]

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[RTKangaMummy]

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[NomDePlume]

Thanks for this reminder, RTKM. I've been looking forward to the Shakespeare re-told series.

[RTKangaMummy]

You're welcome

[roisin]

I'm not at all sure I'm going to like this, but I have to watch anyway.

[RTKangaMummy]

oke doke roisin

just started

[NomDePlume]

Damian Lewis is worth watching, whatever the programme content

[roisin]

Great script, I enjoyed it immensely.

I'm not at all sure what I think about the "Shakespeare" bit though!

Oh, and I don't like Damian Lewis: I don't know why. I just think he's a bit creepy.

[Lonelymum]

Good, wasn't it? They should put stuff like this on more often.