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What tv series would you like to commission?

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Monestera · 21/07/2021 21:14

I'd like to see a faithful rendering of The Little Princess and series based on the life of Maya Angelou and the life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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PermanentTemporary · 21/07/2021 21:18

Love the sound of all of those!

I would have liked a series of Hunted which wasn't so obviously fake. The first series the faking wasn't so obvious and I loved it but I guess it wasn't dramatic enough. It all made me think it's pretty easy to disappear in this country.

And I would love a documentary made by somebody really good about an adult literacy class.

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PaperMonster · 21/07/2021 21:41

I’d just like Colin’s Sandwich to be recommissioned. It was awesome.

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73kittycat73 · 21/07/2021 22:04

How Clean Is you House? Also Buffy and Angel.

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Giveszerofox · 21/07/2021 22:13

Monkey tennis

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RightOnTheEdge · 21/07/2021 22:15

A really good version of the Shardlake books.

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Monestera · 21/07/2021 22:17

And I would love a documentary made by somebody really good about an adult literacy class.

Good one!

A fly on the wall about a local parish council might be interesting.

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Monestera · 21/07/2021 22:18

Wheel of Time?

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Okki · 21/07/2021 22:18

A remake of Flambards to include the last book.

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JMAngel1 · 21/07/2021 22:21

I would love the Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway Series - hard to understand why someone hasn't snapped it up.

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KillingMeDeftly · 21/07/2021 22:23

the life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Yes to this, preferably based on Elizabeth Chadwick's Eleanor trilogy.

There is a series being filmed with Jane Seymour as Eleanor but I think she's just a subsidiary character in it. Her mother in law is played by none other than Joan Collins!

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littledrummergirl · 21/07/2021 22:24

The Chronicles of Narnia, all seven books. I would love to see these being made faithfully to the books.

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Butterchunks · 21/07/2021 22:27

The midnight library. After the first series following the book storyline I'd love to see more seasons following different people and their experiences

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Hawdyerwheesht · 21/07/2021 22:35

Georgette Heyer novels Smile

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Buttybach · 21/07/2021 22:37

All of Judy Blume's teen books as 1 hour episodes

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Aroundtheworldin80moves · 21/07/2021 22:39

Rivers of London.

Harry Potter or based in JK Rowlings world.

A series for children about important women through history.

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DPotter · 21/07/2021 22:40

The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch

The Met Police have a dept for Magical crime......

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SnakeyTakey · 21/07/2021 22:41

@RightOnTheEdge

A really good version of the Shardlake books.

I'M DESPERATE FOR THIS.

I hope some bright spark at Netflix has the same idea. They have pots of cash so could surely make a decent fist of it.
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DPotter · 21/07/2021 22:41

I've got suggestions for which actors for the main roles too if you're interested....

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DorotheaDiamond · 21/07/2021 22:41

Def georgette heyer!

Also Anne McCAfferey pern books!

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SnakeyTakey · 21/07/2021 22:43

OP, I remember reading somewhere a while ago that someone was working on a script for a new version of A Little Princess. But I suppose these things can be shelved or put on hold indefinitely. It's one of my faves though. I'd like to re-watch the series that starred Maureen Lipman as Miss Minchin.

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LumpySpacedPrincess · 21/07/2021 22:45

The Rivers of London series is going to be made into a tv series.

I would love to see The Lymond Chronicles and a Blakes 7 reboot.

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CeaselessWatcher · 21/07/2021 22:48

A proper Box of Delight-style faithful adaptation of The Dark is Rising series. On the BBC. I don’t have Netflix or any of that stuff. To start with The Dark is Rising, aired over the Christmas period. In the summer we will have Over Sea Under Stone. I know that one comes first, but the Dark is Rising works better as the first series I think. Then all the others.

It can be brought into the modern age, I don’t mind that. But keep everything else. And for the love of God don’t make Will American or cast Lovejoy as Merriman.

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CeaselessWatcher · 21/07/2021 22:48

@JMAngel1

I would love the Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway Series - hard to understand why someone hasn't snapped it up.

I agree!
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MrsJackRackham · 21/07/2021 22:48

@rightontheedge I came on to say this. Done right it would be awesome.

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spaceghetto · 21/07/2021 22:51

Mudlarking
Prison break

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