Fairy Tales (TV series)

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Fairy Tales is a British television drama anthology series produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC Northern Ireland and broadcast on BBC One. Traditional fairy tales are adapted into modern settings, after the model of ShakespeaRe-Told and The Canterbury Tales. The first episode was broadcast on 10 January 2008, with others following at weekly intervals.

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[edit] Episodes

[edit] 1. Rapunzel

An adaptation of the fairytale of the same name, it resets Rapunzel as Billy Jane Brooke (Charity Wakefield), a tennis player with an overprotective mother-manager. She meets fellow tennis player Jimmy Stojkovic (Lee Ingleby), and he falls in love with her. However, there is one problem - Jimmy is an untalented male player whose manager has forced him to dress as a woman to enter the female seeds. Will true love triumph? This episode is directed by Catherine Morshead and written by Ed Roe.[1] Ratings were relatively poor, with only 3.1 million viewers and a 13% audience share.[2]

[edit] 2. Cinderella

Starring James Nesbitt, Maxine Peake, Lucy Punch, Lucinda Raikes, Harriet Walter. James Nesbitt and Maxine Peake, the lead characters, are an anthropology professor and a cleaner. The story is retold as a romantic comedy set in a busy university. It was directed by Peter Lydon and written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto. The music is a combination of source tracks and original compositions by TV & film music composer Sheridan Tongue.

[edit] 3. The Empress's New Clothes

Starring Denise van Outen, Liz White, Rosie Cavaliero, Vincent Franklin, Kenny Doughty. Glamorous soap star Michaela (Denise van Outen) is a slave to fashion and designer labels but it has its pitfalls...

[edit] 4. Billy Goat

Starring Holly Grainger, Bernard Hill, Mathew Horne, Anthony McKenna, Paul Nicholls, Sarah Smart.The boys in the band Billy Goat have dreams of pastures new but how will their troll manager react? This episode is written by Jeremy Dyson.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (7 July 2007) Lee Ingleby, Charity Wakefield and Shaun Williamson let down their hair in BBC One's Rapunzel, BBC
  2. ^ Conlan, Tara. "Echo Beach resonates with viewers", The Guardian, 11 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 
  3. ^ Dyson, Jeremy. "Once upon a time there was a boy band...", The Guardian, 15 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 

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