Released in July 2009, The Carte Noire Readers is a series of online Jackanory style films for French coffee brand, Carte Noire. It stars British actors Dominic West[1], Greg Wise and Dan Stevens [2] reading love scenes from a variety of classic and modern Penguin novels.[3][4]
In March 2010 a new series was released featuring Joseph Fiennes to celebrate the launch of Carte Noire's new cappuccino product. The 10 films were released over a series of weeks, beginning with readings of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes and Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow.