Stephen Fry and Victoria Wood will be battling the Clock family this Christmas on BBC1's The Borrowers. Fry will be Professor Mildeye and Wood will be Grandma Driver hunting the little people invading the house.
"Filming is due to start at the end of June on the BBC's new 90-minute adaptation of The Borrowers, based on Mary Norton's books about tiny people living in secret beneath floorboards. The star-studded production includes Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood, Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan and Shaun Dooley, alongside top young talent Robert Sheehan and Aisling Loftus." (Read more at Screen Terrier)
Article in Guardian
"I couldn't be more thrilled with Ben Vanstone's take on this classic Christmas story," said Juliette Howell, head of television at Working Title, which is making the programme. "It feels fresh, original, and above all funny."
Stephen Fry: "I was very surprised to get this script because I remember they did The Borrowers not that long ago… I thought “Oh, that’s odd” but I read the script and thought it was delightful and I had a really funny part…"
The Borrowers (2011) on BBC
The Royal Diaries (DVD)
Three of the titles from Scholastic's series of Royal Diarieshave been adapted for film (each story is 26 minutes):
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (written by Carolyn Meyer)
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (written by Kristiana Gregory )
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (written by Kathryn Lasky)
I enjoyed reading some of the Scholastic diaries with my daughter so pleased to see that they have been adapted for young girls to get a taste of history!
Thanks to xHistoryGirl23x for uploading these videos!
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