“Devlishly Hilarious” the New York Times

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“Devlishly Hilarious” The New York Times

• Classic comedy drama set in west Ireland at the turn of the century and based on the books by Anglo-Irish novelists, E Somerville and M Ross. • Over 15 hours of programming, broadcast over three series, on Channel 4 from 1983 – 1985 (and on RTE One).

Starring Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born) in the title role with Beryl Reid (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Bryan Murray (Perfect Scoundrels), Niall Toibin (Ballykissangel), and Sarah Badel (Mrs. Dalloway). Shot entirely on location in County Kildare and capturing the beauty of the lush Irish countryside. TV writers included Rosemary Anne Sisson (Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The Bretts, Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries, Upstairs Downstairs) and supporting cast includes Niall Toibin (Ballykissangel).

Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born) stars in this lighthearted drama series as Major Sinclair Yeates, a retired English army ofﬁ cer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-20th-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a land where “the inevitable never happens, but the improbable frequently does.”

Title: The Irish R.M. Broadcaster: Channel 4/RTE Format: 18 x 60 mins Writer: Rosemary Anne Sisson (The Bretts) Producer: Channel 4/RTE

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“The concept is so irresistible, the cast so watchable” The Mirror “A lavish adaptation “Jolly good fun” of the Tolstoy classic” The Guardian The Guardian

• Seven 45 minute episodes which aired on ITV over • Over 7 hours of epic and exciting drama with a two series. star-driven chemistry better than the BBC version. • Series Two even outperformed Series One debut • This magnifi cent production was fi lmed on location with 4.5m viewers and a 19.5% share. in Saint Petersburg and Lithuania by Academy • In development: The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Award® nominated director Robert Dornhelm. sees two of the original characters (actors Julie Graham and Rachel Stirling) working with a US code-breaking hub in California during WWII. Stars a powerhouse international cast including Clémence Poésy (The Tunnel), Malcolm McDowell A powerful cast includes Anna Maxwell Martin (A Clockwork Orange), Brenda Blethyn (Accused: Tina’s Story), Rachael Stirling (Pride and Prejudice), Alessio Boni (Caravaggio), (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen), Alexander Beyer (Carlos The Jackal) and Sophie Rundle (Great Expectations) Ken Duken (Inglourious Basterds). Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered) and Julie Graham (Tower Block). In Tolstoy’s tempestuous epic of love and war, passion and power, a small circle of aristocrats fi nd their During World War II when women were called into glittering world crumbling as Napoleon’s sweeping all kinds of service, some of the most brilliant found forces threaten to overwhelm Imperial Russia. Set in themselves operating as code-breakers in the now the opening decades of the 19th century, War and Peace famous, but then highly secret Bletchley Park. But follows the changing fortunes of brooding military hero what were they to do when the war was over? Could Prince Andrej, his bookish friend Pierre and the spirited they suddenly switch off their bright minds and return but naïve Natasha. As Napoleon’s armies menace their to lives of quiet drudgery? Not these four women privileged lives, the horrors of the battlefi eld reach into who transformed themselves from code-breakers into Russia’s most elegant ballrooms and bedrooms. crime-crackers.

© 2007 Lux Vide S.p.A. All rights reserved. © World Productions (Bletchley) Ltd 2012 & 2013. Title: War & Peace Broadcaster: RAI 1/France 2 Format: 4 x 120 mins Title: The Bletchley Circle Writer: Enrico Medioli (Once Upon a Time in America), Broadcaster: ITV Gavin Scott (Young Indiana Jones) Format: 7 x 60 mins Lorenzo Favella (The Goodbye Kiss) Writer: Guy Burt (Riviera) Producer: Lux Vide Producer: World Productions

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