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And like buses, not only is there one but two crime programmes on on Sunday. Which to watch and which to record? Scheduled against Wallander is Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (on ITV1 8-10pm) and the guest stars include Martin Shaw and Art Malik.
The full ITV press release is here but here are a few paras from David Suchet concerning Martin Shaw and also the filming locations:
"Three Act Tragedy is to do with this great star, played by Martin Shaw, who swans around and we see his world, his theatrical world if you like, of how he lives, his loves and his tragedies. In it we see crime, we see murder.
"The way the adaptation of Three Act Tragedy works is terrific. Ashley Pearce, who has directed other Poirot’s and therefore knows Poirot very well, has been wonderfully creative and done a sort of theatrical presentation of it.
"It was particularly wonderful for me to be reunited with Martin Shaw. Martin and I go right the way back. It was the first time we worked together since The Professionals, so the best part of 40 years ago. Martin is a really great actor and it was really good to be working with him again.
The main locations we used for Poirot: Three Act Tragedy were Knebworth House and Eltham Palace. Speaking about these David says, “On Poirot we have the great privilege on this series of going to some of the finest locations in England. To go to Knebworth is like going back into another era.
“Although the exterior of Crow’s Nest was filmed in the South West of England we looked for an interior location that we could make look as though it fitted the outside, and we found this at Eltham Palace.
“It was a great joy for me to film at Eltham Palace. It is the most extraordinary location and place to visit. It is very 1930s and very art-deco as well.
“I have two great soft spots for Eltham Palace, one because I do the audio guide there – so if you ever go to Eltham Palace you will hear my voice saying, ‘And on your right is...’ And my other is that it was where we filmed when I played Robert Maxwell, for which I received an Emmy. Going back there was very special to me.”
The BBC has ruined Mankell's brilliant stories by injecting into the scripts a great deal of British slang and other inanities aimed at current illiterate British audiences.
ReplyDeleteIn one episode, the characters even mispronounced the name of a Swedish town. Did these people not think that anyone in Britain (or elsewhere) knows how to pronounce Swedish? Or was the entire production team just not even aware that the error was being made?
With all respect to the brilliant Kenneth Branagh, these productions have disgraced Mankell's great crime novels. Mankell ought to rescind his contract and find someone who will more faithfully bring his stories to the screen for a truly international audience.
Timothy, you are spouting utter drivel. You can't see the quality of the acting, direction and writing and instead concentrate on obscure nitpicking about utterly irrelevant trivia.
ReplyDeleteOh and the Swedes think its better than their own excellent version.