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Village welcomes Dame Judi
First Look Photos
of Judi Dench filming in Lacock
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of filming in Lacock
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really nice new photos from this location filming April 24, 2007 -- Swindon Advertiser A WILTSHIRE village has been transformed into 19th century Cheshire for a new TV series starring Dame Judi Dench. Lacock is being taken over by a BBC film crew this week for the filming of its production of the Cranford Chronicles. The filming got under way on Monday and will continue throughout the week. The village's Red Lion pub in the High Street has been turned into Johnson's Stores, where Dame Judi's character Miss Matty Jenkyns shops for gifts for her family. The pub has undergone a dramatic face-lift with the ground floor frontage being painted a dark grey colour. High Street and Church Street is closed until Friday to allow filming to take place, with any firms breaching the closure rule risking a fine of £1,000. The BBC film weaves together three different Elizabeth Gaskell novels to create a comic drama about the course of ordinary lives in a small town in Cheshire during 1842. Each household in Lacock has received £100 for the inconvenience of having a major filming project take place on their doorstep. This is not the first time Lacock has made a star appearance on screen, with the abbey featuring in the first Harry Potter movie, and the BBC's eternally popular adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice being filmed there. Last year filming
for the feature film adaptation of Philippa Gregory's The Other
Boleyn Girl took place in the village, with Hollywood beauties
Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman in the two lead roles. Thanks to Gretchen for first bringing this to our attention
Lacock filming starts on Monday, April 23, 2007
Art director Mark Kebby at the set FILMING for the BBC's production of the Cranford Chronicles, starring Judi Dench, starts on Monday and the village of Lacock has been transformed for the cameras. Set construction
teams have turned The Red Lion pub in High Street into Johnson's
Stores, where Dame Judi's character Miss Matty Jenkyns is
expected to shop for gifts for her family. The exterior of the
pub is almost unrecognisable, with its handsome new ground floor
fascia painted dark grey. Click here to read the entire article -- Wiltshire Times Online -- April 21, 2007
BBC News Online Article -- Cast Announced April 20, 2007 -- Life on Mars actor Philip Glenister has signed up to appear in a five-part BBC One period drama based on novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The actor will play Mr Carter in the Cranford Chronicles - a 19th Century drama which explores life in a fictional rural town in Cheshire. Glenister joins an-all-star cast which also includes Dame Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Barbara Flynn. The series, written by Heidi Thomas, will be broadcast later this year. 'Witty and poignant' Cranford Chronicles is based on three Gaskell books - Cranford, Mr Harrison's Confessions and My Lady Ludlow. According to the BBC, the "witty and poignant story follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford during one extraordinary year". Dame Judi's character is described as a woman "whose hopes and lively spirit were crushed when she was forced as a young woman to give up the man she loved". Kate Harwood, BBC head of drama series and serials, said: "We are privileged to have assembled a great cast to give life to these wonderful characters. "Now we can look forward to seeing these richly moving stories unfold."
'Cranford Chronicles' cast announced Digital Spy Online Article -- April 20 2007 -- By Joanne Oatts, Media Correspondent The cast has been announced for the Cranford Chronicles, a new five-part drama serial for BBC One. Starring alongside Dame Judi Dench will be acclaimed actors Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Philip Glenister, Lesley Manville, Julia Sawalha, Julia McKenzie, Imelda Staunton and Greg Wise. I Capture The Castle and Lilies writer Heidi Thomas has written the script, adapted from the three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The story follows the lives of the people of Cranford, a small rural Cheshire town. Set in the 1840s, Gaskell's novels show the struggle of the local people in a rapidly changing world. Kate Harwood, BBC head of drama series & serials, said: "We are privileged to have assembled a great cast to give life to these wonderful characters, now we can look forward to seeing these richly moving stories unfold." Dench will play Miss Matty Jenkyns, whose hopes and lively spirit were crushed when she was forced as a young woman to give up the man she loved, played by Gambon, and to live in the shadow of her elder sister, Deborah, played by Atkins. According to reports, the serial was originally postponed in 2005 amid claims of BBC budget cuts. Cranford's producer Sue Birtwistle was behind the highly-acclaimed television productions of Pride and Prejudice and Wives and Daughters. She said in January "Five years ago, I made a wish: to be allowed to conjure an entirely new drama out of three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, and to persuade Judi Dench to play Miss Matty. Dream come true. Is one allowed to be this lucky?" The production begins filming this month in Wiltshire and London.
Dame Judi signs up for BBC drama -- January 31, 2007
http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/ Oscar-winning star Dame Judi Dench is to appear in a five-part BBC One serial based on novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The 72-year-old actress will play Miss Matty Jenkyns in Cranford Chronicles - a 19th Century drama exploring life in a fictional rural town in Cheshire. Dame Judi said she was "so excited" to appear in a series that would give her "a summer of fun to look forward to". Click here to read the entire article Thanks to
Gloria N, for first bringing this to my attention
The Cast (in alphabetical order)
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