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Andrew Davies To Pen BBC’s Dylan Thomas Drama ‘A Poet In New York’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday April 24, 2013 @ 2:25am PDTTags: A Poet In New York, Andrew Davies, BBC

The BBC is marking a lot of anniversaries with its upcoming specials. Later this year, the broadcaster will celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who and will also remember The Great Train Robbery 50 years on with a serial starring Luke Evans. Mr. Selfridge creator Andrew Davies, who recently signed on to adapt Leo Tolstoy’s War And Peace for the BBC, has also just committed to A Poet In New York, a drama he’ll write about Dylan Thomas and his death in New York in 1953 at the age of 39. Broadcast is set for next year, the centenary of Thomas’ birth. The story kicks off with the Welsh poet’s arrival in Manhattan on his fatal visit and covers the last days of his life as well as his stormy relationship with wife Caitlin. Aisling Walsh will direct A Poet In New York. Shooting starts this summer. Modern TV is producing the movie for the BBC.

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Andrew Davies To Adapt ‘War And Peace’ As Six-Part BBC Miniseries

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday February 18, 2013 @ 5:18am PSTTags: Andrew Davies, BBC, Big Deals TV, War and Peace

Andrew Davies has written screen versions of everything from the original House Of Cards to Pride And Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Bleak House, Brideshead Revisited and Bridget Jones. He’s now adding the tome of tomes to that list. The … Read More »

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