BBC boss Lord Tony Hall has apologised after agreeing with a suggestion that The Archers was like 'EastEnders in a field'.
The director general appeared to accept the comments, which were put to him during an interview earlier this year, adding that he was confident show bosses would be "making sure that we don't lose what is precious" about the long-running drama.
Tony Hall defends popular TV shows from critics: 'The BBC belongs to this country'
However, he quickly called The Archers programme editor afterwards to apologise for any upset caused.
Sean O'Connor told the Radio Times: "I was a bit annoyed. But [Lord Hall] rang me at 7.30 in the morning and said that he was terribly sorry.
"I said, 'You do know it's getting an extra 3.5 million listeners on the podcast? That it's doing as well as it did in the '50s?' He apologised and said we were doing a wonderful job.
The director general appeared to accept the comments, which were put to him during an interview earlier this year, adding that he was confident show bosses would be "making sure that we don't lose what is precious" about the long-running drama.
Tony Hall defends popular TV shows from critics: 'The BBC belongs to this country'
However, he quickly called The Archers programme editor afterwards to apologise for any upset caused.
Sean O'Connor told the Radio Times: "I was a bit annoyed. But [Lord Hall] rang me at 7.30 in the morning and said that he was terribly sorry.
"I said, 'You do know it's getting an extra 3.5 million listeners on the podcast? That it's doing as well as it did in the '50s?' He apologised and said we were doing a wonderful job.
- 9/15/2015
- Digital Spy
#23. The Deep Blue Sea Director/Writer: Terence DaviesProducers: Sean O'Connor Distributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Based on Terence Rattigan's 1952 play, Tom Hiddleston will play Weisz’s reprobate Raf pilot lover and Simon Russell Beale her stolid husband.....(more) Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale List Worthy Reasons...: The good news is we won't have an insufferable wait of almost a decade between works such as was the case with The House of Mirth (2000) and Of Time and the City (2008). The other good news is that Rachel Weisz finds herself in the lead and will likely garner award mentions with this role. Release Date/Status?: If this is not ready for Cannes, then Venice.
- 1/15/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea will start shooting November 17 in London for five weeks. The romantic drama stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston (War Horse, Thor) and Simon Russell Beale (An Ideal Husband). Originally a play by Terence Rattigan, Davies adapted the love story about a privileged woman in 1950s London who walks out on her high court judge husband (Beale) to live with a young pilot (Hiddleston). Davies directed critics' faves Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) and The Long Day Closes (1992), both autobiographical stories set in his native Liverpool during the 1940s and '50s, as well as 1995's The Neon Bible (starring Gena Rowlands) and 2000's The House of Mirth (starring Gillian Anderson). The Deep Blue Sea is produced by Sean O'Connor and Kate Ogborn, the team behind This is England and The Red Riding Trilogy,...
- 11/16/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are moments away from lensing and in the same token, we feel are worth signaling out. This November there is a significant drop in mention worthy titles -- but we have three seasoned auteurs and a female director making her debut. Emir Kusturica is supposed to commence filming a comedy with Tahar Rahim toplining. Commencing a production this late might hinder a Cannes 2011 debut. Cool Water is about two Palestinian brothers who smuggle the dead body of their father from Jerusalem to Ramallah with the Israeli Police, a bunch of terrorists and the Russian Mafia breathing down their necks. Let's hope for the old Kusturica to show up. Terence Davies (another Cannes regular) is adapting Terence Rattigan' play with Rachel Weisz in the lead for The Deep Blue Sea. She plays the wife...
- 11/1/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
British filmmaker Terence Davies ("Of Time And The City," "The Long Day Closes") is working on a film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's 1952 play "The Deep Blue Sea" reports The Daily Mail via The Playlist.
The story follows High Court Judge's wife Hester Collyer who becomes caught up in a self-destructive affair with a mentally disturbed R.A.F. pilot, and dealt with both post-war trauma and contemporary sexuality.
Kenneth Moore and Vivien Leigh starred in a previous film adaptation in 1955. Sean O'Connor will produce the new version which hopes to kick off shooting later this year.
The story follows High Court Judge's wife Hester Collyer who becomes caught up in a self-destructive affair with a mentally disturbed R.A.F. pilot, and dealt with both post-war trauma and contemporary sexuality.
Kenneth Moore and Vivien Leigh starred in a previous film adaptation in 1955. Sean O'Connor will produce the new version which hopes to kick off shooting later this year.
- 5/28/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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