b) they apparently didn't release the rights so that Petherbridge and Walter could have made it during the 1980s adaptation.
Oh, that I hadn't heard. I knew there had been a rights issue, but I hadn't known the 1940 film was it. That's inexcusable.
Not that the scripts for the Petherbridge/Walter adaptations were any good whatsofuckingever (I nearly threw the DVD for Gaudy Night across the room), but it would've been nice to have the visuals.
I did appreciate finding out from Petherbridge's blog and memoirs how much he and Walter argued with the BBC as the series went on, but I wish they hadn't had to.
Why do we continue to get ENDLESS MISS MARPLE ADAPTATIONS and not a single modern Wimsey?????
I don't know! I would have to apply myself to the question of a contemporary Wimsey (one of the younger Foxes? They all have odd blond faces), but at this point I do wonder.
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Oh, that I hadn't heard. I knew there had been a rights issue, but I hadn't known the 1940 film was it. That's inexcusable.
Not that the scripts for the Petherbridge/Walter adaptations were any good whatsofuckingever (I nearly threw the DVD for Gaudy Night across the room), but it would've been nice to have the visuals.
I did appreciate finding out from Petherbridge's blog and memoirs how much he and Walter argued with the BBC as the series went on, but I wish they hadn't had to.
Why do we continue to get ENDLESS MISS MARPLE ADAPTATIONS and not a single modern Wimsey?????
I don't know! I would have to apply myself to the question of a contemporary Wimsey (one of the younger Foxes? They all have odd blond faces), but at this point I do wonder.