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  • Granada International to unevil programmes at Casbaa convention

    Granada International to unevil programmes at Casbaa convention

    HONG KONG: Granada International, one of the largest commercial distributors in the world, will debut a wide range of programming at the ongoing Casbaa convention.

    Part of the UK’s ITV, Granada has opened an office in Hong Kong to better serve its clients in Asia.

    Headline programming available from Granada at Casbaa includes Agatha Christie’s Marple. The company also is offering a new TV dramatization of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (90 mins).

    Apart from such programming, Granada will also debut a number of Hollywood TV movies, including Wildfires, a 90 minute film. There are some wildlife shows too on offer, it was announced today.

  • BBC sinks its teeth into Dracula

    BBC sinks its teeth into Dracula

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has announced a new version of the classic Bram Stoker 1897 novel, Dracula. Filming begins this month on location in and around the West Country for transmission later in the year on BBC One.

    Marc Warren plays the title role. David Suchet who is best known for the television series Poirot plays vampire scholar and Dracula’s nemesis, Van Helsing.

    Returning to the original novel for his inspiration, Stewart Harcourt’s script draws both on elements of Bram Stoker’s own life and Victorian society to give this version of the vampire classic a new, modern sensibility.

    Executive producer Julie Gardner said, “Stewart Harcourt’s adaptation is a visceral, sexy and bold re-telling of Bram Stoker’s classic chiller which will blow the cobwebs off traditional period drama. And we’ve brought together a cast of thrilling young talent to bring it to life.”