Re-reading childhood favourites...

[lizbee]

I have just finished re-reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and I've just begun Black Hearts in Battersea. As I re-read Aiken's Hanover novels, I find myself with just one question:

How is it possible that the BBC hasn't made a series of family-friendly TV movies based on these novels? HOW, I ASK YOU? Starring Daniel Radcliffe as Simon and Billie Piper* as Dido Twite, with cameos by every actor in England as various other characters.

Admit it. Now you're wondering the same thing. MATT SMITH CAN PLAY DOCTOR FIELD. ADMIT IT, THIS IS THE BEST IDEA I'VE EVER HAD!

* Well, yes. Who else?

Comments

[sweet-adelheid.livejournal.com]

For a moment there I thought you'd suggested Billie Piper as Bonnie, and my brain (which has Bonnie resolutely dark-haired, while Sylvia is blonde) rebelled. But then I noticed that you hadn't said that at all.