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

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've seen it! It had Stephanie Beacham as Miss Slighcarp, and a bizarre steampunk chariot chase, and YET managed to be quite terrible.

[marymac.livejournal.com]

YES! Film4 show it on Monday afternoons without fail. And I watch it every now and then and think it's not as bad as I thought it was, and then it is.