PBS airs Dickens 'Little Dorrit' on Masterpiece

Whatever comes out at the Emmys, I can at least assure you of something: Matthew is part of Dickensian film history of being one of only six men to play the part of Arthur Clennam on film.

My, this is a HUGE story.

I have seen so articles on this, I can't keep up my google alerts for it, from USA Today, New York Times and everything in between!

Here is the word from PBS, which they declare Masterpiece will run as an encore presentation (check your station) and it is running it again to view online at the site!!

http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/38b0/0/0...

Kathy SF California wrote:

My, this is a HUGE story.
I have seen so articles on this, I can't keep up my google alerts for it, from USA Today, New York Times and everything in between!
Here is the word from PBS, which they declare Masterpiece will run as an encore presentation (check your station) and it is running it again to view online at the site!!
http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/38b0/0/0...

YAY!!!!

Thanks Kathy!

Kathy SF California wrote:

My, this is a HUGE story.
I have seen so articles on this, I can't keep up my google alerts for it, from USA Today, New York Times and everything in between!
Here is the word from PBS, which they declare Masterpiece will run as an encore presentation (check your station) and it is running it again to view online at the site!!
http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/38b0/0/0...

This is so wonderful, Kathy! Thank you for posting the link and all the news for us!

I made a mistake. Only five have played Arthur Clennam. One by one, they are:
William Russell (1913)
Born: April 12, 1884, the Bronx, N.Y.
Died: February 18, 1929, Beverly Hills, CA
Original Name: William Lerche
Wives: Charlotte Burton (1917-1921 div.) Helen Ferguson
No Children
Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale, Glendale, CA
Langhorn Burton (1920)
Born: December 25, 1872, Somersby, Lincolnshire
Died: December 6, 1949, London
Wife: Marjorie Chard-no children
Mathias Wieman (1934)
Born:June 23, 1902, Osnabruck, Germany
Died:December 3, 1969,Zurich, Switzerland
Wife: Erika Meingast (from January 11, 1926- December 3, 1969)no children
Moved to Switzerland after World War II.
Sir Derek Jacobi(1987)
Born:October 22, 1938, Leytonstone, Essex
lifetime bachelor-four godchildren
Other Dickens Work:
The Chimes-Narrator, The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
Charles Dickens' England
Matthew Macfadyen (2008)
Born:October 17, 1974 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Scottish Ancestry-birth name David Matthew Macfadyen
Wife: Keeley Hawes- two children: Maggie and Ralph
mother actress and drama teacher

http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/articl...

Nice review on Little Dorrit DVD from a self confessed loather of Dickens!(will never understand that LOL)

BBC has made available some more Little Dorrit outtakes with Matthew in them, but viewable only in UK (http://bbc.in/a05GOM ).
If someone has notice of them loaded on Youtube, please advise....!!!

Thanks Michaela, I had a look. I think I have seen these before, certainly the "you can have any man" and the table clip I have seen before. The piece of bread bit was new to me tho. Very funny, Matthew is such a giggler!

I have watched today this wonderful video on Little Dorrit:
http://bit.ly/gUIZah

You may know it already, but I have found it really beautiful for the quick transitions of the images, the lovely music and of course the fantastic voice-overs, thanks to Matthew's velvet voice of course but with the contribution also of Claire Foy's charming one !
And the agonizing "because she loves you!"

Michaela Italy wrote:

I have watched today this wonderful video on Little Dorrit:
http://bit.ly/gUIZah
You may know it already, but I have found it really beautiful for the quick transitions of the images, the lovely music and of course the fantastic voice-overs, thanks to Matthew's velvet voice of course but with the contribution also of Claire Foy's charming one !
And the agonizing "because she loves you!"

Brings it all back, amazing video with such an eye to the person who made it! Thanks Michaela for sharing that and reminiscing!

Andrew Davies did himself proud with that one and we know he adores Matthew and I feel Matthew did 3M because of this relationship. Hope it works out like that for 3M!!!(crossing fingers).

Kathy SF California wrote:

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Andrew Davies did himself proud with that one and we know he adores Matthew and I feel Matthew did 3M because of this relationship. Hope it works out like that for 3M!!!(crossing fingers).

Yes, his "presence" makes me quite comfortable too with 3M, and the witty line "it was an off day" is already a good sign, I suppose!
Thanks god Paul Anderson delegated the screenwriting!
And he signed also the television adaptation of P&P in 1995, correct?
And does he adore Matthew ? Very interesting..., and how much I can understand him for this, LOL!

Michaela Italy wrote:

I have watched today this wonderful video on Little Dorrit:
http://bit.ly/gUIZah
You may know it already, but I have found it really beautiful for the quick transitions of the images, the lovely music and of course the fantastic voice-overs, thanks to Matthew's velvet voice of course but with the contribution also of Claire Foy's charming one !
And the agonizing "because she loves you!"

Good find, Michaela. This is one of my favorite Little Dorrit vids. Wonderful!! Thanks for posting the link.

I have found a nice interview (back in 2008) to Claire Foy who played Amy Dorrit.

She says:
"THE BEST PART OF MY JOB IS… the people. We filmed Little Dorrit over five months, and the cast and crew became like a big family. You realise that actors you’ve admired for ages, like Matthew Macfadyen, are just normal, lovely people. The worst bit was having to let my eyebrows grow out – I was told that Little Dorrit would never have plucked hers!
MY IDEAL LEADING MAN WOULD BE…Matthew Macfadyen – how much luckier could a girl get?"

WOW !

I have just finished watching Little Dorrit on DVD. I was managing to keep track of all the various characters until the last episode, when i suppose, all the subplots are supposed to 'come together'. However, embarrassing though it is to admit, I do not understand some things!! V frustrating! Would anyone mind if i picked yr brains a bit pls?
LilyBee

Hi LilyBee, are there sub titles on the DVD?

Hi May:-)
thank you for asking, but it is nothing to do with the words, as sound is fine! It is some points of the plot i don't understand:-(
For eg...
1. where did Miss Wade get the baby slippers from? 2. And why did she want to keep them?
3. Are Miss Wade & Amy related (sisters)?
4.I gather Mr Clemens father was the old Mrs Clemens husband & his mother a dancer/actress... but who then, is Amy's mother?(i did think for a little while that Amy & Mr Clemens would find out they were half brother& sister!)
5. And why did nasty french man visit old Mrs Clemens in the first place?
6. Who was Amy to old Mrs Clemens? Why did she be nice to her re-sewing job? I think Mrs C took Amy's fortune/inheritance in some way, but how and why?(I know it was not so much for the money as to protect some kind of secret?)
Am rather embarrassed to say I am stumped:-( I am not usually quiet so dense!
Hope it is not too much of a bother to answer, bless u :-)
LilyBee