David Nicholls Remembers - Far from the Madding Crowd
David Nicholls Remembers - Far from the Madding Crowd
Acclaimed novelist David Nicholls looks back the 2015 film of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd', starring Carey Mulligan as the headstrong heroine Bathsheba Everdene. As a huge Hardy fan, he outlines the challenges he faced when adapting the novel into a modern screenplay. Plus, Nicholls describes how John Schlesinger's celebrated 1967 film impacted on his own approach to the story
David Nicholls Remembers - Far from the Madding Crowd airs on BBC Four at 9:00 PM, Thursday 14 November. (Subtitles, new.)
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Arts ➝ Culture (without music)
David Nicholls
Contributor
Simon Goretzki
Series Producer
Shelley Talton
Producer