The Shadow In The North
Genre
Period drama adaptation of novel "The Shadow In The North"
Synopsis
Billie Piper heads an all-star cast, including Julian Rhind-Tutt, JJ Feild, Jared Harris, Matt Smith, John Standing and Hayley Atwell, in The Shadow In The North. This second book in a quartet by novelist Philip Pullman charts the adventures of Sally Lockhart, a feisty, young Victorian heroine (Piper).
Bafta Award-winning Adrian Hodges (Charles II, Rome, The Lost World and Pullman's first novel in the series, The Ruby In The Smoke), has adapted Pullman's intricate and cleverly woven plot and set it in the heart of Victorian London.
An elderly lady loses her money on an investment; a conjuror is pursued by thugs; and a clairvoyant sees a brutal murder in a forest and a glass coffin, then whispers the name of the richest man in Europe. These seemingly unconnected events set Sally Lockhart on the trail of an evil far more awful than she could ever imagine: the Hopkinson Self-Regulator, a super-weapon in the hands of Scandinavian madman Axel Bellmann.
Once again, Pullman's much-loved and fearless heroine embarks on a mission – this time to find out why her elderly client's investment crashed and what links the clairvoyant's murderous vision to the rich industrialist, Bellmann. As Sally closes in on the truth, it becomes devastatingly clear that her life will never be the same again. Filmed on location in London and Liverpool (BBC)
JJ Feild Role
Frederick is a photographer, boyishly handsome in his late 20s with straw-coloured hair and good-natured features. He is in love with Sally but finds his feelings are unrequited.
He becomes frequently frustrated as she continues to refuse his offer of marriage. He can never be angry with Sally for long and soon finds himself embroiled in the same mystery that Sally is attempting to unravel.
As well as running a small photography studio and shop in Holborn with his Uncle Webster with his feisty sister Rosa he also runs a sideline as a private investigator with Jim Taylor. (BBC)
Release Dates
UK: 30 December 2007 BBC1
US: September 2008 Masterpiece Mystery
France & Germany: June 2008 Arte tv
DVD: in UK Jan 2008
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BBC dramas deal with ABC TV
Submitted by kls010 on Tue, 04/09/2007 - 12:01.
C21 Media report "BBC dramas, docs go down under"
"BBC Worldwide has signed a deal down under for a package of titles including Hartswood Films' drama Jekyll, spy drama The State Within and a brace of Billie Piper period dramas.ABC TV has taken a package of BBC programming, including the two Piper vehicles The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, both BBC/WGBH Boston coproductions, in a deal with BBC Worldwide Australasia".
Good news for JJ fans in Australia.
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