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And another person said: Diana Rigg though? In a league of her own. Black Narcissus was her final role. I missed the beginning. Xx
Although Black Nacissus was Dame Diana s final TV role, she also played Miss Collins in film Last Night in Soho, which is set to be released in 2021.
Star: The actress passed away in September from cancer at the age of 82 (pictured in 2019)
Black Narcissus is based on the 1939 novel of the same name and is also a remake of the 1947 film.
The series, which also stars Irish actress Aisling Franciosi as Sister Ruth, deals with themes of sin, temptation, jealousy and mental instability.
Here are our top picks from tonight s TV (Monday, 28 December).
From a new Sir David Attenborough special to a 90s throwback, here s a selection of what s on TV this evening.
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Black Narcissus - 9PM, BBC One
After its premiere on Sunday, Amanda Coe s adaptation of Rumer Godden s Black Narcissus continues with episode two tonight.
Sister Ruth’s health worsens as winter sets in, and the ghost of Princess Srimati plagues her as Angu Ayah tells her more of the princess’ tragic fate. Dilip Rai’s arrival in search of education presents Clodagh with a dilemma, and she is forced to turn to Mr Dean for help.
British nuns stuck in the Himalayas, living in a crumbling palace where the former local ruler had kept his harem and going slowly mad with pent-up passion over a handsome Englishman.
What’s not to love? This new retelling of Black Narcissus, the 1939 Rumer Godden novel that was turned into an Oscar-winning film starring Deborah Kerr in 1947, is utterly compelling, from the scenery to the simmering sexual tension.
The movie was banned in Ireland, censored in America and described by Martin Scorsese as ‘one of the first truly erotic films’.
We aren’t as easily shocked now, but the new BBC1 three-part series retains plenty of its allure (it’s been produced by Andrew Macdonald, grandson of the 1947 film’s co-director Emeric Pressburger), while adding modern touches such as filming in the Himalayas and using Nepalese actors instead of English ones pretending to be Nepalese.
Black Narcissus cast: Who stars with Gemma Arterton in the series, when it’s on BBC One and filming locations
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A new adaptation of the classic story
Black Narcissus is starting on BBC One this Sunday.
But in the remote mountainous setting, repressed desires surface for the nuns and things escalate quickly.
Here’s everything you need to know about who’s in the cast, where it was filmed and when it’s on.
What is it about?
The story follows Anglo-Catholic nun Sister Clodagh, who is trying to set up a branch of her order in the remote palace of Mopu in Nepal, sent there by her Mother Superior.
New York City, N.Y., Jan 13, 2021 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has explained why Catholics are not ashamed of being ‘hung up’ on abortion, especially in the context of the upcoming Biden administration, in a Wednesday column.
Recalling a conversation with a politician who asked him, “why are you Catholics so hung up about abortion,” the Archbishop of New York explained in a Jan. 13 column at Catholic New York that “actually, we’re obsessed with the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of all human life! Yes, the innocent, helpless life of the baby in the womb, but also the life of the death row prisoner, the immigrant, the fragile elderly, the poor and the sick.”