based on the bestselling novel by Andrea Levy
on MASTERPIECE
Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 on PBS
Tamara Lawrance (King Charles III) stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell
(The Avengers) as her demanding, capricious mistress, in
The Long Song. Based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the miniseries airs in three parts on MASTERPIECE, Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 at 10 pm on PBS.
Shown from left to right: July (TAMARA LAWRANCE), Nimrod (JORDAN BOLGER)
(C) Heyday Television – Photographer: Carlos Rodriguez
The British press applauded the UK broadcast of
The Long Song, with The Guardian calling it “a beautiful, moving, horrifying adaptation of Levy’s unsimple tale, that honors the source and its subject.” The Radio Times judged it “so finely-tuned and carefully-balanced that it’ll break your heart and make you laugh at the same time.” And The Times opined, “What can a
Disney+ WILLOW Series Now Needs New Director By Mike Sprague
Disney+ and LucasFilm’s
Willow series serves as a direct sequel to producer George Lucas’ classic with original director Ron Howard producing. Warwick Davis also returns as Willow. And now we hear director Jon M. Chu has left the series.
Chu tweets: “
I’m heartbroken to let you all know that I, unfortunately, have to step away from directing Willow. With the production schedule moving due to continued lockdowns in the UK, and with a new baby coming this summer (surprise!), the timing is just not going to work for me and my family. As you may know, Willow has been one of my favorite movies since I was a child, so I’m devastated that I won’t be able to work with some of my heroes old and new like Kathy, Ron, Jon, Wendy, Michelle, and the amazing cast and crew they’ve put together. Like a kid seeing Willow for the first time in the ’80s, I