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Bookmark This! Ep 8: Middlemarch, Middle-Earth and the end of the world
20 mins
Synopsis: A new monthly podcast by The Straits Times, where we talk about titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.
Book-to-screen adaptations - love them or hate them? This month, as Game Of Thrones wraps up on HBO and we look forward to the Amazon Studios and BBC miniseries based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Armageddon comedy Good Omens, we size up the best and worst adaptations out there - from actors playing multiple characters in Cloud Atlas to the failure of the 2005 Pride And Prejudice film, and why Brad Pitt needs to stop making zombie movies.
1:55: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman5:37: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell7:04: The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien11:42: Middlemarch by George Eliot13:31: Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen14:51: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates15:27: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien15:47: Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie16:23: World War Z by Max Brooks18:18: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman18:44: The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew
Produced by: Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li
Edited by: Adam Azlee
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