more historical telly please

[calapine]

This is a shiny, shiny meme that makes me sad because I had six years of Lovely Historical Telly (Rome, The Tudors) and now I've got bloody Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Hmph.

fannish5: Name five historical characters whose lives you'd like to see adapted into movies or TV series.

1) Catherine de' Medici - This is the historical telly I want more than any

Comments

[airie_fairy]

Oh, the Medici. I would pay quite a lot for an epic Forsythe Sage-esque miniseries spanning the heyday of that family.

Theodora and Tamara sound especially fun. =D

[faith_less_one]

Oh, the Medici. I would pay quite a lot for an epic Forsythe Sage-esque miniseries spanning the heyday of that family.

Me too!!

[calapine]

I'd also accept one about the Borgias, yo.

[airie_fairy]

YESSS.

[faith_less_one]

RE: Empress Matilda - have you seen the recent mini-series "Pillars of Earth"? I've only managed to catch the first episode, but that begins with the death of Henry and the ensuing in-fighting. Matilda is played by Alison Pill (and called Maud).

[calapine]

I haven't! I knew it was set in the era, but didn't know she was actually in it. Marvellous! I should probably read it too.

[fyrdrakken]

I read the book at least twice years ago and had forgotten most of the details by the time I saw the miniseries, so I can't remember how much of the Stephen-Matilda subplot was really in the book and how much their characters may have gotten expanded for the miniseries. But yes, she was in it.

[spiralsheep]

Good choices all. :-)

4) While I'm partisan for Isabella, I think calling a man with at least one bastard child (Adam "Ade filio domini Regis bastardo", 1322) outside marriage, in addition to the FOUR children he had with his wife, "gay" is somewhat unrealistic and also the bisexual lobby might hunt you down, imprison you in an oubliette, and....

[calapine]

Aye, true enough.

[spiralsheep]

Also, I don't know if the Romantic stories about "Colonel" Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh are true or not but they'd make a perfect basis for a Romantic romance mini-series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Anne_Farquharson-MacKintosh

[spiralsheep]

And: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Damn-Rebel-Bitches-Women-45

[lizbee]

No lie, I would watch ALL OF THESE SHOWS and then make icons.

[txvoodoo]

This is an AWESOME post. I'm saving it :D