Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger return in Strike – The Ink Black Heart
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are returning for the next instalment of STRIKE – THE INK BLACK HEART, the sixth (4 x 60 minute) story of the BBC’s hit crime drama in co-production with HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery and based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling crime novel written under the … Continued
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Feb 19, 2024 04:20AM
Got to make you laugh, however preposterously long the books get the BBC always edits the story down to 240 minutes of TV drama which tells the whole story effectively and comprehensively. Rowling needs to kick out her editor, who allow her to be so self indulgent, and employ the BBC scriptwriter / editor and enforce a rule that no future books exceed 500 pages.
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Simon wrote: "Got to make you laugh, however preposterously long the books get the BBC always edits the story down to 240 minutes of TV drama which tells the whole story effectively and comprehensively. Rowling ..."I looooove the length of the books! It consumes an entire weekend for me and I very much enjoy spending so much time with Strike and Robin.
Love the books, love the TV adaptations and who is anyone to tell an author to write to a limit?! Can't wait!
Hi Simon, I would agree. I think the author would benefit from an editor that encourages them to 'trim the fat' in some cases.
Adinda wrote: "Simon wrote: "Got to make you laugh, however preposterously long the books get the BBC always edits the story down to 240 minutes of TV drama which tells the whole story effectively and comprehensi..."Me too!
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