Plan For Each Episode To

An Adaptation I Was Working On Of Trollope's 'the Pallisers' Has Been Axed By The Bbc... I Was Also Going To Do Dickens' 'dombey And Son' But They've Asked Me To Do 'david Copperfield' Instead.

Taking The Humour Out Of Dickens, It's Not Dickens Any More.

Plan For Each Episode To Be A Satisfying Experience, But Still Leave The Audience Thinking, 'oh, My God! Now What?

I'm Glad Nobody Has Asked Me To Adapt 'wuthering Heights' Because I Think I Would Make A Mess Of It. Everybody Makes A Mess Of It. I Think The Bronte Sisters Are Mad.

I Got Quite Cross When I Heard About Emma Thompson Adapting 'sense And Sensibility.' It Was Absolutely Childish Of Me, But I Thought, 'i Should Be Doing That. They Didn't Even Ask Me.' Some Mistake, Surely.