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BBC One's erotically charged TV adaptation of Black Narcissus, which stars Bond girl Gemma Arterton as Sister Clodagh and newcomer Aisling Franciosi as Sister Ruth, has the critics raving. The story of nuns with buried passions in an isolated palace-turned-convent high in the Himalayas — a palace that was once the home of concubines — is brilliantly conjured.  Its writer, Amanda Coe, who was behind the gripping TV adaptation of Apple Tree Yard, has described the drama as 'The Shining with nuns' after the Stanley Kubrick horror film. BBC One's erotically charged TV adaptation of Black Nar...

Here are our top picks from tonight's TV (Monday, 28 December). From a new Sir David Attenborough special to a 90s throwback, here's a selection of what's on TV this evening... Advertisements Black Narcissus - 9PM, BBC One After its premiere on Sunday, Amanda Coe's adaptation of Rumer Godden's Black Narcissus continues with episode two tonight. Sister Ruth’s health worsens as winter sets in, and the ghost of Princess Srimati plagues her as Angu Ayah tells her more of the princess’ tragic fate. Dilip Rai’s arrival in search of education presents Clodagh with a dilemma, and she is forced ...

The real story behind Black Narcissus, the escapist fantasy that put its fearless author on the map A BBC adaptation will introduce Rumer Godden’s 1938 masterpiece – about the conflict between sensual and cerebral – to a new audience 27 December 2020 • 5:00pm Rumer Godden never changed the working habits she established in the Thirties Credit: Clifford Coffin/Conde Nast Collection Editorial The reflection in her mirror displeased novelist Rumer Godden in the late summer of 1938. Dispassionately, she itemised what she saw. Her eyes, she wrote, were serious, her forehead clever, but a �...

British nuns stuck in the Himalayas, living in a crumbling palace where the former local ruler had kept his harem and going slowly mad with pent-up passion over a handsome Englishman.  What’s not to love? This new retelling of Black Narcissus, the 1939 Rumer Godden novel that was turned into an Oscar-winning film starring Deborah Kerr in 1947, is utterly compelling, from the scenery to the simmering sexual tension. The movie was banned in Ireland, censored in America and described by Martin Scorsese as ‘one of the first truly erotic films’.  We aren’t as easily shocked now, but the ...

Black Narcissus cast: Who stars with Gemma Arterton in the series, when it’s on BBC One and filming locations The i 12/27/2020 Alina Polianskaya A new adaptation of the classic story Black Narcissus is starting on BBC One this Sunday. But in the remote mountainous setting, repressed desires surface for the nuns and things escalate quickly. Here’s everything you need to know about who’s in the cast, where it was filmed and when it’s on. What is it about? The story follows Anglo-Catholic nun Sister Clodagh, who is trying to set up a branch of her order in the remote...