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[Many thanks to David Auerbach for bringing this item to our attention.] Stepanie Koury ( Jamaicans.com) shares news on the new three-episode miniseries based on the late Andrea Levy’s 2010 novel The Long Song. The 2010 novel “The Long Song” by British Jamaican author Andrea Levy who also served as an executive producer has been adapted as a three-episode miniseries for PBS and will debut as a Masterpiece presentation on Sunday, January 31, 2021, from 10 pm to 11 pm EST. The subsequent episodes will be presented in the same time slot on Masterpiece through February 14, 2021. The mini...

Tamara Lawrance stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell as her demanding, capricious mistress, in “The Long Song,” a miniseries in three parts beginning Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, on WGCU PBS. Based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the miniseries airs through February 14, 2021, at 10 pm. The British press applauded the UK broadcast of “The Long Song,” with The Guardian calling it “a beautiful, moving, horrifying adaptation of Levy’s unsimple tale, that honors the source and its subject.” The Radio Times judged it �...

based on the bestselling novel by Andrea Levy on MASTERPIECE Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 on PBS Tamara Lawrance (King Charles III) stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell (The Avengers) as her demanding, capricious mistress, in The Long Song. Based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the miniseries airs in three parts on MASTERPIECE, Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 at 10 pm on PBS. Shown from left to right: July (TAMARA LAWRANCE), Nimrod (JORDAN BOLGER) (C) Heyday Television – Photographer: Carlos Rodr...

January 22, 2021 Masterpiece miniseries premieres Sunday, January 31 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN Set on a sugarcane plantation during the end of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, the Masterpiece miniseries King Charles III), a young enslaved woman with an indomitable spirit, and her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell, The Avengers). Their lives change with the arrival of the charming new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden, Dunkirk), who sets out to improve the plantation. The drama unfolds during the transition from slavery to freedom in Jamaica and is an adaptation of Car...

Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 14:59 IST The Cinnamon Trust, a national charity for the elderly, terminally ill, and their pets, recently honored Howarth with a long service award. Ginny Howarth  There are many ways that one can become a hero for thousands of people. It's not always the big deeds and challenges that turn a person into an inspiration. Sometimes, it's a simple but dedicated habit that leaves a profound positive impact on the lives of people. John Howarth of Somerset, UK doesn't wear a cape. But he has become a hero for doing something extraordinary for more ...