Much Ado About Nothing

Description: Genre: Drama / Year: 2005 / When the bickering between broadcasters Beatrice and Benedick gets too much to take, their ... more

Much Ado About Nothing ... colleagues at South West TV come up with a cunning plan to shut the pair up. Meanwhile, lovely weathergirl Hero and dashing reporter Claude are a match made in heaven - but does everyone want to see them so happy? Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Tom Ellis and Billie Piper star in David Nicholls updating of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing - one of the Bard's best loved and funniest plays.

Newest Review: ... originally created. Taking the setting of a news station, presenters Beatrice (Sarah Parish) and Benedick (Damien Lewis) have a history. Thrown together against their wills, neither believe in the values and virtues of love, they must sit and suffer as their fellow employees Claude (Tom Ellis) and Hero (Billie Piper) go through the motions of love, step by step, right under their noses. Does ... more

... the virtual hatred that Bea and Ben show for each other mask altogether different feelings? What is great about this is that is has a very Shakespearean feel to it, without dipping into an older style of storytelling. The plot is quite basic, ...more

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Much Ado About Nothing: I'm so bored of people using love as an excuse.... (527 words)
by - written on 11/11/09 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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Most of Shakespeare's plays have seen a number of differing adaptations, some lauded, some considered insulting to the bard, with some of the modernisation efforts missing the target. A few years ago, the BBC commissioned a number of adaptations, bringing the plays up to a modern style, replacing olden situations with modern, yet keeping the basics of the plot the same. One to get this modernisation treatment is Much Ado About Nothing, a twisted tale of love and affection, and one that relies immensely on the characters, so basic is the plot. A very British affair, it uses a number of very current and recognisable actors and actresses, and places them in the ... Read the complete review

Fun and Frolics. (1079 words)
by - written on 27/02/06 (Very useful, 1372 readings)
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Ok now to my second Shakespeare adaptation review and this time I will tell you about Much Ado About Nothing which I am pretty sure was the first one that aired on TV. You see I have only watched them on video as they were recorded for me so not sure exactly when they were aired. As you can see I have given this adaptation five stars too so this is why. ----- Actual Story of Much Ado About Nothing: An army including Don Pedro, Benedick and a hero called Claudio arrive in Messina. Claudio falls in love with governor Leonato’s daughter Hero. Benedick makes fun of Claudio for falling in love and believes that only fools fall in love. ... Read the complete review

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