Literature in the Media

Literature Programs on TV in Europe

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Author Program Station Date
Austen, Jane   Stolz und Vorurteil, 1995
(Pride and Prejudice)
  arte   June 7, 12
20:15 - 21:10 | 21:10 - 22:05
    Ragione e sentimento, 1995
(Sense and Sensibility)
  RSI LA 1   May 31, 12
23:55 - 01:30

Barrie, J M   Wenn Träume fliegen lernen, 2004
(Finding Neverland)
  Sky Emotion   May 18, 12
07:40 - 09:35 | 22:20 - 00:00
May 27, 12
18:30 - 20:15 | 04:55 - 06:35
June 1, 12
01:45 - 03:25
June 6, 12
21:50 - 23:30
June 7, 12
04:10 - 05:50
June 12, 12
10:15 - 11:55
June 18, 12
00:15 - 01:55

Bronte, Charlotte   Jane Eyre, 1995   Movies 24   May 20, 12
07:00 to 09:00
        Sky Movies Classics   May 26, 12
06:10 to 08:00 | 17:15 to 19:00

Cain, James M   Double Indemnity, 1944   Sky Movies Classics   May 19, 12
08:55 to 10:45
May 24, 12
00:35 to 02:30
    The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1981   TCM 2   May 28, 12
01:55 to 04:00

Capote, Truman   In Cold Blood, 1996   True Movies   May 21, 12
19:00 to 21:00
May 22, 12
19:00 to 21:00

Chevalier, Tracy   Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring, 2003
(Girl with a Pearl Earring)
  Teleclub Star   May 16, 12
03:05 - 04:45
May 21, 12
16:55 - 18:35
        TNT Film   May 21, 12
20:15 - 21:50
May 22, 12
18:40 - 20:15

Clark, Brian   Ist das nicht mein Leben?, 1981
(Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
  TNT Film   May 23, 12
14:20 - 16:15

Cunningham, Michael   The Hours, 2002
(The Hours)
  Sky Hits   May 16, 12
12:55 - 14:50
May 23, 12
03:50 - 06:00
May 24, 12
22:35 - 00:30
May 29, 12
15:55 - 17:50
June 5, 12
01:15 - 03:10

Ellis, Bret Easton   American Psycho, 2000
(American Psycho)
  Sky Hits   May 21, 12
18:30 - 20:15
May 29, 12
23:40 - 01:20

English   Language Courses
  various stations    

Forster, E M   A Passage to India, 1984   Sony Entertainment TV   May 27, 12
17:50 to 21:00
        Sony Movie Channel   May 28, 12
13:30 to 16:35

Greene, Graham   Der stille Amerikaner, 2002
(The Quiet American)
  Bayerisches Fernsehen   May 30, 12
00:10 - 01:40

HIggins, Colin   Harold and Maude, 1971   Sky Movies Indie   May 24, 12
18:40 to 20:15
May 25, 12
01:45 to 03:30

Hornby, Nick   About a Boy, oder: Der Tag der toten Ente, 2002
(About a Boy)
  Teleclub Star   June 2, 12
18:30 - 20:15
June 7, 12
11:40 - 13:25
June 12, 12
16:35 - 18:20
June 13, 12
04:45 - 06:25
June 18, 12
02:55 - 04:35

Irving, Washington   Sleepy Hollow _ Köpfe werden rollen, 1999
(Sleepy Hollow)
  SAT.1   May 17, 12
22:30 - 00:15
May 18, 12
02:00 - 03:40

Kidd, Sue Monk   Le secret de Lily Owens, 2008
(The Secret Life of Bees)
  TSR 1   May 21, 12
20:45 - 22:25

McEwan, Ian   Abbitte, 2007
(Atonement)
  Teleclub Star   May 19, 12
14:05 - 16:05
May 24, 12
10:10 - 12:10
    Urgences, 2007
(Atonement)
  FRANCE 4   May 19, 12
13:55 - 14:40

Melville, Herman   Moby Dick, 2010
(Moby Dick)
  Sci-Fi   May 19, 12
18:35 - 20:05

MIller, Arthur   Tod eines Handlungsreisenden, 1985
(Death of a Salesman)
  Kinowelt   June 6, 12
07:30 - 09:45
June 10, 12
12:10 - 14:25

Mitchell, Margaret   Vom Winde verweht, 1939
(Gone with the Wind)
  VOX   May 17, 12
09:55 - 14:00

Prejean, Helen   Dead Man Walking, 1995   Sony Entertainment TV   March 31, 12
21:00 to 23:20

Shakespeare, William   Shakespeare in Italy
From Romeo and Juliet to the jealousy of Othello, Shakespeare used the land of love to tell his most passionate stories about falling in love
  BBC 2   May 17, 12
06:00 - 06:45
    Jules César : naissance d'un empereur, 2002
(Julius Caesar)
  FRANCE 4 (R)   May 17, 12
00:25 - 02:40
    Verdi: Otello   Classica   May 20, 12
02:05 - 04:30
    Sergei Prokofjew: Romeo und Julia
Ballet
  arte   May 17, 12
06:00 - 06:45
    Othello, 1995
(Othello)
  TNT Film   May 21, 12
16:40 - 18:40
May 22, 12
12:50 - 14:50
May 30, 12
13:15 - 15:15
June 9, 12
15:10 - 17:10
    Off by Heart: Shakespeare
Nine finalists, aged between 13 and 15, and from all over the United Kingdom, are off to Stratford-upon-Avon to take part in a life-changing series of workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
  BBC 2   May 19, 12
21:00 to 22:20
    Macbeth, 1948   BBC 2   May 19, 12
12:45 to 14:30
    Twelfth Night, 1996   BBC 2   May 19, 12
14:30 to 16:40
    Hamlet, 2000
(Hamlet)
  Kinowelt   May 27, 12
14:10 - 16:20
May 28, 12
14:55 - 16:45
    Hamlet, 1996
(Hamlet)
  TNT Film   May 22, 12
14:50 - 18:40
    As You Like It, 1992   BBC 2   May 27, 12
12:00 to 14:00
    Othello _ Auf die Straßen!, 2008
Ein Reiseprojekt des Theaters an der Rott, Eggenfelden
  BR alpha   May 28, 12
15:15 - 16:20

Stoppard, Tom   Rosenkranz und Güldenstern sind tot, 1990
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
  Kinowelt   May 24, 12
07:10 - 09:05

Swift, Jonathan   Gulliver's Travels, 2010   Sky Movies Showcase   May 24, 12
18:25 to 20:00

Waugh, Evelyn   Brideshead Revisited   Sky Arts 2   May 21, 12
17:30 to 19:30
May 22, 12
18:00 to 19:00
May 23, 12
18:00 to 19:00
May 24, 12
18:00 to 19:00

Wilde, Oscar   An Ideal Husband, 1999   Movies 24   May 18, 12
23:00 to 01:00
May 20, 12
17:00 to 19:00
    In Love with Wilde
Paterson Joseph portrays the seemingly-impeccable Sir Robert Chiltern in a superb monologue taken from Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband
  Sky Arts 2   May 23, 12
03:40 to 03:45

Williams, Tennessee   Endstation Sehnsucht, 1951
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
  TNT Film   May 27, 12
02:25 - 04:25 | 12:40 - 14:40

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