"Burton and Taylor" Airs October 16th on BBC America

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Burton and Taylor: BBC America Releases First Photo of Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter
06/04/2013


Although we're still traumatized from the national nightmare that was Lifetime's unanimously derided Liz and Dick biopic, BBC America is hoping to soothe our collective pain with Burton and Taylor, with Dominic West And Helena Bonham Carter taking over the titular roles last played by Grant Bowler and Lindsay Lohan.

The network has released the first photo of West and Bonham Carter for the 90-minute drama, which follows Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's private and public relationship, played out against their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play, "Private Lives."

The drama premieres this fall on BBC America and was written by William Ivory (Made in Dagenham, Going for Gold) and directed by Richard Laxton (Effie, Him and Her, Hancock).





In a recent statement, BBC Worldwide America General Manager Perry Simon said:

“We are thrilled to bring 'Burton and Taylor' to BBC America's Dramaville. With the incredibly talented and award-winning Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West in the title roles and a compelling script from William Ivory, 'Burton and Taylor' captures the final and complicated reunion on stage of two British and Hollywood icons.

We’re excited to tell this story in the tradition of the great BBC dramas our audience has come to expect.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0..._3386794.html?

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BBC America’s Burton and Taylor To Premiere October 16
by THE DEADLINE TEAM
Wednesday August 28, 2013


Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter star as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the biopic, which will premiere on BBC America on Wednesday, October 16 at 9 PM as part of the network’s Dramaville block.

This version of the famed Hollywood couple centers on their ill-fated reunion on and off the stage for the critically reviled 1983 revival of Noel Coward’s stage play Private Lives.



Burton and Taylor aired in July on BBC 4 in the UK and averaged 1.17 million viewers.

The pic, a BBC Drama Production co-produced with BBC America, was penned by William Ivory and Richard Laxton directed.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/burt...premiere-date/

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