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'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Affinity Beautiful Delicate Element Emotional Intense Laughs Love Love Story Rather Spooky Story

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I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Close Eyes Feel Focus Lot Love Mouths Otherwise Prefer Scenes Shot Uncomfortable Up

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The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Cultural Everybody Everything Feels Function Maybe Needs Problem Wonderful Bbc

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Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Austen Characters Derive Fairy Fairy Tales Her Jane Jane Austen Line Look Reasonably Straight Straight Line Tales

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I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Against Been Classic Commissioned Critics Fed Fed Up Know Number Reaction Reviews Ridiculous Seem Show Them Up

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I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Adaptation Adore Also Classic Doing Feel Frustrations Limitations

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I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Adapt Character Contemporary Dramas Enough Love Make More Novels Really Satisfying Serial Single Story Tend

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I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Because Drama Fairly Future However Just Optimistic Period Popular Remain Thing

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Most actors hate readthroughs - they're exposing themselves before they're ready to, and before they've bonded. But I love them because they give us all the first inkling of what the whole show is going to be like, how each part affects every other part, and we won't see that again until it's all edited together.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Actor Affects Again Because Before Each Edited Every Exposing First Give Going Hate How Like Love Most Other Part Ready See Show Them Themselves Together Until Us Whole I Love

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A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip.

~Andrew Davies

Topics: Actually Because Distinguished Go His Lived Office Over Producer Refused Tip Year

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: September 20th, 1936

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