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Laurel and Hardy inspire BBC drama | Laurel and Hardy inspire BBC drama |
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The BBC is to make a new film drama about comedy legends Laurel and Hardy. | The BBC is to make a new film drama about comedy legends Laurel and Hardy. |
The biopic will be written by Jeff Pope, who created the TV dramas Mrs Biggs and Appropriate Adult and co-wrote Philomena with Steve Coogan. | The biopic will be written by Jeff Pope, who created the TV dramas Mrs Biggs and Appropriate Adult and co-wrote Philomena with Steve Coogan. |
Stan and Ollie will chronicle the pair's 1953 tour of Britain, when their careers were on the wane and beset with problems. | Stan and Ollie will chronicle the pair's 1953 tour of Britain, when their careers were on the wane and beset with problems. |
Casting details, a filming schedule and a date for the film's transmission have yet to be announced. | Casting details, a filming schedule and a date for the film's transmission have yet to be announced. |
Shane Allen, the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning, said the film would be a "love letter to two pioneers and enduring giants of screen comedy". | Shane Allen, the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning, said the film would be a "love letter to two pioneers and enduring giants of screen comedy". |
The 90-minute one-off film, he continued, would "beautifully" capture the comedians' "deep emotional bond... with great insight and heart". | The 90-minute one-off film, he continued, would "beautifully" capture the comedians' "deep emotional bond... with great insight and heart". |
Pope has amassed a series of credits as a screenwriter and producer, including City Lights, Pierrepoint and Dirty Filthy Love. | Pope has amassed a series of credits as a screenwriter and producer, including City Lights, Pierrepoint and Dirty Filthy Love. |
The film will be produced by BBC Comedy in partnership with The Weinstein Company, which distributed Philomena in the US. | The film will be produced by BBC Comedy in partnership with The Weinstein Company, which distributed Philomena in the US. |
Laurel was born in Ulverston - then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria - before emigrating to the US and finding fame in Hollywood as a naive, child-like foil to Hardy's pompous blusterer. | |
Hardy eventually died in 1957 at the age of 65. Laurel died eight years later aged 74, having received an honorary Oscar in 1961. | Hardy eventually died in 1957 at the age of 65. Laurel died eight years later aged 74, having received an honorary Oscar in 1961. |
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