Elaine, You are right about the TV "Gobbling up the books". About 18 months ago they televised the Jackson Brodie books, under the one title of "Case Histories". I thought they were just serialising the first in the series, which has that title. I didn't watch the series because watching a dramatisation of a book I've read and enjoyed inevitably irritates me, but I was told that they had done all the books in the one short series. They can't possibly have done them justice. Cheers, Trish. -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Elaine Harris (Rivendell) Sent: 27 April 2013 11:25 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Televising books. Hello again, In general I agree about televised or filmed books. I gave up after the third or fourth Harry Potter film, saying to Himself that had I not read the book it would have been difficult to follow the film - it was so condensed and compressed. A colleague said the same about the film of lovely Maeve Binchy's "Circle of Friends". The two exceptions for me are "To Kill a Mocking-Bird", where I saw the film which made me want to read the book. The adaptation made me angry once I knew that in the film the shooting of Tom is by accident, whereas in the book it is deliberate. Likewise, I started watching the "Inspector Wexford" series and that made me want to read the books by Ruth Rendell. I gather that often the problem is that the telly gobbles up the books so fast that often the later episodes and runs of a series are only based loosely on the original characters; this happened to the wonderful "Dalziel and Pascoe", they filmed faster than the brilliant reginal Hill could write, and also "Midsomer Murders". Am not sure but I think Caroline Graham only wrote six books featuring Inspector Barnaby but there are more than 14 series. (What is the plural of series?) Caroline also wrote a glorious crime pastiche called "Murder At Madingley Grange" which I adored. Not recommended for the plane or train unless you want to embarrass yourself with the giggles, and no blood or other gruesome details. Elaine ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3162/5780 - Release Date: 04/28/13