A Dance to the Music of Time (TV series)

A Dance to the Music of Time
GenreDrama
Created by
Based onA Dance to the Music of Time
by Anthony Powell
Screenplay byHugh Whitemore
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producerHugh Whitemore
ProducerAlvin Rakoff
Running time416 minutes
Production companyDaisybeck
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release9 October (1997-10-09) –
30 October 1997 (1997-10-30)

A Dance to the Music of Time is a British four-part television drama series based on the book series of the same name by Anthony Powell. The series was also written by Anthony Powell with Hugh Whitemore as co-writer. The series was produced by Table Top Productions and directed by Christopher Morahan and Alvin Rakoff. It was first broadcast on Channel 4[1] on 9 October 1997 over four consecutive weeks.

Synopsis

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Several young men go through public school and university together, and maintain contact as they make their way in the world through the 1920s, the upheavals of the 1930s, the Second World War, and the post-war years of change in society. Many of the people they meet fall by the wayside, and their own fates are varied. The series attempts to chart the change in upper-middle-class society through their stories, and the realities of how the English social system worked.

Cast

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Episodes

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions) [3]
1"The Twenties"Christopher MorahanAnthony Powell and Hugh Whitemore9 October 1997 (1997-10-09)N/A
2"The Thirties"Christopher MorahanAnthony Powell and Hugh Whitemore16 October 1997 (1997-10-16)N/A
3"The War"Alvin RakoffAnthony Powell and Hugh Whitemore23 October 1997 (1997-10-23)N/A
4"Post War"Christopher MorahanAnthony Powell and Hugh Whitemore30 October 1997 (1997-10-30)N/A

Critical reception

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The Thomas Sutcliffe of The Independent described the first episode in the series as "It's questionable whether any literary work can survive a compression as intense as that undergone by A Dance to the Music of Time" and went on to mention "For obvious reasons barely even a homeopathic trace of Powell's patrician ruminations remain - what has survived are the incidents upon which he strung his grand reflections."[4]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
1998 British Academy Television Awards Best Actor Simon Russell Beale Won
Best Actress Miranda Richardson Nominated
Royal Television Society Awards Actor: Male Simon Russell Beale Won [5]
Actor: Female Miranda Richardson Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "A Dance to the Music of Time on ALL4". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ "A Dance to the Music of Time - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "BARB 7-Day viewing data". BARB.
  4. ^ "TV REVIEW: A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME by Thomas Sutcliffe, 23 October 2011". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Royal Television Society - Programme". 24 September 2006. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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