I Remain, However, Fairly Optimistic For The

Novels Often Have Leisurely Openings; A Tv Drama Needs An Arresting Opening.

You're Stuck With Being Yourself, So The Important Thing Is To Find People Who Like That.

I Suppose I Have The Tastes Of Someone Who Teaches At A University In The Provinces.

An Adaptation I Was Working On Of Trollope's 'the Pallisers' Has Been Axed By The Bbc... I Was Also Going To Do Dickens' 'dombey And Son' But They've Asked Me To Do 'david Copperfield' Instead.

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.