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A Room with a View is televised adaptation of E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster Order of Merit , Order of the Companions of Honour , was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and librettist....
's novel, A Room with a View
A Room with a View

A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a Romance novel and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century....
, written by Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies (writer)

Andrew Wynford Davies is a United Kingdom author and screenwriter....
. It was announced in 2006 and filmed in the summer of 2007
2007 in film

The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
. A Room with a View was broadcast on 4 November 2007, on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
.

Laura Mackie, ITV director of drama, has said that this adaptation "captures the spirit of Forster’s most memorable novel, but delivers it in a fresh, engaging way for a modern audience."

It was the first time real-life father and son Timothy
Timothy Spall

Timothy Leonard Spall Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA award-nominated English people actor....
 and Rafe Spall
Rafe Spall

Rafe Joseph Spall is an England actor.He landed an agent after he was spotted in a National Youth Theatre production of Nicholas Nickleby and has since appeared on TV and the stage, and in films such as The Calcium Kid and Hot Fuzz , as well as appearing in the Grindhouse segment Don't....
 had acted together.

Room With a View tells the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman in 1912 who visits Italy with her cousin, Charlotte Bartlett.






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A Room with a View is televised adaptation of E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster Order of Merit , Order of the Companions of Honour , was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and librettist....
's novel, A Room with a View
A Room with a View

A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a Romance novel and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century....
, written by Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies (writer)

Andrew Wynford Davies is a United Kingdom author and screenwriter....
. It was announced in 2006 and filmed in the summer of 2007
2007 in film

The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
. A Room with a View was broadcast on 4 November 2007, on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
.

Laura Mackie, ITV director of drama, has said that this adaptation "captures the spirit of Forster’s most memorable novel, but delivers it in a fresh, engaging way for a modern audience."

It was the first time real-life father and son Timothy
Timothy Spall

Timothy Leonard Spall Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA award-nominated English people actor....
 and Rafe Spall
Rafe Spall

Rafe Joseph Spall is an England actor.He landed an agent after he was spotted in a National Youth Theatre production of Nicholas Nickleby and has since appeared on TV and the stage, and in films such as The Calcium Kid and Hot Fuzz , as well as appearing in the Grindhouse segment Don't....
 had acted together.

Plot

A Room With a View tells the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman in 1912 who visits Italy with her cousin, Charlotte Bartlett. While there, they meet a host of interesting characters, including the novelist Eleanor Lavish, the tourist Mr Emerson, and his son, George.

George falls in love with Lucy, while in Florence, but Charlotte whisks her charge away. It is only when they return to England that Lucy meets George again; by this time, however, Lucy is engaged to Cecil Vyse.

While the novel ends with Lucy and George marrying and returning to "the room with the view" for their honeymoon, this adaptation included its own ending, with George being killed in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and Lucy returning in 1922 to the room in Florence.

Cast

  • Elaine Cassidy
    Elaine Cassidy

    Elaine Cassidy is a multiple award-winning and nominated Republic of Ireland actress....
     as Lucy Honeychurch
  • Rafe Spall as George Emerson
  • Laurence Fox
    Laurence Fox

    Laurence Fox is an England actor best known for his leading role as Sergeant#Police Usage Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the United Kingdom TV drama series Lewis ....
     as Cecil Vyse
  • Timothy Spall as Mr Emerson, George's father
  • Timothy West
    Timothy West

    Timothy Lancaster West, Order of the British Empire is an English people film, stage and television actor....
     as Mr Eager
  • Sinead Cusack
    Sinéad Cusack

    Sin?ad Moira Cusack is an Ireland actress....
     as Miss Lavish
  • Elizabeth McGovern
    Elizabeth McGovern

    Elizabeth McGovern is an Academy Award-nominated United States film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwriter. In 1992, she married English producer and director Simon Curtis, with whom she lives in Chiswick, London, together with their two daughters....
     as Mrs Honeychurch
  • Mark Williams
    Mark Williams (actor)

    Mark Williams is an England actor, comedian, scriptwriter and presenter. He is known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show, The Fast Show as well as for the role of Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter ....
     as Mr Beebe
  • Sophie Thompson
    Sophie Thompson

    Sophie Thompson is an award-winning British actress, perhaps best known for playing Stella Crawford in EastEnders....
     as Charlotte Bartlett
  • Tom Stewart
    Tom Stewart (actor)

    Tom Stewart is an English actor....
     as Freddy Honeychurch


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