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Basic Facts:

Episodes: 6
Runtime: 60 min.
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Premiered: 2003

Format:

Mini series

Genres:

Drama

Created By:

Andy DeEmmony, John McKay

Actors:

Bill Nighy, Billie Piper, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Indira Varma, James Nesbitt, John Simm, Jonny Lee Miller, Julie Walters, Keeley Hawes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Om Puri, Paul Nicholls

Made In:

UK

Premiered at:

BBC

Way back in the 14^th cen­tury Geof­frey Chaucer has writ­ten Can­ter­bury Tales. This was a col­lec­tion of sto­ries some in prose and some in verse. Dur­ing last hun­dred years many there were many movie adap­ta­tions of this clas­sic work, but this mini series by BBC from 2003 is the first series adap­ta­tion. This mini series is made up from 6 sto­ries all adapted to mod­ern set­ting. And for the most part this is really a great collection.

Sto­ries

This is the list of sto­ries with actors:

• The Miller’s Tale: with James Nes­bitt, Den­nis Water­man, and Bil­lie Piper.
• The Wife of Bath: with Julie Walters, Bill Nighy and Paul Nicholls.
• The Knight’s Tale: with John Simm, Kee­ley Hawes, and Chi­we­tel Ejiofor.
• The Sea Captain’s Tale: with Om Puri and Indira Varma.
• The Pardoner’s Tale: with Jonny Lee Miller.
• The Man of Law’s Tale: with Andrew Lin­coln and Nikki Amuka-​Bird.

Bil­lie Piper

First story is really great, and James Nes­bitt is great as usual this time as devil like con­man, and we see the first appear­ance on TV of beau­ti­ful Bil­lie Piper as a young and naive karaoke singer. I didn’t really likeed sec­ond story but I can’t deny excel­lent per­for­mance by Julie Walters. The Knight’s Tale is maybe the best episodes in the series, and all 3 stars in this episode gave really great performances.

The Knight’s Tale

The Sea Captain’s Tale is a good story, fol­lowed by another story I didn’t like with Johnny Lee Miller. Last story called Man of Law’s Tale is also really good and stars to me unknown actors.

Con­clu­sion

Over­all very nice series with excel­lent cast. Maybe not all of the sto­ries are excel­lent, but maybe you will find some other sto­ries bet­ter than I did. This is another good pro­duc­tion from BBC, and I rec­om­mend that you watch it when you get a chance.