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Watch Birdsong on BBC1 on sunday!

This elegant adaptation of the much-loved Sebastian Faulks novel might not have Sherlock’s bells and whistles but it oozes class and is sure to keep BBC1’s stranglehold on Sunday night viewing for the next two weeks. Eddie Redmayne and Clémence Poésy are the star-crossed lovers in a tale that switches time between the misery of the trenches of World War I and pre-war France, and there’s staunch support from Joseph Mawle and Matthew Goode. Be warned: it’s a three-hankie job.

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Micheal Hogan gets a preview of ‘Birdsong’

Sebastian Faulks’s novel, about one man’s intense experiences of the extremes of both love and war, has become a bona fide modern classic. A bestseller since its 1993 publication, it was also voted Britain’s 13th favourite book in the BBC’s Big Read poll.

This two-part adaptation by Abi Morgan, writer of 1950s-set drama The Hour and recent film The Iron Lady, therefore has a lot to live up to.

Sublimely shot and strongly performed, it’s directed by Philip Martin, whose CV includes the Mo Mowlam biopic, while the classy supporting cast includes Matthew Goode and Anthony Andrews.

The story begins in 1910, with Englishman Stephen Wraysford (rising star Eddie Redmayne) arriving to work at a textile factory in northern France.

He soon falls for his host’s wife Isabelle (Clémence Poésy, best known from the Harry Potter films), and the pair embark on a passionate affair.

Source: Telegraph

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‘Burning Man’ – top film of the year

Jonathan Teplitzky’s bracing exploration of grief was alternately devastating and life-affirming, a cathartic masterwork that boasted some of the year’s best performances, particularly Matthew Goode as a chef in mourning and Kate Beahan as a compassionate sex worker. It also had, in its shambolic school concert, the best, most determinedly “Australian” spin on the Hollywood ending of the year – a scene the makers of Crazy, Stupid, Love should be forced to watch on repeat.

Source: The Vine

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Hollywood signs for Poliakoffs BBC Drama

Two Hollywood actors have signed up to star in The Lost Prince writer/director Stephen Poliakoff’s first TV drama series for the BBC.

Chiwetel Ejofor (Children of Men, The Shadow Line) and Matthew Goode (Watchmen, A Single Man) will lead the ensemble cast in Dancing on the Edge. The series will also feature Jacqueline Bisset (The Deep), Janet Montgomery (Black Swan) and Joanna Vanderham (The Runaway).

<>Dancing on the Edge is a five-part drama set in the early 1930s and follows a band of black jazz musicians as they find fame in London’s upper class society. However, when a suspected murder takes place, suspicions fall on the band.

Filming will take place in London and Birmingham during a 16-week shoot and the series is due to air on UK pubcaster BBC2 next year. It was commissioned by Ben Stephenson, BBC controller of drama commissioning, and Janice Hadlow, BBC2 controller.

Source: C21Media

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Matthew is a man on fire!

MATTHEW Goode admits to being intimidated by the volatile single dad he plays in the new Australian drama Burning Man. But that wasn’t why he took his time signing on.”There are a lot of things in this film that I haven’t gone anywhere near before, but that was one of the reasons I was very attracted to it,” he says

It was the potential effect on his partner, Sophie Dymoke, of the raw nature of some of the material – including the sexually charged opening sequence in which he appears naked with a prostitute – that gave Goode pause for thought.  “Consideration for her and her well-being was part of why I met with (director) Jonathan (Teplitzky) a few times before I agreed,” Goode says.  Another potential stumbling block was the tyranny of distance. “Sydney is a f—ing long way,” the British actor says. “Unfortunately, I often find I am going off to the farthest flung parts of the world.”  He doesn’t wish to sound churlish – “Bloody lucky I am, too, to be working,” he says, “but sometimes you just wish things could be easier for your home life.”

The depth of Goode’s feeling may well be attributed to the fact he has just arrived back at the London home he shares with Dymoke and daughter Matilda, 2 1/2, from Nashville, where he shot the thriller Stoker with Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska.

Burning Man, which required Goode to be based in Bondi for three months, is Teplitzky’s follow-up to 2003 crime caper Gettin’ Square. The new film tells semi-autobiographical story about a man grappling with the loss of his wife.  “I didn’t take the work home with me and dare I say it, it was actually quite fun to shoot some of it,” says Goode, who is backed by a strong female cast including Rachel Griffiths.

Given the subject matter, the film contains a surprising amount of humour.  “That is how you know it was written by someone who went through it,” says Goode. “Cancer can become a joke to the couple who are suffering – it’s gallows humour.”  Still, the process of filming it took an emotional toll.  “I didn’t work for a year after that. Burning Man had taken a lot out of me,” he says.  Teplitzky is from a family of foodies, which is why he made Goode’s character a chef. The actor professes to being quite handy in the kitchen.  “It’s kind of my domain,” he says, confessing that when he and Dymoke first met, they had an argument over the Dolmio sauces she had in her fridge. “Apparently I am a bit of a stickler in the kitchen. I am not as positive as I should be.”

Now that Goode’s finally working in London – on BBC drama Dancing on the Edge – the pair might have to renegotiate kitchen duties.

Source: Adelaide now