Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.The BBC will screen a new version of Great Expectations ahead of the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens.
The three-part series will by written by Sarah Phelps, who adapted Oliver Twist for the corporation in 2007, and will be shown this Christmas on BBC1.
A BBC spokeswoman said the "bold new adaptation" would "give us the heart and guts of Dickens at his very best".
The novel is one of Dickens' best known works and has been filmed several times, notably in 1946 by David Lean with John Mills in the role of the orphan Pip.
Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812.
Details of the show were included in a raft of new drama commissions for the channel including a comedy drama about nursing nuns and a new spy thriller from the team behind Spooks.
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen said: "I hope that these commissions begin to express the range and creative ambition we want BBC One drama to capture in the coming years. There are great opportunities here for new writers, as well as a new commitment to blue-collar drama, and classic period pieces."
Six-part series Call The Midwife is based on Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoir about her experiences in the east end of London in the 1950s.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments