The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Starring |
Julie Walters Billie Piper James Nesbitt Kenny Doughty John Simm Keeley Hawes Chiwetel Ejiofor Dennis Waterman Andrew Lincoln Nikki Amuka-Bird |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Location(s) | Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, Rochester, Kent, England, Gravesend, Kent, England, River Medway, Kent, England |
| Running time | 349 min (6 parts) |
| Production company(s) | Ziji Productions |
| Release | |
| Original release | 11 September – 16 October 2003 |
The Canterbury Tales is a series of six single dramas that originally aired on BBC One in 2003. Each story is an adaptation of one of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century Canterbury Tales which are transferred to a modern, 21st century setting, but still set along the traditional Pilgrims' route to Canterbury.
Repeats of the series in the UK have been on channels including ITV3.
The anthology series was conceived by executive producers Laura Mackie and Franc Roddam in 2001, and produced by Kate Bartlett, while a number of writers and directors were chosen specifically to work on individual episodes.
Bartlett said of the productions that:
I wanted to be as faithful to the stories and spirit of the Tales as possible and we have tried to achieve that. ... They had to appeal to those more familiar with Chaucer but also work in their own right as single films, to an audience unfamiliar with Chaucer, and this was important to all of us.
The production filmed in Kent at Rochester which is the setting for The Pardoner’s Tale and features the castle, Cathedral, Chertsey Gate, the High Street, Esplanade and various streets, pubs and restaurants. Gravesend is the setting in The Seacaptain’s Tale where old waterfront warehouses, the pier and Town Pier Square feature and the river scenes in The Man of Laws’ Tale were filmed on the River Medway and The Medway Estuary.
From Chaucer's original collection, the producers chose six tales:
On 29 March 2004 The Wife of Bath was nominated for three awards at the British Academy Television Awards, for Best Single Drama, Best Actress for Julie Walters and Best Costume Design. Walters went on to win the award.
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