{"id":11242,"date":"2019-05-07T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/les-miserables-andrew-davies-faith-penhale\/"},"modified":"2019-05-07T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:04:01","slug":"les-miserables-andrew-davies-faith-penhale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/les-miserables-andrew-davies-faith-penhale\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 Andrew Davies &amp; Faith Penhale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Andrew Davies and Faith Penhale, CEO and creative director at Lookout Point and exec producer on <\/em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<em>, met\u00a0with <\/em>TV Drama<em>\u2019s Mansha Daswani to talk about bringing this epic tale to life as a series. The pair also discuss what excites them most about this adaptation.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6033463183001\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Victor Hugo\u2019s 19th-century classic <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> has been adapted as a miniseries by Davies, who previously brought epics such as <em>War &amp; Peace <\/em>to the small screen. 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