{"id":13526,"date":"2020-07-29T09:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-pursuit-love\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:04:01","slug":"bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC One Orders Emily Mortimer\u2019s Adaptation of The Pursuit of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned a series adaptation of Nancy Mitford\u2019s celebrated novel <em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em>, written and directed by Emily Mortimer.<\/p>\n<p>The story follows the adventures and misadventures of the charismatic and fearless Linda Radlett, played by Lily James (<em>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again<\/em>, <em>Rebecca<\/em>, <em>Cinderella<\/em>, <em>Baby Driver<\/em>) and her best friend and cousin Fanny Logan, played by Emily Beecham (<em>Little Joe<\/em>, <em>Cruella<\/em>). Mortimer, Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Dolly Wells, Assaad Bouab, Shazad Latif, Freddie Fox and Beattie Edmondson also star.<\/p>\n<p>A romantic comedy-drama, <em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em> is set in Europe between the two World Wars and sees Linda and Fanny consumed by a desire for love and marriage and on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em> will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K., and be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Alongside Open Book and Moonage Pictures, the show is produced by Rhonda Smith, with line producer Ian Hogan and first assistant director Steve Robinson. BBC Studios are the international distributors and brokered the deal with Amazon Studios, which is co-producing within the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Mortimer said: \u201cI\u2019ve always loved Nancy Mitford so when I was asked to adapt<em> The Pursuit of Love<\/em> it was impossible to say no. It\u2019s an outrageously funny and honest story, whose central character\u2014the wild, love-addicted Linda Radlett\u2014still reads as a radical. I feel privileged to be directing this show and working with the brilliant teams at Open Book, Moonage Pictures, Amazon and the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lily James said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be working with Emily. Her brilliant scripts bring new life to this story\u2014full of love, full of friendship, very moving and sad in places, but also funny and true to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charles Collier for Open Book said: \u201cFrom the start, we built this show around the talents of three brilliant women: Emily Mortimer, Lily James and Nancy Mitford. Our plan is to deliver sharp and innovative female-driven drama, full of warmth, wit and wisdom, which audiences everywhere will take to their hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Read for Moonage Pictures said: \u201c<em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em> reads like a manifesto for how to live fearlessly and whole-heartedly while relishing the absurdities and eccentricities of life. Emily\u2019s voice and vision perfectly capture the spirit of Mitford\u2019s novel and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to be involved in helping her bring it to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, said: &#8220;Emily Mortimer&#8217;s adaptation of Nancy Mitford&#8217;s masterpiece will introduce <em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em> to a new generation of fans. We are indebted to Emily, producers Moonage Pictures and Open Book and to the series&#8217; glittering cast, led by Dominic West and Lily James, for their commitment to bringing this treasured novel to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chris Mansolillo, head of licensed content in the U.S. for Amazon Prime Video, said: \u201c<em>The Pursuit of Love<\/em> is an exciting journey combining family, love, honesty and introspection. We are thrilled to be working with such a talented team and looking forward to bringing this romantic adventure to our Prime members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned a series adaptation of Nancy Mitford\u2019s celebrated novel The Pursuit of Love, written and directed by Emily Mortimer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[201,3996],"class_list":["post-13526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-one","tag-the-pursuit-of-love","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC One Orders Emily Mortimer\u2019s Adaptation of The Pursuit of Love - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC One Orders Emily Mortimer\u2019s Adaptation of The Pursuit of Love - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC One has commissioned a series adaptation of Nancy Mitford\u2019s celebrated novel The Pursuit of Love, written and directed by Emily Mortimer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-29T13:54:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-29T14:04:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/BBCOne-logo-720.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"351\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/\",\"name\":\"BBC One Orders Emily Mortimer\u2019s Adaptation of The Pursuit of Love - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-29T13:54:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-29T14:04:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-orders-emily-mortimers-adaptation-of-the-pursuit-of-love\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC One Orders Emily Mortimer\u2019s Adaptation of The Pursuit of Love\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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