{"id":21579,"date":"2024-10-16T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:15:45","slug":"the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Italian Hotel Adaptation in Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZDF Studios and BlackBox Multimedia have partnered to produce a six-part adaptation of Phaedra Patrick\u2019s <em>The Little Italian Hotel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted by writer Kay Stonham (<em>Millie Inbetween<\/em>, <em>Life of Riley<\/em>, <em>My Family<\/em>), the show will center on 50-year-old Ginny Splinters, whose advice show <em>Ginny Listens<\/em> is vying for the number one slot on the U.K.\u2019s premier radio station and whose private life is equally glittering, with an upcoming luxurious anniversary celebration in Italy planned with her husband. During a live phone-in, however, a caller throws doubt on her husband\u2019s faithfulness, and her perfect life comes crashing down.<\/p>\n<p>Ginny goes on a journey of self-discovery accompanied by five equally heartbroken listeners, whose problems she rashly vows to solve.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Little Italian Hotel<\/em> was published in the U.K. and U.S. last year and has since sold in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Patrick\u2019s books have been translated into 25 languages worldwide, with four of them becoming USA Today bestsellers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to partner with BlackBox Multimedia to bring this story to life for the small screen,\u201d said Yi Qiao, Director Drama at ZDF Studios. \u201cRomance, comedy, endearing characters and a beautiful setting, interspersed with insightful life lessons, combine to make this an ideal prime-time series for family audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiara Cardoso, managing director of BlackBox Multimedia, added, \u201cWhen we came across The Little Italian Hotel, we knew instantly that this would make a great TV series. There are so many layers to this uplifting, warmhearted romantic comedy with its realistic undertone and satirical twist. It brings a refreshing comic framing to the personal growth\/holiday-romance drama by challenging the notion that maintaining a high flying career and a glossy image are the keys to happiness. Add to that, its travel brochure nostalgic appeal and you have a captivating story that transports you to a sunnier world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZDF Studios and BlackBox Multimedia have partnered to produce a six-part adaptation of Phaedra Patrick\u2019s The Little Italian Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4186,8927,9814,9815,7523,4932],"class_list":["post-21579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blackbox-multimedia","tag-chiara-cardoso","tag-phaedra-patrick","tag-the-little-italian-hotel","tag-yi-qiao","tag-zdf-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Little Italian Hotel Adaptation in Development - 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\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Little Italian Hotel Adaptation in Development - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZDF Studios and BlackBox Multimedia have partnered to produce a six-part adaptation of Phaedra Patrick\u2019s The Little Italian Hotel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T14:15:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T14:15:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/ZDFStudios-TheLittleItalianHotel-1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/\",\"name\":\"The Little Italian Hotel Adaptation in Development - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-16T14:15:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-16T14:15:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-little-italian-hotel-adaptation-in-development\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Little Italian Hotel Adaptation in Development\"}]},{\"@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\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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