In the television programme 'A Year In Provence', which actress played the part of Peter Mayle's wife?
"garden and vineyard are features of the book, whose chapters follow the months of the year. In 1993, the BBC produced a television miniseries based on the book, starring Lindsay Duncan and John Thaw, with appearances from Alfred Molina and James Fleet amongst others. Unlike the book, the mini series was not well received by critics; ""A Year in Provence"" was later placed at number ten on a ""Radio Times"" list of the worst television programmes ever made with the writer, John Naughton, describing it as a ""smugathon ... which achieved the near impossible – creating a John Thaw vehicle"
"nobody liked"". The non-fiction sequels to this book by Peter Mayle are: See also (a movie based on this novel and a fiction novel ""Chasing Cezanne"" also by Peter Mayle): Mayle's memoir provided inspiration for the 2008 satirical novel ""A Year In The Province"" by Christopher Marsh in which an Andalusian man persuades his wife and his three daughters to relocate to Belfast. A Year in Provence A Year in Provence is a 1989 best-selling memoir by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs. It was adapted into a television mini-series starring John"
"He subsequently returned to France and at the time of his death in 2018 resided in Vaugines, also situated in the Luberon, in Provence. He died in hospital near his home in January 2018. British Book Awards named ""A Year in Provence"" Best Travel Book of the Year (1989) and him Author of the Year (1992). The French government made him a ""Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur"" (Knight of the Legion of Honor) in 2002, for ""coopération et francophonie"". Source: Peter Mayle Peter Mayle ( ""mail""; 14 June 1939 – 18 January 2018) was a British author noted for his"
"as a British expatriate in Ménerbes, a village in the southern ""département"" Vaucluse. Several more books followed, which have been translated in more than twenty languages. He also wrote for magazines and newspapers. ""A Year in Provence"" was subsequently produced as a TV series starring John Thaw and screened in 1993. The novel ""A Good Year"" was the basis for the 2006 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott and starring actors Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Mayle relocated to Amagansett on Long Island, New York, to get away from fans and sightseers at his home in Provence."
"Cécile Paoli Cécile Paoli (born 1961) is a French actress who is also well known on British television from the series ""Sharpe"", ""Bergerac"" and ""Holby City"". She played Isabelle de Chamonpierre in the 1989 television serial ""The Ginger Tree"", based on the novel by Oswald Wynd. In ""Sharpe"", she portrayed Lucille Castineau, in Bergerac she played Francine Leland, during the first series. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1984-5 Season, where her roles included Catherine, Princess of France, (opposite Kenneth Branagh) in ""Henry V"". She appeared in the Endeavour episode 'Sway' which first aired on the 13"
"April 2014. Cécile Paoli Cécile Paoli (born 1961) is a French actress who is also well known on British television from the series ""Sharpe"", ""Bergerac"" and ""Holby City"". She played Isabelle de Chamonpierre in the 1989 television serial ""The Ginger Tree"", based on the novel by Oswald Wynd. In ""Sharpe"", she portrayed Lucille Castineau, in Bergerac she played Francine Leland, during the first series. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1984-5 Season, where her roles included Catherine, Princess of France, (opposite Kenneth Branagh) in ""Henry V"". She appeared in the Endeavour episode 'Sway' which first aired on"
"""Death in Paradise"", a crime drama/comedy filmed in Guadeloupe for BBC One. She is best known in France for her roles ""A Heart in Winter"" (1992), ""My Best Friend"" (2006) and ""Private Lessons"" (1986). Bourgine was born 20 March 1957, in the Parisian suburb Levallois-Perret. She is married to Jean-Luc Miesch, and they have one adult son. Élizabeth Bourgine Élizabeth Clémentine Madeleine Bourgine (born 20 March 1957 in Levallois-Perret in the Hauts-de-Seine) is a French actress, appearing in film, television and theater. She is credited with more than 60 roles in film and television, mostly French productions. Originally a dancer"
"the business to write full-time. Mayle started off by writing educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young people. He also penned, in collaboration with illustrator Gray Jolliffe, a series of humorous books about the character Wicked Willie, based upon a personification of the male organ. He relocated from Devon to the Luberon, southern France, in the late 80s but his plans to write a novel were overtaken by an account of life in his new environment. This resulted in his 1989 book ""A Year in Provence"" which became an international bestseller, chronicling his first year"
"Jean-Marie Le Pen. The two films are often seen in conjunction with Peter Mayle's book ""A Year in Provence"", as causing increased interest in, and tourism to, the region of Provence, particularly among the British. The films inspired a vision of the area as a place of rural authenticity, and were followed by an increase in British home ownership in southern France. As late as 2005, the owners of the house belonging to Jean de Florette in the movie were still troubled by tourists trespassing on their property. Ranked No. 60 in ""Empire"" magazine's ""The 100 Best Films Of World"
"Peter Mayle Peter Mayle ( ""mail""; 14 June 1939 – 18 January 2018) was a British author noted for his memoirs of life in Provence, France. Born in Oxshott, Surrey, the youngest of three children, Mayle and his parents moved to Barbados in the aftermath of World War II, where his father was transferred as a Colonial Office employee. Mayle returned to England after leaving school at 16 in Barbados. His first job in 1957 was as a trainee at Shell Oil, based in its London office. It was there that he discovered that he was more interested in advertising"
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"friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe. Since then they have gone in different directions and career paths. Peter's friends are Andrew (Branagh), now a writer in Hollywood; married jingle writers Roger (Laurie) and Mary (Staunton); glamorous costume designer Sarah (Emmanuel); and eccentric Maggie (Thompson), who works in publishing. Joining them are Carol (Rudner), the American TV star wife of Andrew; and the impolite Brian (Slattery), Sarah's very recently acquired lover. Also accompanying them are Vera, Peter's long-serving housekeeper (Law), and her"
"homes of a London art dealer and a French diplomat, whose visitors to Ménerbes thus included many artistic notables. The region grew lavender, mushrooms, truffles and harsh red wine. Within sight of Ménerbes are the ruins of the Chateau de Lacoste, country residence of the notorious Marquis de Sade. Ménerbes became known in the English-speaking world since 1990 through the books of British author Peter Mayle, tales of a British expatriate who settled in the village of Ménerbes. One of his books was made into the film ""A Good Year"" (2006), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, which"
"such as portraying Cleopatra in the 1962 film ""A Queen for Caesar"". Petit appeared opposite Roger Moore, Ray Danton, Jeffrey Hunter, Guy Madison and Curd Jurgens. In the 1970s and 1980s she performed a variety of roles on French Television. Pascale Petit (actress) Pascale Petit (born Anne-Marie Pettit; 27 February 1938) is a French actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1957 to 2001. Working as a hairdresser, she entered films when her beauty was noticed by actress Françoise Lugagne whose husband Raymond Rouleau was searching for young actresses for his directorial debut ""The Crucible"" (1957). Petit played"
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"after filming an episode of ""Doctor Who"". In October 2007, it was reported that Tennant had ended the relationship. On 27 September 2014, Myles gave birth to a son, named Luke. Sophia Myles Sophia Jane Myles (; born 18 March 1980) is an English actress, best known in film for portraying Erika in ""Underworld"" (2003), Isolde in ""Tristan & Isolde"" and Darcy in """", and has received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the ""Doctor Who"" episode 'The Girl in the Fireplace' and Beth Turner in ""Moonlight"". Myles was born in London. Her mother,"
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"reconcile their vastly different philosophies of wine production. This enables Max to focus his entire attention on Fanny. Ridley Scott had owned a house in Provence for fifteen years, and wanted to film a production there. Scott Free president Lisa Ellzey recommended the works of author Peter Mayle, who had written best-selling books set in the south of France. Scott and Mayle were acquaintances and neighbours, having worked together in advertising and commercials during the 1970s, but as the author did not want to write a screenplay, he instead wrote a new book after discussing a film plot with Scott."
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"a film starring Russell Crowe. A Good Year (novel) A Good Year is a 2004 novel by English writer Peter Mayle, author of ""A Year in Provence"" and ""Chasing Cézanne"". The story follows Max Skinner, a London stockbroker, who loses his job before finding out that he inherited a vineyard in France from his late uncle Henry. Max Skinner is a moderately successful trader in a City finance house. After spending several months compiling a lucrative trade contract, only to have it taken over by his immediate superior, he resigns, losing his car, income, and expected bonus, leaving him with"
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"teacher of drama. Suzanne Neve Suzanne Neve (born 6 September 1939) is an English actress who appeared regularly on British television during the 1960s, including the lead role of Isabel Archer in the BBC's 1968 adaptation of Henry James's ""The Portrait of a Lady"", for which she won Outstanding Television Personality in the Pye Colour Television Awards. Neve first came to public attention as Ethel Brown in a 1962 series based on the William books of Richmal Crompton. She subsequently had leading roles in ""Smuggler's Bay"" (1964) and as Fleur de Lys in a dramatisation of ""The Hunchback of Notre"
"of the day, including Sir John Gielgud to whose Ernest Worthing she played Cecily in ""The Importance of Being Earnest"". She played Gwen, daughter of Mrs Dale twice daily on radio in ""Mrs Dale's Diary"", which was later renamed ""The Dales"". Her mother was first Ellis Powell and later Jessie Matthews. Latterly, single-again Gwen took increased prominence as the parental characters aged, with her choice of new husband a major cliff-hanger just before the serial ended. As a stage actress Aline Waites did many tours and seasons, including Rep at Torquay, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bangor in Northern Ireland. Favourite roles"