British literature

A new six part period drama will be filmed on Corfu island by ITV. The series is called “The Durrells” and is based on The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell who lived on the island from 1935-1939.

Two Greek actors will participate, Alexis Georgoulis and Yorgos Karamichos.

Russell Brand, the English stand-up comedian and actor, is bringing his “Revolution” to Greece.

They were the best of lines, they were the worst of lines - and the desk where Charles Dickens wrote them has been saved for the British public.
                   
London?s Dickens Museum has received a 780,000 pound ($1.2 million) grant from a government-backed heritage fund to buy the desk at which the 19th-century novelist wrote books including "Great Expectations."