Wuthering Heights: ITV's last period drama?

The Times talks about the ITV's financial crisis which will particularly affect costume dramas:

Prestigious costume dramas are likely to be the biggest victim of the funding crisis, which could mean ITV announcing up to 500 job losses.
Presenting the broadcaster’s annual results on Wednesday, Michael Grade, the executive chairman, is expected to reveal a marked fall in profits, a huge debt and the prospect of dwindling advertising income in the coming year. Insiders believe that ITV’s £1 billion programming budget will be cut by about 3%, or £30m, during 2009 and by even more next year.
Department heads, covering genres such as drama, comedy and entertainment, are likely to learn this week how they will be affected by the company’s poor performance. (...)
A new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Tom Hardy as Heathcliff and Charlotte Riley as Cathy, was completed last year, but it has not yet been given a transmission date. It could be one of the last period dramas ITV produces. (Richard Brooks)

Also in The Times we find today an article covering the best train trips in Britain:

Keighley and Worth Valley

Famous as the location for The Railway Children, it has buckets of charm. For bookworms, the Brontë parsonage is a stroll from the station at Haworth. 01535 645214, kwvr.co.uk ; £14/£7 (Stephen Bleach)

Tampa Bay Online discusses ways to deal with the Twilight addiction. They suggest titles that inspired Stephenie Meyer:

With an overly possessive boyfriend and a love triangle:
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë.
With a hero named Edward who loves a supposedly plain heroine:
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. (Amanda Sellet)

The Tuscaloosa News reviews the latest installment of Carolyn Haines' 'Bones' series, Wishbones:

Needless to say, soon there are 'accidents,' mysterious goings-on, a death. The mansion is straight out of 'Jane Eyre' or 'The Castle of Otranto.' (Don Noble)

Finally, a curious way of promoting a local pub quiz now in Sagaponack, NY:

If you think you know the capital of Pakistan; the longest river in Scotland; what film won 11 Academy Awards with 11 nominations; and what novel's characters are named Heathcliff and Catherine - then head over to Townline BBQ in Sagaponack on Monday nights at 7 p.m. for their "Pub Saloon Quiz Night." (Eileen Casey on Hamptons)

And a not less curious way of putting into words the difficulty of creating a Watchmen videogame:

On the literary-ludological adaptability spectrum, Watchmen clocks in somewhere between Jane Eyre and Chicken Noodle Soup for the Grandmother's Soul. (Griffin McElroy on Joystiq)

Ett hem utan böcker posts about Anne Brontë (in Swedish) and Vita et Veritas briefly talks about her reading of Agnes Grey.

Categories: Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë, Haworth, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, References, Wuthering Heights