The winner is…

KAREN (comment number 5)

The ladies of Cranford are back for a two-part Christmas special. It’s been two years since we last saw Miss Matty and her friends. If life continued peacefully, the railway still looms over everyone’s heads. The arrival of new habitants and prestigious guests will stir up some new adventures and even create some differences between some of the town ladies. Even Lord Septimus, the mysterious son of Lady Ludlow will return home after years living abroad. Miss Matty feels she needs to rethink her life after some unexpected events, but she is determined to do as much as she can to keep Cranford the wonderful place she always knew and cherished.

The cast:

Miss Matty Jenkyns – Dame Judi Dench
Peter Jenkins -  Nicholas Le Prevost
Martha – Claudie Blakley
Jem Hearne – Andrew Buchan
Miss Pole – Imelda Staunton
Mrs Forrester – Julia McKenzie
Mrs Jamieson – Barbara Flynn
Miss Tomkinson – Deborah Findlay
Lady Ludlow – Francesca Annis
Captain Brown – Jim Carter
Mr Buxton – Jonathan Pryce
William – Tom Hiddleston
Erminia – Michelle Dockery
Peggy Bell – Jodie Whittaker,
Mrs Bell – Lesley Sharp,
Edward – Matthew McNulty
Lord Septimus – Rory Kinnear.

Cranford was one of our favourite series last year, so we are terribly excited to see this special and revisit again all those delightful characters who immediately warmed up our hearts.

The first part will air tonight in the UK 9:00 PM GMT and the second part the 27th at the same time.

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Now, the giveaway!

To celebrate Christmas we decided to give away a dvd of Return to Cranford.

The rules:

- 1 entry per person
- Open Worldwide
- deadline: 31st December 2009 at midnight.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

And it’s time to announce the winner of our giveaway. There were 38 comments and lucky winner is comment nº 10 - MIDNIGHT COWGIRL

Congratulations! Please send us your address and tell us which DVD you would like to receive.

To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we decided to organize a giveaway. After some discussion, we finally agreed on a list with several DVD titles and the winner could choose one that appeals him the most.
Is there anything better than sharing our addiction? We think not, so to participate leave a comment and let us know what is the upcoming movie or series that you are eager to see. No answer, no contest.

1. Lost in Jane Austen
2. BBC Sense & Sensibility
3. Little Dorrit
4. Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 1
5. Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 2
6. Berkeley Square
7. Bleak House
8. Lilies
9. Aristocrats
10. The Devil’s Whore
11. The Tudors: Complete Series 1 And 2
12. Brideshead Revisited – Complete Series
13. Robin Hood : The Complete BBC Series 1
14. Casualty 1900s
15. Wuthering Heights 2009
16. John Adams – The Complete HBO Series

The contest ends october 17th midnight GMT and is open worldwide.

Good luck everyone!

The winner of Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier is:

Anorthite

Congratulations! Please send us your contact and we’ll send you the book as soon as possible.:)

To celebrate Tracy Chevalier’s new release Remarkable Creatures, we are giving away an ARC copy (already read 3 times!).

To enter the contest, just leave a comment until the 21th September Midnight GMT. This contest is open Worldwide. Also, only one comment per person will be considered.

Good luck!

Here are our winners:

• Luca Mignani
• Sayani Sur
• Ilaria Trotta
• Mariapia Tambone
• Marco Sgorlon

Please send us your address as soon as possible.

If in 48h we don’t ear from you, we’ll choose another winner.

Thanks everyone for participating!

The Picture of Dorian Gray giveaway will end tomorrow the 9th september at midnight GMT. We’ll announce the winners the next day. If you didn’t sign up, hurry up!!

As you well know, we are anxiously awaiting the release of Dorian Gray, especially after seeing the gorgeous movie stills and the trailer. Based on Oscar Wilde’s gothic bestseller and one of our favourite books, the movie will hit theaters next week first in the UK and hopefully very soon in other countries:

• UK  9 September 2009 
• Canada  11 September 2009 (Toronto Film Festival)
• Greece  17 September 2009 
• Italy  23 October 2009 
• Australia  12 November 2009 
• Finland  25 December 2009

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Young Dorian arrives fresh on the London social scene and is taken under the wing of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth of MAMMA MIA) who introduces him to the seedy pleasures of London life.  When Dorian sees how incredible he looks in a newly painted picture of himself, he swears to do whatever it takes to look as young and handsome in real life as he does in the picture – forever.
 
His stunning good looks and charm soon attract the celebrity lifestyle and everything that it brings.  Dorian finds himself slipping deeper and deeper into a world of sin, sex and celebrity, seemingly without any consequences.  But as his actions become increasingly evil, for how long can he hide the secret behind his eternal youth?

For more information visit www.orange.co.uk/doriangray

The copyright line © 2009 Momentum Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

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To celebrate the release of Dorian Gray, we’re giving 5 lucky readers the chance to get their hands on a copy of the book!

To be in with your chance of winning simply answer the following question…

Watch the trailer closely… During a party, there’s one scene where Dorian sees his true face, on what object is it reflected?
 
Don’t leave your answer in the comments email it to us instead using our Contact form and don’t forget to write on the subject of the message: “Book giveaway Dorian Gray”, so we can enter you in the giveaway.

The giveaway is open European countries only.

 Thanks!

We never heard back from the Young Victoria DVD winner so we decided to choose a new one. And the new winner is:

Teresa AF

Please send us your contact details so we can send you the DVD as soon as possible.