[raigraphixs]

A two-part drama adaptation of William Boyd’s best-seller, Restless. Will be directed by acclaimed theatre director, Edward Hall (Spooks), and produced by Emmy award-winner, Hilary Bevan Jones (State Of Play, Girl In The Cafe) and Paul Frift.

Filming of Restless begins this summer in South Africa and the UK, and is due for transmission on BBC One, late 2012.


Hayley Atwel, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery, Michael Gambon, Charlotte Rampling

What becomes of your life when everything you thought was solid and certain about it turns out to be a fantastically complicated lie? This happens to Ruth Gilmartin (Michelle Dockery) when, one day in 1976, her mother Sally (Charlotte Rampling) suddenly tells her she has been living a double life. She is not respectable Sally Gilmartin but in fact

 

Eva Delectorskaya, a spy for the British Secret Service who has been on the run

for 30 years.


Screenwriter and author, William Boyd;

“To have the chance to film a novel like Restless over three hours is the sort of opportunity that only a television adaptation can provide. It represents the most enticing and alluring of possibilities – not only to tell an enthralling story of wartime espionage, love and betrayal but also to lift the lid on one of the last secrets of the Second World War.”

Producer, Hilary Bevan Jones;

“Restless weaves a great love story within a riveting espionage thriller. Trust, betrayal and the need to escape the past are at the heart of this story; and Will has brought these themes to the screen with great elan.”

Director Edward Hall;

“William’s script is as gripping as his novel.”

[meltonboy]

Looks good.

Starts Thu 27th Dec at 2100 to 2230 on BBC One, concluding the following day at the same time.

BBC - Media Centre - Programme Information - Restless

Will check it out.

MB

[raigraphixs]

Restless Trailer - BBC One Christmas 2012 - YouTube

[Rasczak]

A quick reminder for all that this starts tonight. Looks good.

[raigraphixs]

Originally Posted by Rasczak

A quick reminder for all that this starts tonight. Looks good.

No starts Thursday 27th, 9pm (tomorrow)

Miranda, Mrs Brown, tonight in that time slot

[Rasczak]

Oops, time is running away with me (or not it seems).

[raigraphixs]

Excellent first part, didn't expect it to be that long [no pun], look forward to the final part tonight

[raigraphixs]

Happy to say the 2nd part was just as high quality!

Just annoyed Hayley Atwell did not get a chance to undress before she was stopped!


The ending;

 

We discover Romer was a double agent, shame we did not see more of the things he could had done, just the map alone was not really enough.

Also why did not a sniper just killed Sally Gilmartin / Eva Delectorskaya from the trees outside her house early on, then i assume she is not a big threat.

It the kind of series that needs a 2nd viewing to pick up on little things

[meltonboy]

I really enjoyed both parts and i had to go back to a scene to get the ending(s) straight in my head !

I still wonder why wartime Eva

 

felt she had to kill the chap with the gun / pillow. Sure, he had told Romer aboutthe meeting, but if she had left him alone, there would have been no issue, surely ?

Good viewing

MB

[SimonTW]

I just finished watching the second part, and am not quite sure what to think of the ending. Most of the loose ends were cleared up, but the very final scene seemed to raise even more questions.

For those who have watched it:

 

How did you interpret the final scene (with Eva in her garden)? And was it Romer who arranged the "suicide" in the first part (the guy Morris is supposed to meet)?

[raigraphixs]

Originally Posted by SimonTW

I just finished watching the second part, and am not quite sure what to think of the ending. Most of the loose ends were cleared up, but the very final scene seemed to raise even more questions.

For those who have watched it:

 

How did you interpret the final scene (with Eva in her garden)? And was it Romer who arranged the "suicide" in the first part (the guy Morris is supposed to meet)?

 

As for the final scene with Eva using the binoculars, i assume she will always be 'looking over her shoulder' to speak, so it's never over.

But i still don't understand the threat to her, i guess they are just watching her, as they could have killed her at any time

[Rasczak]

Originally Posted by raigraphixs

 

As for the final scene with Eva using the binoculars, i assume she will always be 'looking over her shoulder' to speak, so it's never over.

But i still don't understand the threat to her, i guess they are just watching her, as they could have killed her at any time

 

I thought the man in the woods was trying to confirm if she was the one they were after. The fact they (maybe) killed that other women in the wheelchair suggests action was taken. Presumably if whoever it was in the woods was out to get her, then they are still out to get her?

All in all an excellent piece of TV drama though!

[Stuart]

Highlight of the festive period. Watched them back-to-back and the 3 hours flew by. Gripping, tense and extremely well acted. If you haven't seen it then you owe it to yourself to do so on iPlayer whilst it's still there.

Regarding the ending:

 

My interpretation is that there was no real threat and it was just Eva's paranoia and/or she concocted it to get her daughter to flush out Romer so she could get her revenge. Once a manipulative spy, always a manipulative spy.

[krish]

BAFTA Q&A last month ...

Restless: TV Q&A (podcast) | BAFTA Guru

Actors Hayley Atwell and Rufus Sewell join novelist William Boyd and director Edward Hall to discuss how the BBC adaptation of Restless diverges from the novel, its painstaking location research, and much more.

Recorded on 18 December 2012.

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[Rasczak]

Surprising - there doesn't seem to be a DVD or Blu-ray release of this title scheduled?

[Mshulla]

Originally Posted by Stuart

Highlight of the festive period. Watched them back-to-back and the 3 hours flew by. Gripping, tense and extremely well acted. If you haven't seen it then you owe it to yourself to do so on iPlayer whilst it's still there.

Regarding the ending:

 

My interpretation is that there was no real threat and it was just Eva's paranoia and/or she concocted it to get her daughter to flush out Romer so she could get her revenge. Once a manipulative spy, always a manipulative spy.

I agree with this interpretation of the ending, at least in part.

 

I don't believe she concocted the threat she felt, she was just paranoid. It was clear that Romer wasn't aware of any threat to her when she and her daughter confronted him in his home.