Victor Blackwell talks to
best selling author Ken Follett about his epic 8-hour miniseries “World without
End.” Watch the interview and decide if the following statements are
True or False. Correct the false ones. (answers in ‘comments’)
1. Initially Ken Follet’s big hits were thrillers.
2. He was never interested in cathedral building and the
society that built those cathedrals.
3. Some people were sure he would succeed with a novel
about building a church set in the Middle Ages.
4. “World without End”, the second part of “The Pillars
of the Earth” takes place 100 years after the first one.
5. Ken finds handing over a novel for a mini-series
terrifying because he works really hard to write interesting novels with
logical plots and then you give them to people to mess them about.
6. “World without End” took him 3 years and 3 months to
write.
7. He didn’t like “The Pillars of the Earth” mini-series.
8. He’s been asked to do a performance in “World without
End”.
This mini-series will be on at channel four on Tuesday evenings. Remember you can watch it in English!
1 comment:
1. True
2. False. He has always been interested in it and has read about it.
3. False. He was the one who thought it was possible to write a great popular novel about building a cathedral and his instinct was right because it turned out pretty well.
4. False. It takes place 200 years after the first book.
5. True
6. False. It took 3 years.
7. False. He thinks they did a terrific job (Ridley Scott was one of the producers).
8. False. He was in a cameo in “The Pillars of the Earth” but he’s afraid his acting performance was not very good because he hasn’t been asked again.
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