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TILLING ON TELEVISION
The birth of a legend: In 1984, London Weekend Television, in association with Channel Four, created two successful television series which were based on stories from the classic E.F.Benson "Mapp and Lucia" set of novels. Set in the picturesque town of Tilling in Sussex, the 10 episodes featured Prunella Scales as the acidulous "Elizabeth Mapp" and Geraldine McEwan as the redoubtable "Emmeline Lucas", known to all and sundry as "Lucia". As Lucia's closest friend "Georgie Pillson", Nigel Hawthorne was considered perfect casting. Most of the filming took place on location in Rye, Sussex, apart from house interiors, which were recreated at the London studios of London Weekend Television.
BENSON LINKS Our own Yahoo groups website - the first stop for anything Benson-related: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EFBenson/ Paul Bines has created a memorable site for all Bensonites out there: And a "must" is Deryck Solomon's M & L Glossary website: http://mappandluciaglossary.blogspot.com/ Bibelot2 has an excellent and comprehensive Benson-related website: http://www.geocities.com/bibelottwo/ The indomitable (and prolific) Susan Leg has created a superb Benson site titled "The Garden Room". A visit is a "must" for all lovers of Fred, gardens and Tilling/Rye: http://www.geocities.com/gardenroom1940/ Kat Macfarlane (Gatta) has a comprehensive Benson-related website here: http://www.katnmac.com/Benson.htm Guy Fraser-Sampson has recreated the world of Tilling and Fred's characters in a new novel. Details here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Major-Benjy-Guy-Fraser-Sampson/dp/1906510741 and here: http://www.amazon.com/Major-Benjy-Guy-Fraser-Sampson/dp/1906510741 The Friends Of Tilling website can be found here: http://www.friendsoftilling.com/ Another excellent Mapp & Lucia website created by Michael Oakley: http://www.qdpnet.com/lucia/lucia.htm The E. F. Benson Web Site - now not updated, but still a good source of information http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/7665 Even Lady Ambermere's dog Pug (alias Kay Douglas) has it's own Benson-related web pages: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/7018
Web pages created by Siriami Enterprises Inc. 1999/2000 & 2009 (at long last!) All frame enlargement photographs copyright Granada Television/LWT/Channel Four All other photographs : Alistair Kerr (excluding all photographs on the "On the Set" page - taken by unknown Rye photographer) This page was last updated on 03/22/09 .
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