Your first look at the BBC adaptation of Les Misérables starring Olivia Coleman - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Your first look at the BBC adaptation of Les Misérables starring Olivia Coleman By You Magazine - October 16, 2018 It’s been six years since the big budget Hollywood version of Les Mis hit cinemas – and with such an A-List cast (Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne to name a handful), any new adaptations have a lot to live up to. BBC Studio But the BBC’s upcoming six-part reworking of Victor Hugo’s classic novel about the French revolution, is shaping up to be pretty impressive. Dominic West will star as protagonist Jean Valjean (the role Jackman played in the 2012 film), while Lily Collins will play the tragic Fantine, and Golden Globe nominee David Oyelwo takes on conflicted police inspector Javert. And if that hasn’t piqued your interest already, Olivia Colman (who will be taking over from Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown) will also star as the awful Madame Thénadier. Talk about a dream cast. Lily Collins as Fantine (BBC STUDIOS / LOOKOUT POINT/ROBERT VIGLASKY) BBC One has just released first-look images, which has got us very excited indeed. Playing the three younger characters locked in one of the most famous literary love triangle’s are rising stars Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) as Cosette, Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country) as Marius, and Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Eponine. Dominic West as Jean ValJean (BBC STUDIOS/ LOOKOUT POINT/ROBERT VIGLASKY) In case you’re wondering, this version won’t be a musical. The writer charged with adapting Hugo’s epic novel is Andrew Davies, who wrote the beloved and unrivalled 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle) along with the 2016 BBC adaptation of War & Peace. Davies also worked on the hugely popular Mr. Selfridge and Little Dorrit, so we know we’re in safe hands here. David Oyelowo as Javert (BBC STUDIOS / LOOKOUT POINT/ROBERT VIGLASKY) An air date for BBC One’s Les Mis is yet to be confirmed but it looks like it’ll be sometime in early 2019. Filming – which has taken place in France and Belgium – started back in February. We’re thinking this would be the perfect Sunday night drama to settle down to. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved