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Timothy Spall and son star in racy 'A Room With a View'
By Andrew Pettie
Timothy Spall and his son, Rafe, will star in a major new television production of A Room with a View, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
The Spalls, who have never starred together on screen, will play father and son in a new version of E M Forster's novel being adapted for ITV by Andrew Davies, the celebrated screenwriter.
Viewers should probably expect a racier telling of the tale than is found in his original Edwardian coming-of-age novel, which was first published in 1908.
Davies, who wrote scripts for films including Bridget Jones's Diary and House of Cards, is known for his raunchy period adaptations, which include Tipping the Velvet and The Chatterley Affair.
Timothy and Rafe Spall, who will play the eccentric Mr Emerson and his son, George, will be joined by a cast including Timothy West, who is to play snobbish chaplain Mr Eager, while the kindly Reverend Beebe will be played by The Fast Show's Mark Williams.
Elaine Cassidy will play Lucy Honeychurch, the naïve heroine who becomes romantically entangled with George Emerson during a visit to Florence. Helena Bonham Carter played Lucy in the 1985 Oscar-winning film adaptation, which also starred Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Denholm Elliott.
Laurence Fox will play Lucy's arrogant suitor, Cecil Vyse. The plot revolves around Lucy's difficulty in choosing between her two suitors, the sensitive but socially unsuitable George and the handsome but overbearing Cecil.
Nick Renton will direct the adaptation which will be screened later this year.
• Eileen Quinn, the head of drama at IWC Media, which is producing A Room with a View for ITV, is writing an on-set blog exclusively for the Telegraph.
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