Sunday 8.06
Miniseries Debut
7-9 pm
ShakespeaRe-Told

BBC America, TV-14

Entertainment Weekly, August 4, 2006

Following a brilliant update of The Canterbury Tales, the Beeb turns to the Bard. First up: Much Ado About Nothing, in a take that's as cheeky as Clueless' was on Emma. Sarah Parish and Damian Lewis are perfectly cast as Beatrice and Benedick, feuding TV news anchors who devour David Nicholls' funny, modern script. So what gets tweaked? Those awkward bits toward the end and trippy, dippy Hero, who, after 400 years, finally finds some dignity. A-

Caption: Parish and Lewis.