DEBORAH ROSS: Black Narcissus starring Aisling Franciosi is all so sinfully slooow, sister 

Black Narcissus BBC1, Sunday-Thursday Rating: The Serpent BBC1, Friday Rating: Black Narcissus is based on the novel by Rumer Godden and was famously filmed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in 1947, starring Deborah Kerr, but what that told so successfully in under two hours, this doesn’t manage in three.  This was soooooooo slooooooooow. It’s a … Read more

The BBC’s Black Narcissus is the perfect inspiration for the trip of a lifetime to Nepal

Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton (aka Sister Clodagh) recalled the experience of filming Black Narcissus succinctly. ‘We were in the middle of nowhere in the Himalayan mountains. It took us three flights and a week to get there.’ Her co-star Alessandro Nivola who, as Mr Dean brought a fatal sexual frisson into the community of … Read more

Gemma Arterton sets pulses racing with steamy love scenes in BBC drama Black Narcissus

‘Sexiest looking nun I’ve ever seen!’ Gemma Arterton sets pulses racing with steamy love scenes in BBC drama Black Narcissus By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 01:45 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 01:45 GMT, 29 December 2020 Gemma Arterton set pulses racing in her new role in the BBC‘s Black Narcissus where she plays … Read more

Viewers can’t watch as Gemma Arterton’s character climbs ‘dizzying’ stairs in BBC’s Black Narcissus 

Viewers tuning into the first episode of BBC One’s festive remake of the 1947 classic Black Narcissus found themselves unable to watch as a plucky nun tackled a ‘terrifying’ set of stone steps above a steep ravine – branding it an ‘elf and safety nightmare’.  The 54-minute long episode, set in a decaying former palace … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Black Narcissus 

Black Narcissus  BBC1, last night  Rating: For rent, spacious holiday let with spectacular views, not suitable for vertigo sufferers. Pets welcome (no responsibility is taken for tragic animal accidents). Guests are advised to keep mirrors covered at all times. No wonder His Excellency the General is having trouble finding tenants for his Himalayan palace in … Read more

From Black Narcissus to Britain’s Got Talent Christmas Spectacular and Dunkirk: The best festive TV

DRAMA     All Creatures Great And Small: Christmas Special This drama series about vets in the chocolate-box Yorkshire Dales is first-class comfort viewing (Callum Woodhouse, above)  This drama series about vets in the chocolate-box Yorkshire Dales is first-class comfort viewing. It’s Christmas Eve and James is trying to come to terms with the fact that … Read more