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From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Date: 20040317
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Byline: By Hannah Jones Western Mail

Warning: there's little sex, not much violence, and heaving bosoms are kept to a minimum in a new BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's book He Knew He Was Right.

Therefore it comes as some surprise to learn that this is a blockbuster by the king of bodice-ripping dramas, Andrew Davies.

Cardiff-born Davies, the BBC's master adapter, has been brought in to work his dark arts on the Corporation's annual four-part costume fest, the highlight of its Spring Season of programmes. And this year he has got his hands on his second Trollope ...

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