Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series)

UK 2003, 349 minutes
Rating: [M]
Genres: Television, Drama, Comedy

Feat. James Nesbitt, Julie Walters, Billie Piper, Jonny Lee Miller, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Simm, Om Puri

Aroview: A contemporay retelling of six tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classic, which dispenses with the framing journey to concentrate on the complex, bawdy, and amusing aspects of the stories themselves.

Although this won't appeal to all English Lit students, the impressive British cast ably convey the essential humour and pathos of 'The Miller's Tale', 'The Wife Of Bath', 'The Knight's Tale', 'The Sea Captain's Tale', 'The Pardoner's Tale' and 'The Man Of Law's Tale'.