# Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell on BBC America **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477 "2015-06-14T01:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/61 "2015-07-28T12:51:40Z")
Wasn’t Lady Pole more antagonistic towards Jonathan Strange in the book? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/62 "2015-07-28T13:05:54Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wasn’t Lady Pole more antagonistic towards Jonathan Strange in the book? Not that I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/63 "2015-08-04T01:55:35Z")
The miniseries is already out on DVD and Blu-ray: [http://www.videocollection.com/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell/883929407989](http://www.videocollection.com/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell/883929407989) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/64 "2015-08-04T15:23:06Z")
I really like this TV show. So understated and unfilled-out. It could take any direction and not stray from the main story because the main story is so very flexible. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/65 "2015-08-30T03:53:19Z")
A short interview with the two stars: [Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Interview [with subtitles] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lntTNxD5Dv0) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/66 "2015-08-30T18:49:17Z")
My favorite moment: “What an airy situation you have, madam!” (To the old lady with the cats.) Miss Manners couldn’t have been more tactful. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477/67 "2015-09-08T15:26:51Z")
Finished the miniseries (on Blu-ray, I don’t have BBC America) - a fantastic adaptation! The book is one of my favorites of all time and while I missed the footnotes, they really got the story well done! I even didn’t mind some of the differences from the book in the finale (I thought they were fairly minor differences). Great stuff! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-on-bbc-america/722477.md?page=3)