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Bbc Four gets Welsh wordsmith to bring Fanny Hill to the screen
VIEWING on one BBC channel promises to be a saucy romp through 18th-century excess this autumn, centred on a racy adaptation by master screen adaptor Andrew Davies.
The Welshman, renowned for "sexing-up" the unlikeliest of staid literary classics with a dose of nudity and passion, was brought on board by BBC Four to rework one of the most risque stories ever written - Fanny Hill.
The book caused a storm of protest when it was first published in the 18th century, and the new adaptation is set to cause a stir with the Cardiff-born writer pledging to "stretch things as far as they can go, in every sense" on the small screen.
He said, "Fanny Hill is a book I have enjoyed a lot over the years but I never thought it would be commissioned. I am delighted we will be able to introduce the audience to the novel's great literary qualities as well as its more erotic elements."
The tale of a young beauty who through a series of misfortunes ends up working as a high-class prostitute, it...