Beginning Friday 10 April, Film4 will showcase a selection of award-winning films that have been adapted from books, including the Oscar-winning LA Confidential (from the novel by James Ellroy), The Talented Mr Ripley (by Patricia Highsmith) and The Devil Wears Prada (by Lauren Weisberger). The books will also feature in Waterstone’s stores, allowing fans of the films to discover the original stories behind them.

Full Great Adaptations Season Line Up
Friday 10 April
4.55pm Great Expectations
7.15pm Stormbreaker
9.00pm The Shawshank Redemption
11.45pm Ghost World

Saturday 11 April
9.00pm Kiss the Girls

Sunday 12 April
10.45pm Trainspotting

Monday 13 April
7.10pm Clueless

Tuesday 14 April
11.45pm The Innocents

Wednesday 15 April
9.00pm Little Children

Thursday 16 April
6.45pm Tales From Earthsea

Friday 17 April
6.50pm Bride & Prejudice

Saturday 18 April
9.00pm The Notebook

Sunday 19 April
5.25pm The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Monday 20 April
9.00pm The Devil Wears Prada

Tuesday 21 April
9.00pm The Tailor Of Panama

Wednesday 22 April
11.25pm Enduring Love

Thursday 23 April
9.00pm The Talented Mr Ripley

Friday 24 April
10.55pm The Rules of Attraction

Saturday 25 April
3.25pm Howards End

Sunday 26 April
5.05pm Watership Down

Monday 27 April
12.40am Angela’s Ashes

Tues day 28 April
11.00pm Fever Pitch

Wednesday 29 April
11.50pm And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Thursday 30 April
9.00pm Charlotte Gray

Friday 1 May
11.00pm LA Confidential

Saturday 2 May
4.35pm A Room With A View

Sunday 3 May
9.00pm The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Monday 4 May
11.20pm The Cider House Rules

Tuesday 5 May
11.35pm The Motorcycle Diaries

Wednesday 6 May
11.05pm All The Pretty Horses

Thursday 7 May
11.05pm Brick Lane

Friday 8 May
9.00pm Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Saturday 9 May
6.25pm Oliver Twist
Sunday 10 May
9.00pm Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

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Film4 is available in the UK on Freeview channel 15, Sky channel 315 and channel 444 on Virgin Media.