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'Little Women' & 'Call The Midwife' With Heidi Thomas On Monday's Access Utah

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Loved by generations worldwide, “Little Women” is a universal coming of age story. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.

Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, a new three-part adaptation from the award-winning creator of “Call the Midwife,” Heidi Thomas (“Cranford,” “Upstairs Downstairs”) and directed by Vanessa Caswill (“Thirteen,” “My Mad Fat Diary”), premieres soon on PBS. You can watch it in Utah on KUED starting on Sunday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Today we talk with writer Heidi Thomas about the enduring themes of “Little Women,” which Thomas calls “as complex as ‘Middlemarch.’” We’ll also talk about “Call the Midwife,” the popular series on which Thomas is the writer and executive producer. And we’ll talk about other adaptations Heidi Thomas has done of classics such as “Cranford” and “Madame Bovary.”

 

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.