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Article: WEEKEND TV: Chaucer with a twist . . .(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2003
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Byline: Marion McMullen
THE sexiest, sauciest and funniest medieval stories around have been given a modern twist for BBC1's The Canterbury Tales on Thursday. TV writer MARION McMULLEN finds out why Coventry actor Nitin Ganatra and stars like Midlander Julie Walters and Cold Feet's James Nesbitt couldn't resist the lure of the past.
PLAYING a naive, randy young lover was the most enjoyable job Coventry actor Nitin Ganatra reckons he's ever done.
The 35-year-old plays Pushpinder in BBC1's star-studded new version of The Canterbury Tales.
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