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Article: A&E Has 'Doone' It Again.(A and E Television Networks)(Brief Article)
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- February 26, 2001
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The A&E Network miniseries Lorna Doone follows an age-old premise from countless romantic tales. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back, boy loses girl yet again, and finally, boy gets girl back. And if you think you've seen this story before, you're probably right.
Lorna Doone is one of the classic love stories in English literature. Done and redone at least five times since 1920, this A&E and British Broadcasting Corp. co-production features a strong, if mostly unknown cast (to Americans, at least).
Richard Coyle (Dalziel and Pasco: A Sweeter Lazarus) is John Ridd, the gallant, honest, working-class farmer who falls in love with the ...