Oscar-winner Jim to switch to TV

Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is temporarily leaving film work to produce and star in a television project.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2003 - 12:42

Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is temporarily leaving film work to produce and star in a television project.

When he finishes filming Vanity Fair, which he is currently shooting with the American actress Reese Witherspoon, he will move on to The Young Visiters, which is being planned by the BBC as a 90-minute Christmas special.

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