Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the Potter films, is
going to play an orphan in the BBC production of
Ballet Shoes, an adaptation of Noel Streatfield's book.
Victoria Wood, Marc Warren, and fellow Harry Potter film actor Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) will be amongst her fellow cast-mates in the 90 minute T.V. drama. The show is said to be "the centrepiece of the Beeb's Christmas line-up".
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Ballet Shoes follows the tale of three orphaned sisters who are adopted by an eccentric explorer and raised by his niece.
A TV source said: "Emma was practically born for this role."
Filming is said to start sometime this month.
Good luck on your first Television role, Emma!
UPDATE: More information on the plot can be read below, thanks to the
BBC Press Office:
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Set in Thirties London, Ballet Shoes tells the exhilarating tale of orphans Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, Gum, and raised as sisters by his selfless niece.
The timeless and uplifting story revolves around each girl's struggle to fulfil her dreams: Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina.
But when Gum disappears, the money runs out – and the girls have a fight on their hands. Their struggle to balance personal ambition with the need to survive physically, emotionally, and financially, proves moving and comic by turns.
Ballet Shoes, first published in September 1936, was an immediate bestseller, and has never been out of print.
Emma Watson to star in Ballet Shoes (UPDATED) 
(I felt like calling Canadians 'canuckies', don't ask...).
Excellent job, Ms. Emma!
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I Live for You alone!! 
