100 greatest novels of all time. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Scoop No. 75 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Adaptations In 1972, Scoop was made into a BBC serial: it was adapted by Barry Took, and starred Harry Worth as William Boot and James Beck as Corker. In 1987, William Boyd adapted the novel into a two-hour TV film, Scoop. Directed by Gavin Millar, it starred Michael Maloney as William Boot and Denholm Elliott as Salter. In 2009 the novel was serialised and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Legacy Waugh includes passing mentions of Lord Copper and the Daily Beast in his later novels, Brideshead Revisited (1945) and Officers and Gentlemen (1955). "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole", a line from one of Boot's countryside columns, has become a famous comic example of overblown prose style. It inspired the name of the environmentalist magazine Vole, which was originally titled The Questing Vole. The fictional newspaper in Scoop served as the inspiration for the title of Tina Brown's online news source, The Daily Beast. Notes and references Sources External links Ann Pasternak Slater: "The hapless hack", analysis in The Guardian, 25 October 2003 Read and download the printed book at archive.org'' 1938 British novels British novels adapted into films British satirical novels Chapman & Hall books Novels about journalism Novels about mass media owners Novels about war correspondents Novels by Evelyn Waugh