Editing Ken Follett (section)

== Adaptations ==

Follett has had a number of novels made into films and television mini series: ''Eye of the Needle'' was made into an [[Eye of the Needle (film)|acclaimed film]], starring Donald Sutherland, and six novels have been made into television mini-series: ''The Key to Rebecca'', ''Lie Down with Lions'', ''[[On Wings of Eagles (miniseries)|On Wings of Eagles]]'' (1986), ''The Third Twin'' – the rights for which were sold to CBS for $US1,400,000, a record price at the time – and ''[[The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|The Pillars of the Earth]]'' (2010) and ''[[World Without End (miniseries)|World Without End]]'' (2012).

A video game adaptation titled ''[[Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth]]'', developed and published by German studio Daedalic Entertainment, was released in three parts from 2017 to 2018.

Follett had cameo roles as the valet in ''The Third Twin'' and later as a merchant in ''The Pillars of the Earth''. In 2016, ''A Dangerous Fortune'' was also adapted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2015-09-30 |title=Watch: Ken Follett Drama 'A Dangerous Fortune' Heads to Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/global/watch-ken-follett-drama-a-dangerous-fortune-heads-to-mipcom-exclusive-1201606264/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Pillars of the Earth'' and ''A Column of Fire'' have both been adapted into Danish-language musicals. ''Pillars of the Earth'' had its world premiere October 12, 2016 at [[Østre Gasværk Teater]], [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Produktion |url=https://www.scenekunstarkiv.dk/produktion/?Code=PD0011857-1516 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.scenekunstarkiv.dk}}</ref> ''A Column of Fire'' had its world premiere in 2019 at [[Bellevue Teatret]], [[Klampenborg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Produktion |url=https://www.scenekunstarkiv.dk/produktion/?Code=PD0017590-1718 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.scenekunstarkiv.dk}}</ref> Both of the musicals were written by Thomas Høg, Lasse Aagaard, and Sune Svanekier.