Original sentence: The productions of Brideshead and Jewel were well received at the time, but coincided with the BBC's disastrous The Borgias and the screening of the American adaptation of The Thorn Birds in each instance, giving Granada a certain glow in the Thatcher era over its public funded rival
Edited sentence: Coincided with the BBC's disastrous The Borgias and the screening of the American adaptation of The Thorn Birds in each instance, giving Granada a certain glow in the Thatcher era over its public funded rival.The productions of Brideshead and Jewel were well received at the time