Nicholas Nickleby (1957 TV series) explained

Genre:	Historical drama
Director:	Eric Tayler
Starring:	William Russell Jennifer Wilson Malcolm Keen
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	10 (all missing)
Producer:	Douglas Allen
Company:	BBC
Channel:	BBC One

Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1957.^[1] It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.^[2]

Broadcast live, all ten episodes were telerecorded, but are now considered lost.^[3]

Cast

• William Russell as Nicholas Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Jennifer Wilson as Kate Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Malcolm Keen as Ralph Nickleby (9 episodes)
• Richard Wordsworth as Newman Noggs (9 episodes)
• Gillian Lind as Mrs. Catherine Nickleby (8 episodes)
• Brian Peck as Smike (8 episodes)
• Esmond Knight as Wackford Squeers. Sr (6 episodes)
• Rosamund Greenwood as Miss La Creevy (5 episodes)
• George Howe as Mr. Charles Cheeryble (5 episodes)
• Keith Davis as Wackford Squeers. Jr (4 episodes)
• Barry Foster as Frank Cheeryble (4 episodes)
• Anthony Jacobs as Arthur Gride (4 episodes)
• Lyn James as Madeline Bray (4 episodes)
• Bartlett Mullins as Tim Linkinwater (4 episodes)
• Douglas Wilmer as Sir Mulberry Hawk (4 episodes)
• Graham Crowden as Mr. Pyke (3 episodes)
• Fabia Drake as Madame Mantalini (3 episodes)
• Roddy Hughes as Mr. Ned Cheeryble (3 episodes)
• Fay Compton as Mrs. Squeers (2 episodes)
• Rosalind Knight as Miss Fanny Squeers (2 episodes)

Bibliography

• Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicholas Nickleby: Episode 1. October 18, 1957. 1770. 25. BBC Genome.
2. Pointer p.154
3. Web site: TV Archive. TV Brain. Kaleidoscope. 4 April 2022.