| Genre: | Mystery |
| Director: | Paddy Russell |
| Starring: | Vivien Heilbron Robin Ellis Basil Dignam Martin Jarvis Anna Cropper Maureen Morris Madhav Sharma Kathleen Byron[1] Peter Sallis[2] |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Producer: | John McRae |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Company: | BBC |
| Channel: | BBC One |
The Moonstone is a British mystery television series adapted from the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.[3] [4] It aired on BBC 1 in five episodes between 16 January and 13 February 1972.[5] It subsequently aired in America on PBS-TV's Masterpiece Theatre between 10 December 1972 and 7 January 1973.
The series was well received by critics. In The New York Times, Howard Thompson called it "typically smooth, restrained, well-played, and in lovely, subdued colour".[6]