Vanity Fair (1956 TV series) explained

Producer:Campbell Logan
Screenplay:Constance Cox
Ian Dallas
Runtime:30 minutes (per episode)
Starring:Joyce Redman
Petra Davies
Derek Blomfield
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:6 (5 missing)
Country:United Kingdom
Network:BBC

Vanity Fair was a 1956–57 six-part BBC TV serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name.[1] The cast included Joyce Redman, Petra Davies, Derek Blomfield, Alan Badel, David Peel, Graham Stuart, Marian Spencer, Jack May.[2] Telerecorded during its live broadcast, only the first episode is known to survive, with the others being junked following a repeat of the telerecordings in 1957.[3]

Cast

References

  1. Web site: Vanity Fair: Episode 1. December 28, 1956. 1728. 44. BBC Genome.
  2. Web site: Vanity Fair Episode 6 (1957). https://web.archive.org/web/20230417014042/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7db131f0. dead. 17 April 2023. BFI.
  3. Web site: Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine. lostshows.com. 2015-04-02.

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