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

• Joyce Redman as Becky Sharp
• Petra Davies as Amelia Sedley
• Derek Blomfield as Captain Dobbin
• Alan Badel as Rawdon Crawley
• Graham Stuart as John Sedley
• Marian Spencer as Mrs. John Sedley
• Jack May as Joseph Sedley
• David Peel as George Osborne
• Barbara Leake as Miss Briggs
• Lloyd Pearson as Sir Pitt Crawley
• Graham Leaman as Gentleman at Stock Exchange
• Henry Oscar as Osborne Senior
• Marda Vanne as Miss Crawley
• Michael Caridia as George Osborne
• Dorothy Black as Miss Barbara Pinkerton
• George Curzon as Lord Steyne
• Christopher Steele as Mr. Moss
• Katharine Page as Mrs. Bute Crawley
• Lockwood West as Pitt Crawley

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.

External links

• Vanity Fair on IMDb