The History Man
Genre	Drama
Based on	The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
Written by	Malcolm Bradbury Christopher Hampton
Directed by	Robert Knights
Starring	Antony Sher Geraldine James Isla Blair
Composer	George Fenton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Michael Wearing
Running time	206 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	4 January (1981-01-04) – 25 January 1981 (1981-01-25)

The History Man is a British television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC2 in 1981. It is based on Malcolm Bradbury's 1975 novel of the same title.^[1]

Cast

• Antony Sher as Howard Kirk
• Geraldine James as Barbara Kirk
• Isla Blair as Flora Beniform
• Laura Davenport as Annie Callendar
• Paul Brooke as Henry Beamish
• Veronica Quilligan as Felicity Phee
• Maggie Steed as Myra Beamish
• Zienia Merton as Miss Ho
• Lloyd Peters as Michael Bernard
• Julia Swift as Beck Pott
• Steve Plytas as Professor Mangel
• Jonathan Bruton as Martin Kirk
• Charlotte Enderby as Celia Kirk
• Miriam Margolyes as Melissa Tordoroff
• Elizabeth Proud as Moira Millikin
• Graham Padden as John McIntosh
• Michael Hordern as Professor Marvin
• Peter-Hugo Daly as George Carmody
• Arthur Lugo as Hashmi Sadeck
• Henry Moxon as Dr. Petworth
• Judy Liebert as Jane McIntosh
• Milo Sperber as Dr. Zachery
• Bill Buffery as Peter Madden
• Juliet Waley as Marjorie
• Jack Elliott as Leon
• Jane Slaughter as Joanna
• Chloe Salaman as Anne Petty
• Jane Galloway as Chloe