Vanity Fair
Written byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray (novel)
Constance Cox
Ian Dallas
StarringJoyce Redman
Petra Davies
Derek Blomfield
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (5 missing)
Production
ProducerCampbell Logan
Running time30 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release28 December 1956 (1956-12-28) –
1 February 1957 (1957-02-01)

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. ^ "Vanity Fair: Episode 1". 28 December 1956. p. 44 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "Vanity Fair Episode 6 (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". lostshows.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

External links

William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair
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