| A Tale of Two Cities | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| Written by | Peter Harding |
| Directed by | Michael E. Briant |
| Starring | Paul Shelley Sally Osborne Nigel Stock |
| Composer | Paul Reade |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Barry Letts |
| Cinematography | Elmer Cossey |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 5 October [1] – 23 November 1980 [1] |
A Tale of Two Cities is a British television series which first aired on BBC1 in 1980. It is an adaptation of the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. [2] Paul Shelley plays the duel roles of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, the first actor to do so since William Farnum in the 1917 silent adaptation. [3] Two weeks later, an American production was released featuring Chris Sarandon in the same duel roles. [4]
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It is the only BBC adaptation known to exist entirely.[ citation needed ]
