How Green Was My Valley (1960 TV series)

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How Green Was My Valley
GenreHistorical drama
Based on How Green Was My Valley
by Richard Llewellyn
Written byBarry Thomas
Directed by Dafydd Gruffydd
Starring Eynon Evans
Rachel Thomas
Glyn Houston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerDafydd Gruffydd
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC Television
Release1 January (1960-01-01) 
19 February 1960 (1960-02-19)

How Green Was My Valley is a British historical television drama series which originally aired on BBC One in eight parts during 1960. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, set in a Welsh coal-mining community.

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