Little Women (1950 TV series)

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Little Women
Genre Period drama
Based on Little Women
1868 novel
by Louisa May Alcott
Written by
  • Winifred Oughton
  • Brenda R. Thompson
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerPamela Brown
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC Television Service
Release12 December 1950 (1950-12-12) 
23 January 1951 (1951-01-23)

Little Women is a British television mini-series broadcast by the BBC from 1950 to 1951 in six parts. An adaptation by Winifred Oughton and Brenda R. Thompson of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women.

Contents

The lost series was broadcast live and the transmissions were not recorded. [1]

The production was the first adaptation of the novel by the BBC. There were later adaptations in 1958, 1970 and 2017.

Plot summary

Cast List [2]

Production Team [3]

Writing

Series Production Design

Producer

Episode list

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"A Merry Christmas"12 December 1950 (1950-12-12)
2"The Laurence Boy"19 December 1950 (1950-12-19)
3"The Palace Beautiful"2 January 1951 (1951-01-02)
4"The Telegram"9 January 1951 (1951-01-09)
5"Dark Days"16 January 1951 (1951-01-16)
6"Pleasant Meadows"23 January 1951 (1951-01-23)

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References

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  2. Little Women (TV Series 1950– ) - IMDb , retrieved 24 November 2020
  3. "BFI | Film & TV Database | LITTLE WOMEN". 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2020.