Nicholas Nickleby (1957 TV series)

Nicholas Nickleby
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Written by	Vincent Tilsley
Directed by	Eric Tayler
Starring	William Russell Jennifer Wilson Malcolm Keen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10 (all missing)
Production
Producer	Douglas Allen
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	18 October (1957-10-18) – 20 December 1957 (1957-12-20)

Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1957. ^[1] It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. ^[2]

Broadcast live, all ten episodes were telerecorded, but are now considered lost. ^[3]

Cast

• William Russell as Nicholas Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Jennifer Wilson as Kate Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Malcolm Keen as Ralph Nickleby (9 episodes)
• Richard Wordsworth as Newman Noggs (9 episodes)
• Gillian Lind as Mrs. Catherine Nickleby (8 episodes)
• Brian Peck as Smike (8 episodes)
• Esmond Knight as Wackford Squeers. Sr (6 episodes)
• Rosamund Greenwood as Miss La Creevy (5 episodes)
• George Howe as Mr. Charles Cheeryble (5 episodes)
• Keith Davis as Wackford Squeers. Jr (4 episodes)
• Barry Foster as Frank Cheeryble (4 episodes)
• Anthony Jacobs as Arthur Gride (4 episodes)
• Lyn James as Madeline Bray (4 episodes)
• Bartlett Mullins as Tim Linkinwater (4 episodes)
• Douglas Wilmer as Sir Mulberry Hawk (4 episodes)
• Graham Crowden as Mr. Pyke (3 episodes)
• Fabia Drake as Madame Mantalini (3 episodes)
• Roddy Hughes as Mr. Ned Cheeryble (3 episodes)
• Fay Compton as Mrs. Squeers (2 episodes)
• Rosalind Knight as Miss Fanny Squeers (2 episodes)

References

1. "Nicholas Nickleby: Episode 1". 18 October 1957. p. 25. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022 – via BBC Genome.
2. Pointer p.154
3. "TV Archive". TV Brain. Kaleidoscope. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

Bibliography

• Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

External links

• Nicholas Nickleby at IMDb