The Cazalets

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The Cazalets
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GenreDrama/War
Based onThe Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Written byDouglas Livingstone
Directed by Suri Krishnamma
Starring Hugh Bonneville
Anna Chancellor
Stephen Dillane
Lesley Manville
Frederick Treves
Joanna Page
Penny Downie
Composer Julian Nott
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersPippa Harris
Jane Tranter
Rebecca Eaton
Producer Verity Lambert
Production company Cinema Verity productions in association with WGBH for BBC
Original release
Network BBC One
Release22 June (2001-06-22) 
27 July 2001 (2001-07-27)

The Cazalets is a 2001 television drama series in six episodes (five episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large upper-middle class family in the years 1937 to 1947. [1] Most of the action takes place in London and at the family's estate in Sussex.

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The drama was based on The Light Years and Marking Time, the first two novels in the series of five by Elizabeth Jane Howard, entitled The Cazalet Chronicles and first published in the 1990s. For the TV series, they were adapted by the screenwriter Douglas Livingstone and the production was directed by Suri Krishnamma. The series was originally produced by Cinema Verity for BBC One and is available on DVD. [2] Co-producer of the series was Joanna Lumley.

A BBC Radio 4 version in 45 episodes over five series, was also produced later, broadcast between December 2012 and April 2014. [3] [4]

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References

  1. The Cazalets, Masterpiece Theatre , PBS, US.
  2. Masterpiece TheatreThe Cazalets, Amazon.com.
  3. Frances Wilson (30 December 2012). "Elizabeth Jane Howard: interview". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "The Cazalets - Episodes by date". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 April 2014.