The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966 TV series)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
Screenplay byVincent Tilsley
Directed by James Cellan Jones
Starring Peter Woodthorpe
Gay Hamilton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Release8 March 1966 (1966-03-08)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1966 British television series, an adaptation of the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, directed by James Cellan Jones. It starred Peter Woodthorpe as Quasimodo and Gay Hamilton as Esmeralda. The screenplay was by Vincent Tilsley. Although some photographs exist, no recordings of the production are known to have survived.

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