The Way We Live Now (1969 TV serial)

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The Way We Live Now is an adaptation of the novel The Way We Live Now as a five-part serial for television. [1] Adapted by Simon Raven and directed by James Cellan Jones, it was first broadcast in weekly episodes each Saturday evening on BBC Two, from 5 April to 3 May 1969. [2]

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References

  1. "The Way We Live Now". April 19, 1969. p. 7 via BBC Genome.
  2. "The Way We Live Now Chapter 1 The Great Heiress (1969)". BFI.