Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)

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Vanity Fair
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Based on Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Screenplay by Andrew Davies
Directed by Marc Munden
Starring Natasha Little
Frances Grey
Philip Glenister
Tom Ward
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerGillian Mcneill
CinematographyOliver Curtis
Running time300 min. (6 episodes)
Original release
Network BBC One
Release1 November (1998-11-01) –
6 December 1998 (1998-12-06)

Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1998. [1] The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies. [2]

Contents

The BBC had adapted the novel as a serial three times previously, in 1956, in 1967 and in 1987. [3]

Plot summary

For a full-length summary of the book see: Vanity Fair plot summary.

Cast

Awards

Won:

Nominated:

References

  1. ↑ "Vanity Fair". 1 November 1998. p. 82. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ↑ "Vanity Fair Part 6 (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "William Makepeace Thackeray". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (2003). More Theatre Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 617. ISBN   9780810845367 . Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Television Craft in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  6. ↑ "Television in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.


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