Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)

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Vanity Fair
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Based on Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Screenplay by Rex Tucker
Directed by David Giles
Starring Susan Hampshire
Music by Douglas Gamley (unknown episodes)
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer David Conroy
Running time5x1 hour
Original release
Network BBC
Release2 December (1967-12-02) 
30 December 1967 (1967-12-30)

Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1967. [1] It was the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC. [2] Vanity Fair starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp. [3] The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre , and Hampshire received an Emmy Award for her portrayal in 1973. [4]

Contents

This was the second of four television adaptations of Vanity Fair produced by the BBC; other serials had been transmitted in 1956/57, in 1987, and in 1998. [5]

Plot summary

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

Episodes

EpisodeTitleRun TimeBBC Air DateUS Air Date
Part OneThe Famous Little Becky Puppet41:112 Dec 19671 Oct 1972
Part TwoThe Dragoon44:059 Dec 19678 Oct 1972
Part ThreeThe Celebrated Battle Scene44:1516 Dec 196715 Oct 1972
Part FourThe Wicked Nobleman44:3123 Dec 196722 Oct 1972
Part FiveVanitas Vanitatum44:1930 Dec 196729 Oct 1972

Cast

Awards

DVD

This adaptation is now available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. [6]

References

  1. "Vanity Fair: Part 1: The Famous Little Becky Puppet". 2 December 1967. p. 9 via BBC Genome.
  2. "BFI Screenonline: TV Literary Adaptation". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. "Vanity Fair Part 4 The Wicked Nobleman (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Susan Hampshire". Television Academy.
  5. "William Makepeace Thackeray". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  6. "Vanity Fair (1967) · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.