Wide Sargasso Sea (2006 film)

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Wide Sargasso Sea
Starring Rafe Spall
Rebecca Hall
Nina Sosanya
Victoria Hamilton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes1
Production
Producer Kudos Film & Television
Running time90 minutes
Release
Original network BBC Four
Original release9 October 2006 (2006-10-09)

Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.

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Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006. [1] It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of Jane Eyre , to which Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel. [2]

The adaptation was scripted by playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher. [3] It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester. [4]

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References

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  2. "BBC Four - Wide Sargasso Sea".
  3. "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)". BFI.
  4. "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) - Brendan Maher, Brian Maher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" via allmovie.com.