A Tale of Two Cities (1965 TV series)

A Tale of Two Cities
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Written by	Constance Cox
Directed by	Joan Craft
Starring	Patrick Troughton Kika Markham John Wood
Composer	Alan Rawsthorne
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10 (8 missing)
Production
Producer	Campbell Logan
Editor	Pam Bosworth
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	11 April (1965-04-11) – 13 June 1965 (1965-06-13)

A Tale of Two Cities is a British television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1965.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.[2] Out of the 10 episodes produced, 8 are believed to be lost.^[citation needed] Episodes 2 and 3 survive, and various promotional photographs and productions stills featuring the actors in costume are available online.

Plot

Cast

• Patrick Troughton as Dr. Manette
• Nicholas Pennell as Charles Darnay
• Kika Markham as Lucie Manette
• Leslie French as Jarvis Lorry
• George Selway as Defarge
• John Wood as Sydney Carton
• Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defarge
• Ronnie Barker as Jerry Cruncher
• Alison Leggatt as Miss Pross
• George Little as Jacques Three
• Jack May as Mr. Stryver
• Peter Bayliss as Barsad
• Diana King as Vengeance
• Artro Morris as Jacques Two
• Stephen Dartnell as Jacques One
• Rolf Lefebvre as Gabelle
• Ralph Nossek as Road-mender
• Darryl Read as Jerry Cruncher Jr.
• Nicholas Smith as Cly
• Jerome Willis as Marquis St. Evrémonde
• Janet Henfrey as Mrs. Cruncher
• Bernard Kay as President of Tribunal

References

1. "A Tale of Two Cities: Episode 1". 11 April 1965. p. 17 – via BBC Genome.
2. Baskin p.73

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• A Tale of Two Cities at IMDb