The Bell (TV series)

The Bell
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Bell by Iris Murdoch
Written by	Reg Gadney
Directed by	Barry Davis
Starring	Ian Holm Edward Hardwicke Tessa Peake-Jones
Composer	Marc Wilkinson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Jonathan Powell
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	13 January (1982-01-13) – 3 February 1982 (1982-02-03)

The Bell is a 1982 British television drama series which originally aired on BBC 2.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same title by Iris Murdoch.

Cast

• Rowena Cooper as Mrs. Mark
• Kenneth Cranham as Nick Fawley
• Edward Hardwicke as Peter Topglass
• Patricia Heneghan as Sister Ursula
• Ian Holm as Michael Meade
• Michael Maloney as Toby Gashe
• Derrick O'Connor as Noel Spens
• Tessa Peake-Jones as Dora Greenfield
• Bryan Pringle as Patchway
• William Simons as Mark Strafford
• Trudie Styler as Catherine Fawley
• Gareth Thomas as James Tayper Pace
• James Warwick as Paul Greenfield
• Tim Wylton as Fr. Bob Joyce
• Rachel Kempson as Abbess
• Kenny Baker as Jazz group member
• Patricia Donovan as Mother Clare
• Rex Holdsworth as Station porter
• Finnuala O'Shannon as 1st Nun
• Richard Pearson as Bishop

References

1. Baskin p.187

Bibliography

• Baskin, Ellen. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996. ISBN 978-1-85928-015-7.

External links

• The Bell at IMDb