The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 TV series)

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Opening title card
Genre	Period drama
Based on	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Written by	Christopher Fry
Directed by	Peter Sasdy
Starring	Janet Munro Corin Redgrave Bryan Marshall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4 (1 missing)
Production
Executive producer	David Conroy
Editor	Lennox Phillips
Running time	180 minutes (45 minutes each episode)
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	28 December 1968 (1968-12-28) – 18 January 1969 (1969-01-18)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the first adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Peter Sasdy.[1][2] The serial stars Janet Munro as Helen Graham, Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington.[3] The serial is incomplete, as episode one, "Recluse", is missing from the BBC Archive.[4]

Plot summary

A mysterious young woman arrives with her young son at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. She is determined to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbors won't leave her alone. They want to reveal her secrets and soon she finds herself the victim of local slander. Only young farmer, Gilbert Markham, is compassionate toward her.

For a full-length summary see: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall plot summary.

Episodes

Episode 1: Recluse.	Release date – 28 December 1968
Episode 2: Marriage.	Release date – 4 January 1969
Episode 3: Revolt.	Release date – 11 January 1969
Episode 4: Pursuit.	Release date – 18 January 1969

Cast

Janet Munro as Helen

• Janet Munro – Helen Graham
• Corin Redgrave – Arthur Huntingdon
• Bryan Marshall – Gilbert Markham
• Jeremy Burring – Arthur Huntingdon the Younger
• William Gaunt – Frederick Lawrence
• Margery Withers – Rachel
• Charles Lamb – Benson
• Megs Jenkins – Mrs. Markham
• Anthony May – Fergus Markham
• Felicity Kendal – Rose Markham
• Suzan Farmer – Eliza Millward
• Jean Anderson – Peggy Maxwell
• John Quentin – Lord Lowborough
• Angela Browne – Lady Annabella Lowborough
• Donald Burton – Ralph Hattersley
• Nicola Davies – Esther Hargrave
• Janet Key – Millicent Hargrave
• Jonathan Newth – Walter Hargrave
• Valerie Van Ost – Miss Myers

References

1. Han, Catherine (4 June 2018). "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall's (1848) residence at the BBC: neo-Victorian adaptations in the 1960s and 1990s" (PDF). Neo-Victorian Studies. 10 (2): 32–67 – via orca.cf.ac.uk.
2. "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Part 1: Recluse". 28 December 1968. p. 7 – via BBC Genome.
3. "Marriage (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022.
4. "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series 1968–1969) - IMDb". IMDb.

External links

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968) at IMDb