Vanity Fair (1956 TV series)

Vanity Fair
Based on	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Screenplay by	Constance Cox Ian Dallas
Starring	Joyce Redman Petra Davies Derek Blomfield
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (5 missing)
Production
Producer	Campbell Logan
Running time	30 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	28 December 1956 (1956-12-28) – 1 February 1957 (1957-02-01)

Vanity Fair was a 1956–57 six-part BBC TV serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name.[1] The cast included Joyce Redman, Petra Davies, Derek Blomfield, Alan Badel, David Peel, Graham Stuart, Marian Spencer, Jack May.[2] Telerecorded during its live broadcast, only the first episode is known to survive, with the others being junked following a repeat of the telerecordings in 1957.[3]

Cast

• Joyce Redman as Becky Sharp
• Petra Davies as Amelia Sedley
• Derek Blomfield as Captain Dobbin
• Alan Badel as Rawdon Crawley
• Graham Stuart as John Sedley
• Marian Spencer as Mrs. John Sedley
• Jack May as Joseph Sedley
• David Peel as George Osborne
• Barbara Leake as Miss Briggs
• Lloyd Pearson as Sir Pitt Crawley
• Graham Leaman as Gentleman at Stock Exchange
• Henry Oscar as Osborne Senior
• Marda Vanne as Miss Crawley
• Michael Caridia as George Osborne
• Dorothy Black as Miss Barbara Pinkerton
• George Curzon as Lord Steyne
• Christopher Steele as Mr. Moss
• Katharine Page as Mrs. Bute Crawley
• Lockwood West as Pitt Crawley

References

1. "Vanity Fair: Episode 1". 28 December 1956. p. 44 – via BBC Genome.
2. "Vanity Fair Episode 6 (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
3. "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". lostshows.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

External links

• Vanity Fair on IMDb