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Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)

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Vanity Fair
DVD cover
Based onVanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Screenplay byRex Tucker
Directed byDavid Giles
StarringSusan Hampshire
Music byDouglas Gamley (unknown episodes)
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDavid Conroy
Running time5x1 hour
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release2 December (1967-12-02) –
30 December 1967 (1967-12-30)

Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1967.[1] It was the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC.[2] Vanity Fair starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp.[3] The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre, and Hampshire received an Emmy Award for her portrayal in 1973.[4]

This was the second of four television adaptations of Vanity Fair produced by the BBC; other serials had been transmitted in 1956/57, in 1987, and in 1998.[5]

Plot summary

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For a full length summary of the book, see: Vanity Fair plot summary.

Episodes

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Episode Title Run Time BBC Air Date US Air Date
Part One The Famous Little Becky Puppet 41:11 2 Dec 1967 1 Oct 1972
Part Two The Dragoon 44:05 9 Dec 1967 8 Oct 1972
Part Three The Celebrated Battle Scene 44:15 16 Dec 1967 15 Oct 1972
Part Four The Wicked Nobleman 44:31 23 Dec 1967 22 Oct 1972
Part Five Vanitas Vanitatum 44:19 30 Dec 1967 29 Oct 1972

Cast

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Awards

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  • 1973: Emmy Award - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes) - Susan Hampshire.[4]

DVD

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This adaptation is now available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Vanity Fair: Part 1: The Famous Little Becky Puppet". 2 December 1967. p. 9 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: TV Literary Adaptation". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Vanity Fair Part 4 The Wicked Nobleman (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Susan Hampshire". Television Academy.
  5. ^ "William Makepeace Thackeray". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Vanity Fair (1967) · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.
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