Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)
| Vanity Fair | |
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| Based on | |
| Screenplay by | Andrew Davies |
| Directed by | Marc Munden |
| Starring | Natasha Little Frances Grey Philip Glenister Tom Ward |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Gillian Mcneill |
| Cinematography | Oliver Curtis |
| Running time | 300 min. (6 episodes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 1 November – 6 December 1998 |
Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1998.[1] The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies.[2]
The BBC had adapted the novel as a serial three times previously, in 1956, in 1967 and in 1987.[3]
Plot summary
[edit]For a full-length summary of the book see: Vanity Fair plot summary.
Cast
[edit]- Natasha Little as Becky Sharp
- Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley
- David Ross as Mr. Sedley
- Philip Glenister as William Dobbin
- Michele Dotrice as Mrs. Sedley
- Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Bute Crawley
- Anton Lesser as Mr. Pitt Crawley
- Nathaniel Parker as Rawdon Crawley
- Jeremy Swift as Jos Sedley
- Tom Ward as George Osborne
- Stephen Frost as Bute Crawley
- Tim Woodward as Mr. John Osborne
- Janet Dale as Miss Briggs
- Frances Tomelty as Mrs. O'Dowd
- Mark Lambert as Major O'Dowd
- David Bradley as Sir Pitt Crawley
- John Surman as Horrocks
- Miriam Margolyes as Miss Crawley
- Daniel Hart as Ensign Stubble
- Abigail Thaw as Jane Osborne
- Bryan Pringle as Raggles
- Linal Haft as Moss
- Eleanor Bron as Lady Bareacres
- Sarah Crowden as Lady Blanche
- Graham Crowden as Lord Bareacres
- Sylvestra Le Touzel as Lady Jane Crawley
- Gerard Murphy as Lord Steyne
- Robert Cole as Little Rawdon
- Zohren Weiss as Little Georgey
- Jean-Benoit Blanc as Hussar[4]
Awards
[edit]Won:
- 1999: Television and Radio Industries Club Awards - BBC Programme of the Year
- 1999: Banff Television Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1999: Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming - Best TV Series and Serials, Best Actress (Natasha Little), Screenplay
Nominated:
- 1999: British Academy Television Awards - Best Drama Serial, Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Photography[5][6]
- 1999: Royal Television Society Programme Awards - Actor: Female (Natasha Little)
- 1999: Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards - Music - Original Score (Murray Gold)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Vanity Fair". BBC Genome Project. 1 November 1998. p. 82. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "Vanity Fair Part 6 (1998)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
- ↑ "William Makepeace Thackeray". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (2003). More Theatre Stage to Screen to Television, 1993-2001. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 617. ISBN 9780810845367. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ↑ "Television Craft in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
- ↑ "Television in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
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- 1990s British drama television series
- BBC television dramas
- Television shows written by Andrew Davies
- Television shows based on Vanity Fair (novel)
- 1998 British television series debuts
- 1998 English-language television series debuts
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- 1998 English-language television series endings
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