Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 miniseries)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Genre
  
Period drama

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

First episode date
  
28 December 1968

Number of seasons
  
1

Director
  
Peter Sasdy

7/10
IMDb

Directed by
  
Peter Sasdy

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
18 January 1969

Number of episodes
  
4

Networks
  
BBC One, BBC Two

Written by
  
Christopher Fry (dramatization) Anne Brontë (novel)

Starring
  
Janet Munro Corin Redgrave Bryan Marshall

Cast
  
Janet Munro, Bryan Marshall, Corin Redgrave

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the first adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Peter Sasdy. The serial stars Janet Munro as Helen Graham, Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington.

Contents

Plot summary

A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion with a young son. She determines to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbors don't want to let her alone. All of them want to reveal her secrets and soon she finds herself the victim of local slander. Only young farmer, Gilbert Markham, compassionated her.

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

Cast

  • Janet Munro – Helen Graham
  • Corin Redgrave- Arthur Huntingdon
  • Bryan Marshall – Gilbert Markham
  • Jeremy Burring – Arthur Huntingdon-junior
  • 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

    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 miniseries) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA