Vanity Fair (1987– )

16 half-hour episodes. In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women... See full summary »

Stars:

Eve Matheson, Rebecca Saire, Simon Dormandy

4 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Eve Matheson	...	Rebecca Sharp (16 episodes, 1987)
Rebecca Saire	...	Amelia Sedley (15 episodes, 1987)
Simon Dormandy	...	William Dobbin (12 episodes, 1987)
Jack Klaff	...	Rawdon Crawley (12 episodes, 1987)
David Swift	...	Mr. Sedley (11 episodes, 1987)
James Saxon	...	Joseph 'Jos' Sedley (10 episodes, 1987)
Gillian Raine	...	Mrs. Sedley (9 episodes, 1987)
Benedict Taylor	...	George Osborne (9 episodes, 1987)
Shaughan Seymour	...	Pitt Crawley (8 episodes, 1987)
Philippa Urquhart	...	Miss Briggs (8 episodes, 1987)
Freddie Jones	...	Sir Pitt Crawley (7 episodes, 1987)
Ray Mort	...	Raggles (7 episodes, 1987)

Storyline

16 half-hour episodes. In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women marry soldiers, and both of them are affected by the Battle of Waterloo.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 1987 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

35 min 35 min (16 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Patrick Troughton was booked to play a major role but died before filming.

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Connections

Version of Vanity Fair (1911)

User Reviews

The best version of all

Thank God I taped it way back in 1987...agonizingly editing out the commercials, so that I had a "pure" copy of the original. (Little did I know then how a "copy of a copy" would degrade so.) I'm re-watching it now, going through an ancient copy of the book as I do so, and am newly impressed with not only how faithful, but how entertaining the production is. I may get to watching the Reese Witherspoon version some day, but only as a light amusement - no one could get the full gist of this book in 2-1/2 hours. Sorry to say, my 18-year-old tape has rather more degraded...good enough for me, but not good enough to offer anyone a copy of a copy of a copy. Let's hope A&E chooses to rebroadcast it at some point.