The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 TV series)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | |
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Genre | Period drama |
Written by | David Nokes (dramatization) Anne Brontë (novel) |
Directed by | Mike Barker |
Starring | Toby Stephens Tara Fitzgerald Rupert Graves |
Composer | Richard G Mitchell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Rebecca Eaton Kevin Loader |
Producer | Suzan Harrison |
Production location | Cumbria |
Editor | Guy Bensley |
Running time | 159 minutes |
Production companies | BBC WGBH |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 British television serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Mike Barker. The serial stars Tara Fitzgerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham.
Plot summary
A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old mansion of Elizabethan era with a young son. She determines to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbours don't want to let her alone. Only one of them, a young farmer, Gilbert Markham, succeeded in revealing her secrets.
For a full length summary see: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall plot summary.
Cast
- Toby Stephens - Gilbert Markham
- Tara Fitzgerald - Helen Graham
- Rupert Graves - Arthur Huntington
- Sarah Badel - Rachel
- Jackson Leach - Master Arthur Huntington
- Sean Gallagher - Walter Hargrave
- Jonathan Cake - Ralph Hattersley
- Joe Absolom - Fergus Markham
- Kenneth Cranham - Reverend Millward
- Pam Ferris - Mrs. Markham
- Cathy Murphy - Miss Myers
- Paloma Baeza - Rose Markham
- Aran Bell - Richard Wilson
- Miranda Pleasence - Eliza Millward
- James Purefoy - Frederick Lawrence
- Kim Durham - Benson
- Dominic Rowan - Lord Lowborough
- Beatie Edney - Annabella Wilmot, Lady Lowborough
- Janet Dale - Mrs. Wilson
- Susannah Wise - Millicent Hargrave
- Karen Westwood - Jane Wilson
Awards and nominations
- BAFTA TV Awards
- Peabody Awards - 1998.
- Won - WGBH Boston and BBC.[2]
- RTS Television Award - 1997.
- Won Best Camera - Drama - Daf Hobson.[2]
- Won Best Music - Original Score - Richard G. Mitchell.[2]
- Won Best Production Design - Drama - Sarah Greenwood.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Awards Database - The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Awards for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
External links
Categories:
- 1996 British television series debuts
- 1996 British television series endings
- BBC television dramas
- 1990s British television miniseries
- 1990s British drama television series
- Television series set in the 1820s
- Television programmes based on British novels
- Peabody Award-winning television programs
- English-language television programs
- Television shows set in Cumbria
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall