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Esther Waters (1964 TV series)

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Esther Waters
GenreHistorical drama
Based onEsther Waters by George Moore
Written byHarry Green
Directed byJames Cellan Jones
StarringMeg Wynn Owen
John Bennett
Gwendolyn Watts
ComposerDudley Simpson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerDouglas Allen
Running time45 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release14 November (1964-11-14) –
5 December 1964 (1964-12-05)

Esther Waters is a British period television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in four episodes from 14 November to 5 December 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same title by George Moore.[1] Like the novel it focuses on the struggle of Esther Waters who, in Victorian England, is abandoned by her lover when pregnant. Despite the social stigma of being a fallen woman she chooses to raise the child as a single mother.

The novel had previously been made into a 1948 film Esther Waters. A further television adaptation Esther Waters followed in 1977.

Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ Baskin p.71

Bibliography

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  • Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
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