Anna of the Five Towns (TV series)

Anna of the Five Towns
Anna of the Five Towns
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Anna of the Five Towns; by Arnold Bennett
Directed by
Starring	; Peter Davison
Composer	Nigel Hess
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	9 January –; 30 January 1985

Anna of the Five Towns is a 1985 British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2. It is an adaptation of the 1902 novel of the same title by Arnold Bennett.^[1]

Cast[]

as Anna Tellwright (4 episodes)
as Beatrice Sutton (4 episodes)
as Agnes Tellwright (4 episodes)
Anna Cropper as Mrs. Sutton (4 episodes)
Peter Davison as Henry Mynors (4 episodes)
Emrys James as Ephraim Tellwright (4 episodes)
as Rev. Banks (3 episodes)
Edward Kelsey as Titus Price (3 episodes)
Anton Lesser as Willie Price (3 episodes)
Hilary Mason as Sarah Vodrey (3 episodes)
as Mr. Sutton (2 episodes)
as Miss Dickinson (2 episodes
as Policeman (2 episodes)
as Milkmaid (1 episode)
as Revivalist (1 episode)
as Searcher (1 episode)
as Coroner (1 episode)
Michael Lees as Mr. Lovatt (1 episode)
Bruce Purchase as Tom Kelly (1 episode)
as Dr. Henderson (1 episode)
Keith Smith as Bank clerk (1 episode)

References[]

^ Baskin p.210

Bibliography[]

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

External links[]

Anna of the Five Towns at IMDb

[1] Baskin p.210

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