Les Misérables (1967 TV series)

*Les Misérables*
Les Misérables
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Les Misérables; by Victor Hugo
Written by	Giles Cooper ;
Directed by	Alan Bridges
Starring	Frank Finlay
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	Campbell Logan
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	22 October –; 24 December 1967

Les Misérables is a 1967 television series of 10 parts each of 25 minutes produced by BBC Television and launched on 22 October 1967.

The cast included Frank Finlay as Jean Valjean and Michael Napier Brown as the barber. The film series was produced in colour, with mono sound, though there were few colour TV sets available at the time in the UK.

Although the original colour tapes were lost, black and white copies of the series survived the BBC's archival purge and it was released by Simply Media onto DVD in 2019.

Selected cast[]

Frank Finlay as Jean Valjean
Anthony Bate as Insp. Javert
Alan Rowe as Thenardier
as young Cosette
Judy Parfitt as Mme. Thenardier
Elizabeth Counsell as Eponine
Cavan Kendall as Enjolras
Vivian MacKerrell as Marius
Michele Dotrice as Fantine and Cosette
as Gavroche
Eileen Moore as Mme. Victurnien
Frederick Treves as Yves
Finlay Currie as Bishop of Digne
Norman Mitchell as Prefect
Michael Robbins as Gribier
Clifford Rose as Champmathieu

References[]

External links[]

Les Misérables at IMDb

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