Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series)
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
Written by | Hugh Leonard |
Directed by | Christopher Barry |
Starring | Nigel Havers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Barry Letts |
Production company | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 27 March 1 May 1977 | –
Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1977. It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.[1]
Cast[]
- Nigel Havers as Nicholas Nickleby
- Peter Bourke as Smike
- Derek Godfrey as Ralph Nickleby
- Robert James as Newman Noggs
- Kate Nicholls as Kate Nickleby
- Hilary Mason as Mrs. Nickleby
- Malcolm Reid as Mr. Alfred Mantalini
- Derek Francis as Wackford Squeers
- Patricia Routledge as Madame Mantalini
- Patsy Smart as Miss La Creevy
- Anthony Ainley as Sir Mulberry Hawk
- Nigel Hughes as Lord Frederick Verisopht
- as Wackford Jnr
- as Charles Cheeryble
- Preston Lockwood as Tim Linkinwater
- as John Browdie
- John Hewer as Edwin Cherryble
- Ron Pember as Mr. Snawley
- Isabelle Amyes as Miss Fanny Squeers
- Hetty Baynes as Matilda Price
- Patricia Brake as Madeline Bray
- Edward Burnham as Mr. Lillyvick
- Anne Ridler as Mrs. Squeers
- Mark Teale as Belling
- Pauline Moran as Miss Petowker
- Dennis Edwards as Mr. Walter Bray
- Freddie Jones as Mr. Vincent Crummles
- Pauline Letts as Mrs. Crummles
- Paul Curran as Arthur Gride
- Liz Smith as Peg Sliderskew
References[]
- ^ Pointer p.91-92
Bibliography[]
- Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
External links[]
Categories:
- BBC television dramas
- 1977 British television series debuts
- 1977 British television series endings
- 1970s British drama television series
- English-language television shows
- Television series set in the 19th century
- Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens