The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (TV series)
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith |
Written by | Rosemary Anne Sisson |
Directed by | Rex Tucker |
Starring | Hugh Burden Anna Carteret |
Composer | Tristram Cary |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | |
Running time | 40 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC Two |
Original release | 12 September 3 October 1964 | –
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel is a 1964 British period television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in four episodes from 12 September to 3 October 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1859 novel of the same title by George Meredith.[1]
The only television adaptation produced, all four episodes are believed to still exist, although they are unavailable for public viewing.
Cast[]
- as Adrian Harley
- as Richard Feverel
- Hugh Burden as Sir Austin Feverel
- as Mrs. Bessy Berry
- Anna Carteret as Lucy Desborough
- Mary Kerridge as Mrs. Doria Forey
- Barbara Lott as Lady Blandish
- as Clare Forey
- Adrian Ropes as Ripton Thompson
- Patrick Connor as Tom Bakewell
- Felix Felton as Hippias Feverel
- as Benson
- as Mrs. Mount
- David Langton as Lord Falcon
- Francis De Wolff as Farmer Blaize
- Peter Pratt as The Hon. Peter Brayder
- Arthur Hewlett a Mr. Thompson
- as Richard Feverel (the boy)
- as Ripton Thompson (the boy)
- as Clare Forey (the child)
- as Lucy Desborough (the child)
- Christopher Denham as Curate
- as Mignonne
- Jonathan Cecil as Giles Jinkson
- Willoughby Gray as Sir Miles Papworth
References[]
- ^ Baskin p.69
Bibliography[]
- Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
External links[]
Categories:
- BBC television dramas
- 1964 British television series debuts
- 1964 British television series endings
- 1960s British drama television series
- 1960s British television miniseries
- English-language television shows
- Television shows based on British novels