Nicholas Nickleby (1968 TV series)

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Nicholas Nickleby
File:Nicholas Nickleby (1968 TV series).jpg
Radio Times cover with Martin Jarvis
Genre Historical drama
Based on Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
Written by Hugh Leonard
Directed by Joan Craft
Starring Martin Jarvis
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Campbell Logan
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) BBC
Release
Original network BBC 1
Original release 11 February (1968-02-11) –
5 May 1968 (1968-05-05)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1968.[1][2] It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, following a compassionate young man who, after the death of his father, tries to save his friends and family from his wicked uncle, and earn a living strong enough to support them.[3]

Cast

  • Martin Jarvis as Nicholas Nickleby (13 episodes)
  • Susan Brodrick as Kate Nickleby (12 episodes)
  • Hugh Walters as Smike (12 episodes)
  • Derek Francis as Ralph Nickleby (11 episodes)
  • Gordon Gostelow as Newman Noggs (11 episodes)
  • Thea Holme as Mrs. Catherine Nickleby (11 episodes)
  • Ronald Radd as Wackford Squeers (7 episodes)
  • Maxwell Shaw as Mr. Mantalini (7 episodes)
  • Thelma Ruby as Madame Mantalini (6 episodes)
  • Terence Alexander as Sir Mulberry Hawk (5 episodes)
  • Raymond Clarke as Lord Frederick Verisopht (5 episodes)
  • Hazel Coppen as Miss La Creevy (5 episodes)
  • Sharon Gurney as Madeline Bray (5 episodes)
  • John Bailey as Brooker (4 episodes)
  • Geoffrey Bayldon as Arthur Gride (4 episodes)
  • Malcolm Epstein as Wackford Junior (4 episodes)
  • John Gill as Ned Cheeryble (4 episodes)
  • Bartlett Mullins as Tim Linkinwater (4 episodes)
  • Paul Shelley as Frank Cheeryble (4 episodes)
  • Rosalind Knight as Miss Snevellicci (2 episodes)

Archive status

The original 405 line black and white master videotapes for the serial were wiped sometime after broadcast, although all episodes survived as 16mm telerecordings. The full serial is unavailable online and was not included on DVD by Simply Media when the company released other surviving Dickens serials produced by the BBC between 1958 and 1969 (such as versions of Bleak House and Great Expectations).

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Pointer p.92

Bibliography

  • Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

External links

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