A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1980_TV_series)

<i>A Tale of Two Cities</i> (1980 TV series)

A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV series)

British television series which first aired in 1980

For the other television adaptation of the same year, see A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film).

A Tale of Two Cities is a British television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1980. It is an adaptation of the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.[2] Paul Shelley plays the duel roles of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, the first actor to do so since William Farnum in the 1917 silent adaptation.[3] Two weeks later, an American production was released featuring Chris Sarandon in the same duel roles.[4]

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It is the only BBC adaptation known to exist entirely.[citation needed]

Plot summary

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Pointer 1996, p. 181.
  2. [2]
    Baskin 1996, p. 175.
  3. [3]
    Farina 2022, pp. 134–135.
  4. [4]
    Farina 2022, pp. 135.

Bibliography

  • Baskin, Ellen (1996). Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press. ISBN 9781859280157.
  • Farina, William (2022). Screening Charles Dickens. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476647869.
  • Pointer, Michael (1996). Charles Dickens on the Screen. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810829602.
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