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Vanity Fair (1967)

Vanity Fair poster
Directed by
David Giles
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clever and determined woman named Becky Sharp schemes her way through early 19th century English high society. She uses her wit and charm to improve her standing among the wealthy and titled, bumping against rigid class rules and moral hypocrisies.

period-tingedbriskwrysatiricalambitioussocial-climbingsharp-edgedobservant

What happens

Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1967. It was the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC. Vanity Fair starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp. The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre, and Hampshire received an Emmy Award for her portrayal in 1973. This was the second of four television adaptations of Vanity Fair produced by the BBC; other serials had been transmitted in 1956/57, in 1987, and in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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