The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 TV series)

For other uses, see The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (disambiguation).

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Opening title card
GenrePeriod drama
Based onThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Written byChristopher Fry
Directed byPeter Sasdy
StarringJanet Munro
Corin Redgrave
Bryan Marshall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4 (1 missing)
Production
Executive producerDavid Conroy
EditorLennox Phillips
Running time180 minutes (45 minutes each episode)
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release28 December 1968 (1968-12-28) –
18 January 1969 (1969-01-18)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the first adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Peter Sasdy.[1][2] The serial stars Janet Munro as Helen Graham[3], Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington.[4] The serial is incomplete, as episode one, "Recluse", is missing from the BBC Archive.[5]

Plot summary

A mysterious young woman arrives with her young son at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. She is determined to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbors won't leave her alone. They want to reveal her secrets and soon she finds herself the victim of local slander. Only young farmer, Gilbert Markham, is compassionate toward her.

For a full-length summary see: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall plot summary.

Episodes

Episode 1: Recluse. Release date – 28 December 1968
Episode 2: Marriage. Release date – 4 January 1969
Episode 3: Revolt. Release date – 11 January 1969
Episode 4: Pursuit. Release date – 18 January 1969

Cast

Janet Munro as Helen

References

  1. ^ Han, Catherine (4 June 2018). "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall's (1848) residence at the BBC: neo-Victorian adaptations in the 1960s and 1990s" (PDF). Neo-Victorian Studies. 10 (2): 32–67 – via orca.cf.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Part 1: Recluse". 28 December 1968. p. 7 – via BBC Genome.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (6 January 2024). "Girl-next-door or girl-gone-bad: The Janet Munro Story". Filmink. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Marriage (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022.
  5. ^ "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series 1968–1969) - IMDb". IMDb.