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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 TV series)

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, Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington.[3] The serial is incomplete, as episode one, "Recluse", is missing from the BBC Archive.[4]

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

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. ^ "Marriage (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series 1968–1969) - IMDb". IMDb.

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