Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1998. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies.
The BBC had adapted the novel as a serial three times previously, in 1956, in 1967 and in 1987.
Contents
Plot summary
For a full-length summary of the book see: Vanity Fair plot summary.
Cast
Natasha Little as Becky Sharp
Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley
David Ross as Mr. Sedley
Philip Glenister as William Dobbin
Michele Dotrice as Mrs. Sedley
Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Bute Crawley
Anton Lesser as Mr. Pitt Crawley
Nathaniel Parker as Rawdon Crawley
Jeremy Swift as Jos Sedley
Tom Ward as George Osborne
Stephen Frost as Bute Crawley
Tim Woodward as Mr. John Osborne
Janet Dale as Miss Briggs
Frances Tomelty as Mrs. O'Dowd
Mark Lambert as Major O'Dowd
David Bradley as Sir Pitt Crawley
John Surman as Horrocks
Miriam Margolyes as Miss Crawley
Daniel Hart as Ensign Stubble
Abigail Thaw as Jane Osborne
Bryan Pringle as Raggles
Linal Haft as Moss
Eleanor Bron as Lady Bareacres
Sarah Crowden as Lady Blanche
Graham Crowden as Lord Bareacres
Sylvestra Le Touzel as Lady Jane Crawley
Gerard Murphy as Lord Steyne
Robert Cole as Little Rawdon
Zohren Weiss as Little Georgey
Jean-Benoit Blanc as Hussar
Awards
Won:
1999: Television and Radio Industries Club Awards - BBC Programme of the Year
1999: Banff Television Festival - Special Jury Prize
1999: Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming - Best TV Series and Serials, Best Actress (Natasha Little), Screenplay
Nominated:
1999: British Academy Television Awards - Best Drama Serial, Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Photography
1999: Royal Television Society Programme Awards - Actor: Female (Natasha Little)
1999: Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards - Music - Original Score (Murray Gold)