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.[1] It is the only BBC adaptation known to exist entirely. The 1957 adaptation is completely lost, while the 1965 version has only two surviving episodes, both of which are unavailable to be seen publicly.

A Tale of Two Cities
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Written by	Peter Harding
Directed by	Michael E. Briant
Starring	Paul Shelley Sally Osborne Nigel Stock
Composer	Paul Reade
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Barry Letts
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	5 October (1980-10-05) – 23 November 1980 (1980-11-23)

Cast

• Paul Shelley as Sydney Carton/Charles Darnay
• Ralph Michael as Doctor Manette
• Sally Osborne as Lucie Manette
• Vivien Merchant as Miss Pross
• Nigel Stock as Jarvis Lorry
• Judy Parfitt as Madame Defarge
• Stephen Yardley as Defarge
• Eric Mason as Jacques Three
• David Collings as John Barsad
• Peter Cleall as Jerry Cruncher
• Michael Halsey as Jacques One
• Brian Grellis as Jacques Two
• David Webb as Gabelle
• Harold Innocent as Stryver
• John Abineri as Roadmender
• Morris Perry as Marquis St. Evremonde
• Michael Gothard as Gaspard
• Frank Tregear as Roger Cly
• John Rolfe as Bank Clerk
• Harry Fielder as Gaoler
• David Rose as Guard Room Officer
• Dennis Savage as Young Cruncher
• Peter Farmer as Barrier Official2
• John Ringham as Attorney-General

References

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• A Tale of Two Cities at IMDb