The Whirl of Vanity Fair (Original title)
Date: 25 November 1998 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Made to coincide with the screening of the latest BBC adaptation of the novel, `Vanity Fair' starring Natasha Little as Becky Sharp, looks at parallels between the high society of the 1840s which the novel satirises and the present day. Publicist Max Clifford explains how he would launch Becky Sharp on the contemporary London scene, while writers John Mortimer, Nigella Lawson and Peter York examine the life of the novel's author, William Makepeace Thackeray, a self-confessed snob.Synopsis: The social commentary of `Vanity Fair', discussed by Peter York, Nigella Lawson and John Mortimer.
Genre: Anthology
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TV Transmissions
Date: 25 November 1998Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:45-23:35Runtime: 50 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Date: 25 November 1998 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Made to coincide with the screening of the latest BBC adaptation of the novel, `Vanity Fair' starring Natasha Little as Becky Sharp, looks at parallels between the high society of the 1840s which the novel satirises and the present day. Publicist Max Clifford explains how he would launch Becky Sharp on the contemporary London scene, while writers John Mortimer, Nigella Lawson and Peter York examine the life of the novel's author, William Makepeace Thackeray, a self-confessed snob.Synopsis: The social commentary of `Vanity Fair', discussed by Peter York, Nigella Lawson and John Mortimer.
Genre: Anthology
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 25 November 1998Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:45-23:35Runtime: 50 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo