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''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' is a 1996 British
television serial
In television and radio programming, a serial is a show that has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the complete run of ...
adaptation of
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.
Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria (born Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish cl ...
's 1848
novel of the same name, produced by
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and directed by
Mike Barker. The serial stars
Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Anne Cassandra Fitzgerald (born 18 September 1967) is an English actress who has appeared in feature films, television, radio and the stage. She won the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 1995 as Opheli ...
as
Helen Graham,
Rupert Graves
Rupert Simeon Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ''A Room with a View'', ''Maurice'', ''The Madness of King George'' and ''The Forsyte Saga''. From 2010 to 2017 he starred ...
as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and
Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the UK, US and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ''Die Another Day'' (for which he was nominated for the ...
as Gilbert Markham. The first two parts aired in the United Kingdom on 17 November 1996, and the third on 24 November.
Plot summary
A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old mansion of
Elizabethan era
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personifi ...
with a young son. She determines to lead an independent existence, but her new neighbours don't want to let her alone. Only one of them, a young farmer, Gilbert Markham, succeeded in revealing her secrets.
For a full length summary see:
''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' plot summary.
Cast
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Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the UK, US and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ''Die Another Day'' (for which he was nominated for the ...
- Gilbert Markham
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Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Anne Cassandra Fitzgerald (born 18 September 1967) is an English actress who has appeared in feature films, television, radio and the stage. She won the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 1995 as Opheli ...
- Helen Graham
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Rupert Graves
Rupert Simeon Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ''A Room with a View'', ''Maurice'', ''The Madness of King George'' and ''The Forsyte Saga''. From 2010 to 2017 he starred ...
- Arthur Huntington
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Sarah Badel
Sarah M. Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a retired British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen.
Life and career
Badel was born in London to actor, Alan Badel and actress, Yvonne Owen. She was educ ...
- Rachel
*Jackson Leach - Master Arthur Huntington
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Sean Gallagher - Walter Hargrave
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Jonathan Cake
Jonathan James Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and films. His notable screen roles include Jack Favell in ''Rebecca'' (1997), Oswald Mosley in '' Mosley'' (1997), Japheth in the NBC televisi ...
- Ralph Hattersley
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Joe Absolom
Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor known for his roles as Matthew Rose in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' and Al Large in the ITV comedy drama ''Doc Martin''.
Early life
Absolom was born in Lewisham, London. A former pu ...
- Fergus Markham
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Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham (born 12 December 1944) is a Scottish film, television, radio and stage actor.
Early life
Cranham was born in Dunfermline, Fife, the son of Lochgelly-born Margaret McKay Cranham (née Ferguson) and Ronald Cranham, a London-born ...
- Reverend Millward
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Pam Ferris
Pamela Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in numerous British television series, including ''Connie'' (1985), '' The Darling Buds of May'' (1991–1993), '' Where the Heart Is'' (1997–2000), ''Rosemary & Thyme'' ...
- Mrs. Markham
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Cathy Murphy
Parents :father Patrick Murphy from kilmichael, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Catherine McKevitt Murphy (born 7 August 1967) is a British actress. She is known for her television roles as Tilly Watkins in the BBC drama ''The House of Eliott'' (1991–1994 ...
- Miss Myers
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Paloma Baeza
Paloma Baeza (born 1 May 1975) is a British actress and director of English and Mexican heritage. Her 2017 film ''Poles Apart'' won the BAFTA for best animated short film in 2018.
Biography
Baeza was born in London and spent her childhood in Me ...
- Rose Markham
*Aran Bell - Richard Wilson
*Miranda Pleasence - Eliza Millward
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James Purefoy
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series ''Rome'', Nick Jenkins in ''A Dance to the Music of Time'', college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series ''The Following ...
- Frederick Lawrence
*Kim Durham - Benson
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Dominic Rowan
Dominic Rowan (born 17 June 1971) is an English television, film and theatre actor. He played CPS prosecutor Jacob Thorne in the ITV crime drama '' Law and Order: UK'' and Tom Mitford in the Channel 4 drama series ''North Square''. Rowan has a ...
- Lord Lowborough
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Beatie Edney
Beatrice Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress.
Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms and her husband Alan Edney. Her brother is Benjamin Edney and her cousin is musician Nick Webb. Edney first came ...
- Annabella Wilmot, Lady Lowborough
*Janet Dale - Mrs. Wilson
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Susannah Wise - Millicent Hargrave
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Karen Westwood
Karen Westwood is a Scottish actress most famous for her role as Meg Paterson in BBC TV series '' Monarch of the Glen''. She also played Rebecca Bannerman in '' Families'', Isabella Woodhouse in '' Emma'' and Carolyn Fraser in ''Two Thousand Acr ...
- Jane Wilson
Episodes
Reception
It was hoped by the BBC that the serial would be as popular as the recent production of ''
Pride and Prejudice
''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...
'', which had aired a year earlier. Indeed, some effort was put forward to promote a re-evaluation of Anne Brontë, with the
Brontë Parsonage Museum
The Brontë Parsonage Museum is a writer's house museum maintained by the Brontë Society in honour of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haworth, West Yorks ...
in Haworth creating an exhibition of costumes from the series. Ultimately, the series did not match the success of this prior series, although it received award nominations for costume and production design. It was also aired in over twenty countries, and earned the BBC a total of £317,441.
Awards and nominations
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BAFTA TV Awards
**Won Best Make-Up and Hair Design - Jean Speak
**Nominated Best Costume Design - Rosalind Ebbutt
**Nominated Best Design - Sarah Greenwood
**Nominated Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) - Daf Hobson
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Peabody Awards
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
- 1998
** Won -
WGBH Boston and
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