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Wuthering Heights

Summary
1948 live studio production of the theatre adaptation by John Davison of Emily Brontë ‘s novel Wuthering Heights.
Theatre play
Wuthering Heights by John Davison [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 7 March 1948
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
Playwright
John Davison
Adapted for Television by
George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
Original Book by
Emily Brontë
Additional Dialogue by
Alfred Sangster
Cast
Katharine BlakeCatherine Earnshaw
Douglas HurnHareton Earnshaw
Christine LindsayEllen Dean
Patrick MacneeEdgar Linton
Annabelle [or Annabel] MauleIsabella Linton
Kieron MooreHeathcliff
André MorellHindley Earnshaw
Vivian PicklesCatharine Linton
Alfred SangsterJoseph

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 3.00pm on Tuesday 9 March 1948.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 5 March 1948 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 26; article by John Swift, ‘Kieron Moore in Wuthering Heights’, p. 25; article, p. 24

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