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Wuthering Heights (1953 TV play)

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Wuthering Heights
Radio Times cover with Yvonne Mitchell & Richard Todd
GenrePeriod drama
Based onWuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
Written byNigel Kneale (adaptation)
Directed byRudolph Cartier
StarringRichard Todd
Yvonne Mitchell
Theme music composerAlfred Dunning
ComposerRichard Addinsell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerRudolph Cartier
Running time100 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC tv
Release6 December 1953 (1953-12-06)

Wuthering Heights is a 1953 British TV production of Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel.[1] It was made because Richard Todd, then at the height of his film popularity, expressed interest in playing Heathcliff and the BBC arranged for an adaptation to be made.[2]

The production was very popular, although no recordings are thought to have survived.[3] Kneale's script was filmed in Australia in 1959.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Wuthering Heights". 6 December 1953. p. 14 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ Obituary for Richard Todd, The Telegraph accessed 18 December 2013
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Wuthering Heights (1962)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Bronte classic on TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 11 July 1962. p. 37 Supplement: Television. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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