The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 miniseries)

For other uses, see The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (disambiguation).

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Genre	Period drama
Written by	David Nokes (dramatization) Anne Brontë (novel)
Directed by	Mike Barker
Starring	Toby Stephens Tara FitzGerald Rupert Graves
Composer(s)	Richard G Mitchell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rebecca Eaton Kevin Loader
Producer(s)	Suzan Harrison
Production location(s)	Cumbria
Editor(s)	Guy Bensley
Running time	159 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC WGBH
Distributor	BBC CBC Television (in association with) WGBH
Release
Original network	BBC One
First shown in	17 November 1996 in UK 26 October 1997 in USA 20 September 1998 in Portugal 28 May 2006 in Hungary

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 British television serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Mike Barker. The serial stars Tara FitzGerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham.

Plot summary

A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old mansion of Elizabethan era 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

• Toby Stephens - Gilbert Markham
• Tara FitzGerald - Helen Graham
• Rupert Graves - Arthur Huntington
• Sarah Badel - Rachel
• Jackson Leach - Master Arthur Huntington
• Sean Gallagher - Walter Hargrave
• Jonathan Cake - Ralph Hattersley
• Joe Absolom - Fergus Markham
• Kenneth Cranham - Reverend Millward
• Pam Ferris - Mrs. Markham
• Cathy Murphy - Miss Myers
• Paloma Baeza - Rose Markham
• Aran Bell - Richard Wilson
• Miranda Pleasence - Eliza Millward
• James Purefoy - Frederick Lawrence
• Kim Durham - Benson
• Dominic Rowan - Lord Lowborough
• Beatie Edney - Annabella Wilmot, Lady Lowborough
• Janet Dale - Mrs. Wilson
• Susannah Wise - Millicent Hargrave
• Karen Westwood - Jane Wilson

Awards and nominations

• 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
• Peabody Awards - 1998.
  • Won - WGBH Boston and BBC.
• RTS Television Award - 1997.
  • Won Best Camera - Drama - Daf Hobson.
  • Won Best Music - Original Score - Richard G. Mitchell.
  • Won Best Production Design - Drama - Sarah Greenwood.

External links

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at BBC Programmes
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at IMDb