Anna of the Five Towns (TV series)

Anna of the Five Towns is a 1985 British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2. It is an adaptation of the 1902 novel of the same title by Arnold Bennett.[1]

Anna of the Five Towns
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Directed by	Martyn Friend
Starring	Lynsey Beauchamp Peter Davison
Composer	Nigel Hess
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Colin Rogers
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	9 January – 30 January 1985

Cast

• Lynsey Beauchamp as Anna Tellwright (4 episodes)
• Anne Blackman as Beatrice Sutton (4 episodes)
• Katie Carey as Agnes Tellwright (4 episodes)
• Anna Cropper as Mrs. Sutton (4 episodes)
• Peter Davison as Henry Mynors (4 episodes)
• Emrys James as Ephraim Tellwright (4 episodes)
• John Bott as Rev. Banks (3 episodes)
• Edward Kelsey as Titus Price (3 episodes)
• Anton Lesser as Willie Price (3 episodes)
• Hilary Mason as Sarah Vodrey (3 episodes)
• Barrie Cookson as Mr. Sutton (2 episodes)
• Patricia Marks as Miss Dickinson (2 episodes
• Iain Ormsby-Knox as Policeman (2 episodes)
• Georgia Allen as Milkmaid (1 episode)
• Wilfred Grove as Revivalist (1 episode)
• John Lancaster as Searcher (1 episode)
• Geoffrey Larder as Coroner (1 episode)
• Michael Lees as Mr. Lovatt (1 episode)
• Bruce Purchase as Tom Kelly (1 episode)
• Chris Sanders as Dr. Henderson (1 episode)
• Keith Smith as Bank clerk (1 episode)

References

1. Baskin p.210

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• Anna of the Five Towns at IMDb