Christabel (TV series)

Christabel
GenreDrama
Based onThe Past Is Myself
by Christabel Bielenberg
Written byDennis Potter
Directed byAdrian Shergold
StarringElizabeth Hurley
Stephen Dillane
Nigel Le Vaillant
Geoffrey Palmer
Ann Bell
Ralph Brown
ComposerStanley Myers
Country of originGreat Britain
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerKenith Trodd
CinematographyRemi Adefarasin
EditorClare Douglas
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release16 November (1988-11-16) –
7 December 1988 (1988-12-07)
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Christabel is a four-part British drama series first shown on BBC2 between 16 November and 7 December 1988.[1]

It is based on the memoirs of Christabel Bielenberg, an English woman married to a German lawyer during World War II. The screenplay was written by Dennis Potter, and was directed by Adrian Shergold. Each episode runs around 65 minutes. It stars Elizabeth Hurley in one of her earliest leading roles.

Part of the series was filmed at the disused Camperdown Works jute mill complex in Dundee, which doubled for 1940s Berlin.[2] Other scenes were filmed in Hungary and Austria.

  1. ^ Christabel, BFI Film & TV database
  2. ^ Watson, Mark (1990). Jute and Flax Mills in Dundee. Tayport: Hutton Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-907033-51-2.