David Copperfield (1974 TV serial)

Cover of German DVD

David Copperfield is a British six-part television serial of the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens adapted by Hugh Whitemore, directed by Joan Craft and first shown on BBC 1 in weekly parts from 1 December 1974 to 5 January 1975.[1] It was a co-production with Time-Life Television Productions.[2] It is the earliest BBC adaptation to exist in its entirety. The 1956 adaptation is completely lost, whilst only four of the 1966 adaptation's episodes are known to exist.

  1. ^ "David Copperfield". 1 December 1974. p. 35 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "David Copperfield Part 6 (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.