Little Women (1950 TV series)

Little Women
GenrePeriod drama
Based onLittle Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Written by
  • Winifred Oughton
  • Brenda R. Thompson
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerPamela Brown
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Television Service
Release12 December 1950 (1950-12-12) –
23 January 1951 (1951-01-23)
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Little Women is a British television mini-series broadcast by the BBC from 1950 to 1951 in six parts. An adaptation by Winifred Oughton and Brenda R. Thompson of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women.

The lost series was broadcast live and the transmissions were not recorded.[1]

The production was the first adaptation of the novel by the BBC. There were later adaptations in 1958, 1970 and 2017.

  1. ^ "Little Women". lostshows.com. Retrieved 11 May 2014.