| Our Mutual Friend | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens |
| Written by | Julia Jones Donald Churchill |
| Directed by | Peter Hammond |
| Starring | Jane Seymour Leo McKern Jack Wild |
| Composer | Carl Davis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Martin Lisemore |
| Running time | 50 min. |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 1 March – 12 April 1976 |
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Our Mutual Friend is a 1976 British television serial adapted from Charles Dickens' 1865 novel Our Mutual Friend.[1][2] The series was made by the BBC and ran during 1976 for a total of seven episodes.[3] It was directed by Peter Hammond.[4]
The adaptation was by Julia Jones and Donald Churchill, who had written the ITV sitcom Moody and Pegg (1974–75).[5] Their version excludes some minor characters in order to convey the action within the limitations of a seven-episode structure, but was praised by British reviewers for faithfully reproducing the mood and atmosphere of the original novel.[2]
- ^ Radio Times, 26 February 1976
- ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Our Mutual Friend (1976)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Our Mutual Friend". 29 March 1976. p. 27 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Our Mutual Friend Part 1 (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (29 October 2015). "Julia Jones obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2015.