The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 TV series)

The Diary of Anne Frank
GenreHistorical drama
Written byAnne Frank (diary)
Deborah Moggach
Directed byJon Jones
StarringEllie Kendrick
Tamsin Greig
Geoff Breton
Iain Glen
Felicity Jones
Music byCharlie Mole
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerElinor Day
Running time150 min.
Production companyDarlow Smithson Productions[1]
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release5 January (2009-01-05) –
9 January 2009 (2009-01-09)
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The Diary of Anne Frank is a BBC adaptation, in association with France 2, of The Diary of a Young Girl originally written by Anne Frank from 1942 to 1944 and adapted for television by Deborah Moggach.[2]

It was shown from 5–9 January 2009 in five half-hour episodes.[3] Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to viewers of all generations."[4] A DVD of the series was released on 12 January 2009. It also aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television in the United States on 11 April 2010, as part of its Masterpiece series.[5] The American broadcast was cut from 150 minutes to 100 and broadcast in one evening instead of over five evenings.

  1. ^ Anne Frank TV drama heads to BBC, BBC (15 October 2007)
  2. ^ Miller, Lucasta (19 May 2007). "The home front". The Guardian.
  3. ^ In the Dark: Deborah Moggach Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine (1 June 2007)
  4. ^ BBC (15 October 2007). "BBC Drama commission new production of The Diary Of Anne Frank" (Press release).
  5. ^ "The Diary of Anne Frank - PBS Masterpiece Homepage". PBS.