The Moonstone | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins |
Written by | Hugh Leonard |
Directed by | Paddy Russell |
Starring | Vivien Heilbron Robin Ellis Basil Dignam Martin Jarvis Anna Cropper Maureen Morris Madhav Sharma Kathleen Byron[1] Peter Sallis[2] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Producer | John McRae |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 16 January 13 February 1972 | –
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The Moonstone is a British mystery television series adapted from the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.[3][4] It aired on BBC 1 in five episodes between 16 January and 13 February 1972.[5] It subsequently aired in America on PBS-TV's Masterpiece Theatre between 10 December 1972 and 7 January 1973.