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Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1957. It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.

Broadcast live, all ten episodes were telerecorded, but are now considered lost.

Cast

• William Russell as Nicholas Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Jennifer Wilson as Kate Nickleby (10 episodes)
• Malcolm Keen as Ralph Nickleby (9 episodes)
• Richard Wordsworth as Newman Noggs (9 episodes)
• Gillian Lind as Mrs. Catherine Nickleby (8 episodes)
• Brian Peck as Smike (8 episodes)
• Esmond Knight as Wackford Squeers. Sr (6 episodes)
• Rosamund Greenwood as Miss La Creevy (5 episodes)
• George Howe as Mr. Charles Cheeryble (5 episodes)
• Keith Davis as Wackford Squeers. Jr (4 episodes)
• Barry Foster as Frank Cheeryble (4 episodes)
• Anthony Jacobs as Arthur Gride (4 episodes)
• Lyn James as Madeline Bray (4 episodes)
• Bartlett Mullins as Tim Linkinwater (4 episodes)
• Douglas Wilmer as Sir Mulberry Hawk (4 episodes)
• Graham Crowden as Mr. Pyke (3 episodes)
• Fabia Drake as Madame Mantalini (3 episodes)
• Roddy Hughes as Mr. Ned Cheeryble (3 episodes)
• Fay Compton as Mrs. Squeers (2 episodes)
• Rosalind Knight as Miss Fanny Squeers (2 episodes)

References

1. "Nicholas Nickleby: Episode 1". 18 October 1957. p. 25 – via BBC Genome.
2. Pointer p.154
3. "TV Archive". TV Brain. Kaleidoscope. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

Bibliography

• Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

External links

• Nicholas Nickleby at IMDb

• BBC television dramas
• 1957 British television series debuts
• 1957 British television series endings
• 1950s British drama television series
• British English-language television shows
• Television series set in the 19th century
• Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens