Wuthering Heights (1978 TV serial)

British TV adaptation of the novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë

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Wuthering Heights

Based on	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Written by	Hugh Leonard David Snodin
Directed by	Peter Hammond
Starring	Ken Hutchison Kay Adshead
Composer	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Jonathan Powell
Running time	60 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	24 September (1978年09月24日) – 22 October 1978 (1978年10月22日)

Wuthering Heights is a 1978 British film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights , starring Ken Hutchison, Kay Adshead, Pat Heywood, and John Duttine,^[1] originally broadcast on BBC Two as a 5-part miniseries, beginning 24 September 1978.^[2] Location filming took place on the Yorkshire Moors.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] This BBC version is regarded as being the one most faithful to the original novel because it does not end with Cathy's death but continues into the next generation, with Heathcliff seeking revenge against those he felt had wronged him.^[7]

Plot summary

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Cast

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Heathcliff as Ken Hutchison
Cathy as Kay Adshead
Joseph as Brian Wilde
Ellen Dean as Pat Heywood
Hindley as John Duttine
Frances as Maggie Wilkinson
Mr Linton as Dennis Burgess
Mrs Linton as Wendy Williams
Lockwood as Richard Kay
Mr Earnshaw as John Collin
Mrs Earnshaw as Patricia Healey
Servant Girl as Judith Byfield
Dr Kenneth as John Golightly
Edgar as David Robb
Reverend Graham as Paul Dawkins
Isabella as Caroline Langrishe
Mr Green as Norman Rutherford
Zillah as Barbara Keogh
Catherine Linton as Cathryn Harrison
Hareton as David Wilkinson
Linton as Andrew Burleigh
Mary as Kate David
Robert as Barry Hart
Sexton as Charles Turner
Small Boy as Richard Usher
Heathcliff (as child) as Dale Tarry
Cathy (as child) as Maria Swailes
Hindley (as child) as Mitchell Varnam
Edgar (as child) as Grant Bardsley
Isabella (as child) as Julia Stark
Hareton (as child) as Elliot Moss
Hareton (as child) as Simon Massey

Critical reception

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Allmovie wrote, "Irish playwright Hugh Leonard handles the adaptation, deftly juggling the many characters and subplots without the slightest sense of strain";^[7] and the BFI described the adaptation as "embracing the hysteria and savagery of its source novel."^[5] However, in a contemporary review Clive James called it "[t]he latest but not the best of the Beeb's long line of classic serials", and "the blithering pits".^[8]