Favorite Television Productions Set in the 1820s

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Below is a list of my favorite television productions set during the 1820s:

FAVORITE TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS SET IN THE 1820s



1. "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (1996) - Tara Fitzgerald starred in this superb 1996 adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel. Directed by Mike Barker, the three-part miniseries co-starred Toby Jones and Rupert Graves.



2. "Wives and Daughters" (1999) - Andrew Davies adapted and Nicholas Renton directed this excellent adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1865 novel (her last one). The four-part miniseries starred Justine Waddell, Keeley Hawes and Francesca Annis.



3. "Brother Future" (1991) - Phil Lewis starred in this television movie about a Detroit teenager in 1991, who finds himself transported to 1822 South Carolina as a slave and swept up in Denmark Velsey's failed rebellion in Charleston. Directed by Roy Campanella II, the television movie starred Carl Lumbly and Moses Gunn.



4. "Shaka Zulu" (1986) - William C. Faure directed this adaptation of Joshua Sinclair's 1985 novel about the life of King Shaka of the Zulus. Henry Cele, Edward Fox and Robert Powell starred in this ten-part miniseries.



5. "Little Dorrit" (2008) - Claire Foy and Matthew McFadyen starred in this adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1855-57 novel about a young woman who struggles to earn money for her family and look after her proud father, an inmate of the Marshalsea debtors' prison. The fourteen-part miniseries was adapted by Andrew Davies.



6. "A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion" (1982) - Yaphet Kotto starred as Denmark Vessey in this television production about the latter's attempt to start a slave rebellion in 1822 Denmark. Stan Lathan directed.



7. "Scarlet and Black" (1993) - Ewan McGregor starred in this adaptation of Stendhal's 1830 novel, "The Red and the Black". Directed by Ben Bolt, this three-part miniseries starred Rachel Weisz and Alice Kriege.



8. "Jamaica Inn" (2014) - Jessica Brown Findlay starred in this television adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, the three-part miniseries co-starred Matthew McNulty and Sean Harris.



9. "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" (2001) - James D'Arcy starred in this adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838-39 novel, "Nicholas Nickleby". Stephen Whittaker directed this television movie.