Our_Mutual_Friend_(1976_TV_serial)

<i>Our Mutual Friend</i> (1976 TV serial)

Our Mutual Friend (1976 TV serial)

British TV series or programme

Our Mutual Friend is a 1976 British television serial adapted from Charles Dickens' 1865 novel Our Mutual Friend.[1][2] The series was made by the BBC and ran during 1976 for a total of seven episodes.[3] It was directed by Peter Hammond.[4]

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The adaptation was by Julia Jones and Donald Churchill, who had written the ITV sitcom Moody and Pegg (1974–75).[5] Their version excludes some minor characters in order to convey the action within the limitations of a seven-episode structure, but was praised by British reviewers for faithfully reproducing the mood and atmosphere of the original novel.[2]

Cast and characters

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Theme music

The theme music was composed by Carl Davis.[6]

Critical reception

The stage-style filming of the serial was criticised, but a number of performances were singled out for praise, including those of Polly James as Jenny Wren and Jack Wild as Charley Hexam.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Radio Times, 26 February 1976
  2. [2]
    "BFI Screenonline: Our Mutual Friend (1976)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Our Mutual Friend". 29 March 1976. p. 27 – via BBC Genome.
  4. [4]
    "Our Mutual Friend Part 1 (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020.
  5. [5]
    Coveney, Michael (29 October 2015). "Julia Jones obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. [6]
    ""Our Mutual Friend" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. [7]
    Sean Grass (15 May 2017). Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing History. Taylor & Francis. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-1-317-16822-5.


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