Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1967.^[1] It was the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC.^[2] Vanity Fair starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp.^[3] The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre, and Hampshire received an Emmy Award for her portrayal in 1973.^[4]

This was the second of four television adaptations of Vanity Fair produced by the BBC; other serials had been transmitted in 1956/57, in 1987, and in 1998.^[5]

For a full length summary of the book, see: Vanity Fair plot summary.

• Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp
• Dyson Lovell as Rawdon Crawley
• Bryan Marshall as Captain Dobbin
• Marilyn Taylerson as Amelia Osborne
• Roy Marsden as George Osborne
• John Moffatt as Jos Sedley
• Barbara Couper as Miss Matilda Crawley
• Barbara Leake as Mrs. Sedley
• Michael Rothwell as Pitt Crawley
• Deddie Davies as Lady Crawley
• Howard Taylor as Horrocks
• John Welsh as Sir Pitt Crawley
• Mark Allington as Ensign Stubble
• Thelma Barlow as Miss Briggs
• Richard Caldicot as Mr. Osborne
• Robert Flemyng as Lord Steyne

• 1973: Emmy Award - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes) - Susan Hampshire.^[4]

This adaptation is now available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.^[6]