Jane Eyre (1963 TV series) explained

Genre:	Historical drama
Director:	Rex Tucker
Starring:	Ann Bell Richard Leech
Composer:	Tristram Cary
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	6 (2 missing)
Producer:	Douglas Allen
Runtime:	25 minutes
Company:	BBC
Channel:	BBC One

Jane Eyre is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1963.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1847 novel of the same title by Charlotte Brontë.^[2] Episodes 2 and 3 are missing, believed lost.^[3]

Cast

Ann Bell as Jane Eyre
Richard Leech as Mr. Rochester
Elsie Arnold as Mrs. Fairfax
Stephanie Bidmead as Leah
Nan Marriott-Watson as Grace Poole
Elaine Pratt as Adèle
Hira Talfrey as Mrs. Rochester
Patricia Cree as Mary Ingram
Brenda Dean as Mary Rivers
William Devlin as Mr. Briggs
Sonia Dresdel as Mrs. Reed
Jane Eccles as Lady Ingram
Alan Edwards as Lord Ingram
Betty Hardy as Hannah
Anthony Jacobs as Mr. Mason
Arthur Lawrence as Colonel Dent
Justine Lord as Blanche Ingram
William Russell as St. John Rivers
Penny Whittam as Diana Rivers
Elizabeth Benzimra as Alice
Michael Bilton as Landlord
Rachel Clay as Jane Eyre as a child
Mark Dignam as Mr. Brocklehurst
Arthur Hewlett as Clergyman
Marie Kean as Miss Miller
Tonie MacMillan as Mrs. Brocklehurst
Kika Markham as Helen Burns
Jane Merrow as Rosamund Oliver
Leonard Trolley as Doctor
Margot Van der Burgh as Miss Temple
Ann Way as Bessie
Meadows White as John
Joan Young as Nurse

References

Web site: Jane Eyre: Episode 1. April 7, 1963. 2056. 15. BBC Genome.
Klossner p.193
Web site: Jane Eyre (TV Series 1963) - IMDb. .

Bibliography

Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.