Wide Sargasso Sea (2006 film)

Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.

Wide Sargasso Sea
StarringRafe Spall
Rebecca Hall
Nina Sosanya
Victoria Hamilton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes1
Production
ProducerKudos Film & Television
Running time90 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Four
Release9 October 2006 (2006-10-09)

Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006.[1] It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of Jane Eyre, to which Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel.[2]

The adaptation was scripted by playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher.[3] It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester.[4]

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  1. ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea". 9 October 2006. p. 79 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "BBC Four - Wide Sargasso Sea".
  3. ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) - Brendan Maher, Brian Maher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via allmovie.com.
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