Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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Premiered:
- Network: ITV
- Category: Series
- Genre: Drama
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Based on the book (Vanity Fair) by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Subject Matter: Period
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Season 1
Plot Synopsis
Based on William Makepeace Thackeray's book of the same name, VANITY FAIR is a one-hour drama series that tells the story of Miss Rebecca Sharp, who is determined to climb the heights of English Society in a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having. Becky charms her way through darkest Hampshire, making friends with nearly everyone in her new family. Then, Becky lives with rich Aunt Matilda, and her future is looking bright. But as war clouds gather, everyone's fortunes take a tumble. On the eve of the battle, Becky makes a triumphant entrance into high society and finds a new use for old friends. As the Battle of Waterloo begins, Becky decides the war isn't so bad, so long as there's money to be made. Becky works out how to live well on little, but flies too high as she joins the dizzy ranks of lords, ladies and kings. Becky is lost and then she is found, but will she have a happy ending? VANITY FAIR had is U.S. premiere on Friday, December 21, 2018 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Amazon released all seven episodes of this series.
Cast
- Olivia Cooke - Becky Sharp
- Claudia Jessie - Amelia Sedley
- Johnny Flynn - William Dobbin
- Martin Clunes - Sir Pitt Crawley
- Tom Bateman - Rawdon Crawley
- Charlie Rowe - George Osborne
- Frances de La Tour - Lady Matilda Crawley
- Suranne Jones - Miss Pinkerton
- Michael Palin - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Simon Russell Beale - John Sedley
- Claire Skinner - Louisa Sedley
- David Fynn - Jos Sedley
- Anthony Head - Lord Steyne
- Robert Pugh - John Osborne
- Mathew Baynton - Bute Crawley
- Sian Clifford - Martha Crawley
- Felicity Montagu - Arabella Briggs
- Monica Dolan - Peggy O'Dowd
- Ellie Kendrick - Jane Osborne
- Elizabeth Berrington - Lady Bareacres
- Sally Phillips - Lady Steyne
Production & Distribution
- Produced by Mammoth Screen