Vanity Fair | |
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Genre | Historical period drama |
Created by | Gwyneth Hughes |
Based on | Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray |
Written by | Gwyneth Hughes |
Directed by | James Strong |
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Theme music composer | Bob Dylan |
Opening theme | "All Along the Watchtower" by Afterhere |
Composer | Isobel Waller-Bridge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Cinematography | Ed Rutherford |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 45—47 minutes |
Production companies | Mammoth Screen ITV Studios Amazon Prime Video |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 2 September 7 October 2018 | –
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Vanity Fair is a 2018 historical drama miniseries based on the 1848 novel of the same name by William Makepeace Thackeray. It was produced by Mammoth Screen and distributed by ITV and Amazon Studios.
The series stars Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp, Tom Bateman as Captain Rawdon Crawley, Claudia Jessie as Amelia Sedley, and Michael Palin as the author William Makepeace Thackeray.[1][2]