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Fanny by Gaslight

TV·1981–1981·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Drama·55m·Created by Anthony Steven

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Fanny by Gaslight is a four-part British television miniseries adapted by Anthony Steven from Michael Sadler's 1940 novel of the same mame, directed by Peter Jefferies, and produced by Joe Waters. It initially broadcast from 24 September to 15 October 1981 on BBC One. Victorian orphan Fanny Hooper navigates hardship and scandal, eventually discovering her true parentage and finding love amidst the city's demi-monde.

Cast

Chloe SalamanChloe SalamanFanny HooperPeter WoodwardPeter WoodwardHarry SomerfordAnthony BateAnthony BateClive SeymourSusan BrownSusan BrownMrs Hopwood
Julia Chambers
Julia ChambersLucy BeckettMichael CulverMichael CulverLord ManderstokeJulia GoodmanJulia GoodmanLady Alicia Seymore

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1981Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Part 1September 24, 1981—Once the secrets of Hopwood's Hades are made public, the secure West End world of Fanny rapidly crumbles about her.
  2. S01E02Part 2October 1, 1981—Now employed in a fashionable London house as maid to Clive Seymore's wife, Fanny is faced with a dilemma when she discovers the truth behin
  3. S01E03Part 3October 8, 1981—Love finds Fanny, but it is short-lived as her happiness is threatened by Lord Manderstoke.
  4. S01E04Part 4October 15, 1981—For Fanny, an idyllic holiday in France, a chance meeting in Paris, and suddenly Manderstoke appears, bent on revenge!
  5. S01E05Episode 5—
  6. S01E06Episode 6—

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