Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)
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| Based on | Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Screenplay by | Rex Tucker |
| Directed by | David Giles |
| Starring | Susan Hampshire |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley (unknown episodes) |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | David Conroy |
| Running time | 5x1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 2 December – 30 December 1967 |
Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name broadcast in 1967. It was the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC. Vanity Fair starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp. The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre, and Hampshire received an Emmy Award for her portrayal in 1973.
This was the second of four television adaptations of Vanity Fair produced by the BBC; other serials had been transmitted in 1956/57, in 1987, and in 1998.