Wide Sargasso Sea (TV)

Infobox British television
show_name = Wide Sargasso Sea


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format = Costume drama
runtime = 90 minutes
creator =
starring = Rafe Spall
Rebecca Hall
Nina Sosanya
Victoria Hamilton
country = United Kingdom
channel = BBC Four
producer = Kudos Film & Television
first_aired = October 9 2006
last_aired =
num_episodes = 1
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/wide-sargasso.shtml
imdb_id = 0828462
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"Wide Sargasso Sea" is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.

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

The adaptation was scripted by Scottish playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Masher. It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester.

Plot summary

For a full length summary see: plot summary of "Wide Sargasso Sea.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/wide-sargasso.shtml "Wide Sargasso Sea"] at bbc.co.uk