Vanity Fair
About Vanity Fair
In early 19th-century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
BBC One's Vanity Fair is a drama series. Its one season of 6 episodes was broadcast from November 1998 to December 1998.
Natasha Little stars as Becky Sharp, Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley, Philip Glenister as William Dobbin, and David Ross as Mr Sedley. It was produced by A+E Studios. The series began as a novel.
Shelv files it under romantic drama, social satire, rags to riches, and governess. In the United States it streams on Britbox Apple TV channel.
Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and East of Eden make useful companions to Vanity Fair, all filed under 19th century, costume drama, and miniseries.