Madame Bovary
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Written by	Giles Cooper
Directed by	Rodney Bennett
Starring	Francesca Annis Tom Conti
Composer	Dudley Simpson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Richard Beynon
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	22 September (1975-09-22) – 12 October 1975 (1975-10-12)

Madame Bovary is a British period television series, based on the novel of the same title by Gustave Flaubert.^[1] It originally aired in four episodes on BBC 2 in 1975.

Cast

• Francesca Annis as Emma Bovary
• Tom Conti as Charles Bovary
• Gabrielle Lloyd as Felicite
• Ray Smith as Homais
• Brian Stirner as Leon Dupuis
• David Waller as Father Bournisien
• John Cater as Lheureux
• Kathleen Helme as Madame Bovary, Charles' mother
• Ivor Roberts as Guillaumin
• Stephen Bent as Justin
• Denis Lill as Rodolphe Boulanger
• Michael Poole as Dr. Canivet
• Bernard Taylor as Girard
• John Tordoff as Hippolyte
• Richard Beale as M. Rouault
• James Bree as Beadle
• Antony Carrick as Clerk
• Ysanne Churchman as Heloise
• Oliver Gilbert as Guest at ball
• Amanda Grinling as Madame Homais
• Nicola Hamilton as Guest at ball
• Nicholas Hawtrey as Vicomte
• Jack Le White as Louis
• Elizabeth Proud as Nastasie
• Peter Rutherford as Guest at ball
• Mike Savage as Bertrand
• Gladys Spencer as Guest at ball
• John Sterland as Lieuvain
• William Thomas as Albert

References

Bibliography

• Roberts, Jerry. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Madame Bovary at IMDb