Rebecca (1979 TV series)

Rebecca is a 1979 BBC Television drama, directed by Simon Langton. It is based on Daphne du Maurier's 1938 British novel Rebecca. Four 55-minute episodes were produced and aired on BBC1.^[1]

Rebecca
Based on	Rebecca (novel)
Directed by	Simon Langton
Starring	Jeremy Brett Joanna David
No. of episodes	4
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	17 January (1979-01-17) – 7 February 1979 (1979-02-07)

Cast

• Jeremy Brett as Maxim de Winter
• Joanna David as The Second Mrs. de Winter
• Anna Massey as Mrs. Danvers
• Hugh Morton as Frith
• Richard Willis as Robert
• Terrence Hardiman as Frank Crawley
• Vivian Pickles as Beatrice
• Leon Sinden as Giles
• Julian Holloway as Jack Favell

Locations

Caerhayes Castle

Caerhays Castle doubled as Manderley in this series.^[2] The beach scenes were filmed at Porthluney Cove.^[3]