Esther Waters (1964 TV series)

Esther Waters
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Esther Waters by George Moore
Written by	Harry Green
Directed by	James Cellan Jones
Starring	Meg Wynn Owen John Bennett Gwendolyn Watts
Composer	Dudley Simpson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Douglas Allen
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	14 November (1964-11-14) – 5 December 1964 (1964-12-05)

Esther Waters is a British period television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in four episodes from 14 November to 5 December 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same title by George Moore. Like the novel it focuses on the struggle of Esther Waters who, in Victorian England, is abandoned by her lover when pregnant. Despite the social stigma of being a fallen woman she chooses to raise the child as a single mother.

The novel had previously been made into a 1948 film Esther Waters. A further television adaptation Esther Waters followed in 1977.

Main cast

• Meg Wynn Owen as Esther Waters
• John Bennett as William Latch
• Pauline Letts as Mrs. Barfield
• Gwendolyn Watts as Margaret Gale
• Daphne Heard as Mrs. Latch
• Gordon Gostelow as Fred Parsons
• Anne Ridler as Miss Rice
• Carl Bernard as Mr. Randall
• Blake Butler as Mr. Ward
• Elizabeth Bell as Sarah
• John Dearth as Esther's father
• Ruth Porcher as Esther's mother
• Tracy Reed as Miss Peggy
• Doris Hare as Mrs. Randall

Bibliography

• Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• Esther Waters at IMDb