Christabel (TV series)

Christabel is a five-part British drama series first shown on BBC1 between 16 November and 17 December 1988.^[1]

It is based on the memoirs of Christabel Bielenberg, an English woman married to a German lawyer during World War II. The screenplay was written by Dennis Potter, and was directed by Adrian Shergold. Each episode runs around 65 minutes. It stars Elizabeth Hurley in the lead role (in one of her earliest leading roles).

Cast

Actor	Role
Elizabeth Hurley	Christabel Bielenberg
Stephen Dillane	Peter Bielenberg
Geoffrey Palmer	Mr Burton
Ann Bell	Mrs Burton
Nigel Le Vaillant	Adam von Trott zu Solz
Sam Kelly	Carl Langbehn

References

↑ Christabel, BFI Film & TV database

Works by Dennis Potter

Television plays	The Confidence Course (1965) Alice (1965) Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) Where the Buffalo Roam (1966) Message for Posterity (1967) The Bonegrinder (1968) Shaggy Dog (1968) A Beast with Two Backs (1968) Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Son of Man (1969) Lay Down Your Arms (1970) Angels Are So Few (1970) Paper Roses (1971) Traitor (1971) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Only Make Believe (1973) A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (part of series Wessex Tales, 1973) Joe's Ark (1974) Schmoedipus (1974) Double Dare (1976) Where Adam Stood (1976) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Blade on the Feather (1980) Rain on the Roof (1980) Cream in My Coffee (1980) Visitors (1987) Brimstone and Treacle (1987, originally planned to be transmitted 1976) Midnight Movie (1994) Message for Posterity (remake, 1994)

Television serials	Casanova (1971) Late Call (1975) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Tender is the Night (1985) The Singing Detective (1986) Christabel (1988) Blackeyes (1989) Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Karaoke (1996) Cold Lazarus (1996)

Films	Pennies from Heaven (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Dreamchild (1985) Track 29 (1988) Secret Friends (1991) Mesmer (1993) The Singing Detective (2003)

Novels	Hide and Seek (1973) Pennies from Heaven (1981) Ticket to Ride (1986) Blackeyes (1987)

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