Vanity Fair: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of "villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing", takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.

Series details

• Title: Vanity Fair
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2018-09-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-10-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 29819
• IMDb ID: tt7076630
• TVDB ID: 349513

Cast and credited roles

• Olivia Cooke — Rebecca "Becky" Sharp
• Tom Bateman — Rawdon Crawley
• Michael Palin — W.M. Thackeray
• Johnny Flynn — William Dobbin
• Claudia Jessie — Amelia Sedley
• Simon Russell Beale — Mr. John Sedley
• Robert Pugh — Mr. John Osborne
• Martin Clunes — Sir Pitt Crawley
• Charlie Rowe — George Osborne
• David Fynn — Joseph "Jos" Sedley
• Sian Clifford — Martha Crawley
• Claire Skinner — Mrs. Louisa Sedley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-02; final listed air date 2018-10-07; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Vanity Fair on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.