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Oscar:Â De Profundis

on BBC Two England

The last part of a trilogy by John Hawkesworth
Starring Michael Gambon as Oscar Wilde

Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde, found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour - an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer/Executive Producer:
John Hawkesworth
Music composed and conducted by:
Carl Davis
Make-up Designer:
Jean Steward
Costume Designer:
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Film Cameraman:
Fintan Sheehan
Videotape Editor:
Phil Southby
Studio Lighting:
Clive Thomas
Designer:
Oliver Bayldon
Producer:
Carol Robertson
Director:
Henry Herbert
Oscar Wilde:
Michael Gambon
Lord Alfred Douglas:
Robin Lermitte
Constance Wilde:
Emily Richard
Robert Ross:
John Hudson
Narrator:
Michael Pennington
Head warder:
Martyn Read
Warder:
Stuart McGugan
Alfred Taylor:
Tim Hardy
Charlie Parker:
Nick Reding
Fred Atkins:
Karl Howman
Bernard Shaw:
Bryan Murray
Mr Wildy:
John Baker
Marquis of Queensberry:
Norman Rodway
Prison doctor:
Michael Gaunt
Governor of Pentonville:
Richard Simpson
Man on station:
James Bryce
Major Nelson:
Colin Rix
Warder Martin:
Bruce Payne
Solicitor:
Russell Kilmister
Turner:
David Ballantyne
Young French girl:
Anoushka Menzies
Peppino:
Bruno Tonioli
Englishwoman in cafe:
Rita Davies
Englishman in cafe:
Noel Johnson
Girl with Bosie:
Sarah Bullen

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