Little Women (1950 TV series)

Little Women is a British television mini-series broadcast by the BBC from 1950 to 1951 in six parts. An adaptation by Winifred Oughton and Brenda R. Thompson of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women.

Little Women
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Written by	Winifred Oughton Brenda R. Thompson
Starring	Sheila Shand Gibbs Jane Hardie Norah Gorsen David Jacobs Anita Sharp-Bolster
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Pamela Brown
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Television Service
Release	12 December 1950 (1950-12-12) – 23 January 1951 (1951-01-23)

The lost series was broadcast live and the transmissions were not recorded.

The production was the first adaptation of the novel by the BBC. There were later adaptations in 1958, 1970 and 2017.

Cast List

• Meg March - Sheila Shand Gibbs
• Jo March - Jane Hardie
• Beth March - Norah Gorsen
• Laurie - David Jacobs
• Hannah Mullet - Anita Sharp-Bolster
• Amy March - Susan Stephen
• Mrs. March - Barbara Everest
• Mr. James Laurence - Wensley Pithey
• John Brooke - Alan Bromly
• Aunt March - Violet Gould
• Mr. March - Arthur Ridley

Production Team

Writing

• Louisa May Alcott (6 episodes, 1950-1951)
• Winifred Oughton (6 episodes, 1950-1951)
• Brenda R. Thompson (6 episodes, 1950-1951)

Series Production Design

• Stephen Taylor (6 episodes, 1950-1951)
• Lawrence Broadhouse (2 episodes, 1951)

Producer

• Pamela Brown (6 episodes, 1950-1951)

Episode list

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"A Merry Christmas"	12 December 1950 (1950-12-12)
2	"The Laurence Boy"	19 December 1950 (1950-12-19)
3	"The Palace Beautiful"	2 January 1951 (1951-01-02)
4	"The Telegram"	9 January 1951 (1951-01-09)
5	"Dark Days"	16 January 1951 (1951-01-16)
6	"Pleasant Meadows"	23 January 1951 (1951-01-23)

External links

• Little Women at IMDb